Client
Lakeshore Ent.
Date
September | 2018
PEPPERMINT
Scope of work
Film Titles | VFX | Screen GFX | Creative Direction | Editorial
The Project
For the release of Pierre Morel’s 2018 film Peppermint starring Jenifer Garner, Supervixen were asked to weigh in creatively on 3 main components for this film. One, the screen GFX that help convey the film’s narrative. Two, the opening prologue that sets the tone of film and three, the Main on End.
Peppermint is a vigilante action film based on the character Riley North. Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, Riley returns from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free.
The Prologue
Set in the back drop of a contemporary Los Angeles, it was important for this project to set the tone for a realistic world. So with that in mind, this was treated more as a tonal piece that sets the mood for the film we are about to see.
Simple approach. Clean execution. Fun Project. 3 for 3!
Main-On-End
The Main-On-End also followed a simple approach with its design aesthetic. In terms of the camera movement, it was important of us to achieve a cranked camera look.
So in order to achieve that, we shot with a hand held camera in the studio so we could extract the camera data with the subtle movement and nuances that we liked. We then fed that data through a digital camera and brought that into our editing suite to allow us the opportunity to adjust additionally where needed while we cycled from card to card.
It is a simple look, but one we were quite happy with.
GFX & User Interface
Design
When creating the screen GFX for this film, Pierre was quite clear that this GFX in this film needed to look believable. This isn’t Minority Report (as cool as that is), this is a film that needs to be grounded in a real world environment.
This work also had to help convey certain story points, such as Riley’s history, told through a paper trail collated by the FBI and Riley current whereabouts that was being tracked through the use of the LAPD’s RACR room.
Credits
Studio: Lakeshore Entertainment
Director: Pierre Morel
DOP: David Lanzenberg
Editor: Frédéric Thoraval
Producer: Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg,
Richard Wright, Eric Reid
CoProducer: Jackie Shenoo
Executive Producer: Felice Bee, Adam Fogelson,
David Kern, James McQuaide, Robert Simonds,
Renée Tab, Donald Tag, Christopher Tuffin,
Zhongjun Wang, Zhonglei Wang
Production Designer: Ramsey Avery
Post Production Co: Supervixen Studios
VFX Supervisor: James McQuaide
Titles Design: Morten Rowley, Daniel Bavell
Producer: Ian Johnson
Lead Designer VFX: Daniel Bavell, Morten Rowley
Compositor: Daniel Bavell
Music: Simon Franglen