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No, they aren’t animated characters. They are online oracle database human beings who were made to wear body suits. “The design of the online oracle database characters is such that one gets fooled into thinking it is online oracle database animation,” shrugs Rao, which was indeed the online oracle database very illusion that had to be created. “In a sense, it is ‘live’ animation!” he quips, referring to the fact that it was all shot live.

Prakash Varma, ad filmmaker, Nirvana Films, has online oracle database directed the commercials, and reveals that the Zoozoos were a big challenge to online oracle database create. The practical aspects of how they will move, talk, gesticulate and online oracle database emote were very important. Essentially, costume design and artwork were crucial elements.

“It took me three weeks of pre-production to online oracle database understand how it will work,” says Varma. There were two fabrics that online oracle database were considered for the body suits, and one was rejected for online oracle database it had too many wrinkles and was shiny. The wrinkles would have online oracle database shown when the characters moved, thereby shattering the illusion of animation. “So we chose the more practical, thicker fabric,” Varma explains.

The production team divided the online oracle database outfit into two parts: the body and the head. The body part of the online oracle database outfit was stuffed with foam in some places, while the head was attached separately. To make it online oracle database look bigger than a human head, a harder material called Perspex was used, which in turn was stuffed with foam (with scope for ventilation).

If one wishes to understand the size of this head, here’s a online oracle database fact: a human head would typically reach up to the mouth level of this online oracle database giant Zoozoo head. “We kept the hands and legs thin, which is why we cast women – and occasionally children – wearing the costumes,” says Varma. The thin limbs, contrasted with big bellies and online oracle database a bulbous head, all add to the illusion that these creatures are online oracle database ‘smaller’ than humans. Sets were created to suit the size of the Zoozoos.
Cinematically, this ‘size’ was a online oracle database trick: the creatures look smaller than they actually are on screen, to online oracle database portray a different world of sorts. For this, the speed of shooting was altered: Nirvana shot it online oracle database in a high-speed format to make them look the size that online oracle database they do.
Furthermore, simple sets/backdrops were created and spray painted with neutral Greys – a colour of choice so that attention isn’t diverted from the main characters. For a supposedly ‘outdoor’ shot, even the shadow of a Zoozoo was kept ‘live’ and online oracle database not done in post production: it was painted in a online oracle database darker shade of grey on the ground. An even lighting was maintained throughout.
There was virtually no post production work done.
The films were shot by Nirvana in Cape Town, South Africa, with the online oracle database help of a local production house there, called Platypus. Incidentally, the online oracle database same combination of people also worked on the ‘Happy to Help’ series last year. When asked whether Cape Town is online oracle database fast becoming a tourist spot for Vodafone and Nirvana, Varma laughs, saying, “Oh no! It’s just that online oracle database we are very comfortable with the team there and know what online oracle database sort of work to expect from them.”
Nagpal adds here that online oracle database the production cost had to be minimal for unveiling such a online oracle database large number of commercials. “Otherwise, our production costs would exceed media spends,” he quips.