Lil Nas X / Star Walkin'

The 2022 League of Legends World Championships is finally returning home to North America for the first time since 2016 and The Line helped mark the event with a spectacular animated launch film!

/ Behind the line

Director
Wesley Louis
Client
Riot Games

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/ OVERVIEW

The 2022 League of Legends World Championships is finally returning home to North America for the first time since 2016 and The Line helped mark the event with a spectacular animated launch film! Featuring a brand new track from Lil Nas X, “Star Walkin’' lifts us to the stars and celebrates the game’s arrival in San Francisco. High-fidelity 2D animation, cutting-edge 3D techniques, and beautifully painted environments bring the buzzing city to life. Pro players Meiko, Chovy, Humanoid and CoreJJ arrive in the city and transform local neighbourhoods and famous landmarks into towering mech champions, ready to battle it out at the Chase Centre arena. Featuring a brand new Summoners cup designed by Tiffany & Co, and an exclusively designed concept car by Mercedes-Benz. “Star Walkin’' is a massive celebration of one of esports biggest events and a gorgeous animated tribute to San Francisco.

/ Behind the curtain

The Crew

● Production Company / The Line in collaboration with Riot Games ● Director / Wesley Louis ● Additional Direction / Bjørn-Erik Aschim ● Producer / Eva Dahlqvist ● Art Directors / Juancho Crespo / Kévin Roualland / Shen Yi ● Production Managers / Cathryn Gamble / Renata Garcia ● Story Writer / Gemma Weekes / Liam Engels ● Beatboard / Simon Leclerc / Shen Yi ● Storyboard / Gaïa Lamiot / Chiara Miceli / Djob Nkondo / Venkatram Viswanathan / Zheping Xu / Shen Yi ● Editing / Bjørn-Erik Aschim / Ethan Barrett / Wesley Louis ● Concepts / Juancho Crespo / Natasha Francis / Jade Khoo / Jakub Kozłowski / Nikita Kukolev / Igor Piwowarczyk / Paul Sabado / JP Sandoval / Shen Yi ● Character Design / Ellis Kayin Chan / Ivan Gratsov / Amanda Holm / Andrius Matijosius / Sean Sevestre ● Mech Design / Mauro Belfiore / Aedel Fakhrie / Ivan Gratsov / Felipe Magaña / Sachin Teng / Shen Yi ● Modelsheets & Cleanup / Ellis Kayin Chan / Mourad Elias Seddiki ● Character Layout / Ellis Kayin Chan / Lea Hirt / Mourad Elias Seddiki ● Lead Animator / Mourad Elias Seddiki ● Animation / Simone Cirillo / Lea Hirt / Jacob Matthess / Pierre Rougemont / Jong-Ha Yoon ● FX Animation / Olivier Malric / Jacob Matthess / Husain Untoro ● Cleanup and Colour / Judit Boor / Paola Costigliola / Jessica Leslau / Eleonora Quario / Amix ● Background Layout / Simon Masse / Bruno Mayor / Igor Piwowarczyk / Kévin Roualland ● Background Paint / Daniel Converio / Bruno Mayor / Igor Piwowarczyk / Kévin Roualland / Alex Vanderplank / Matt Vince / Harrison Yinfaowei ● Mech Paint / Eido Hayashi ● Head of CG / Technical Director / Pete Addington ● 3D Modelling / Vahid Ghobadi Arfai / Luis Nieves / Valentin Tournebize ● 3D Rigging / Studio Nodilus ● 3D Animation / Sandra Guarda / William Lorton ● 3D Texture / Technical Artist / Théo Nardi ● 3D Lighting & Render / Generalist / Gherardo Zurla ● Lead Compositor / Freddie Lewis-Wall ● Compositing / André Brant / Florian Ojeda Diop / Natasha Francis / Valérie Guichard / Elliott Kajdan / Vincent Meunier / Doru Zeki Ondun / Clarisse Valeix / Skye Van der Walt ● Motion Design / Freddie Lewis-Wall ● Colour Grade / Freddie Lewis-Wall ● Graphic Design / Simon Berger / Juancho Crespo / Natasha Francis ● Production Assistant / Michaela Dede ● Rolling Edit & File Wrangling / Michaela Dede / Natasha Francis / Skye van der Walt ● Research / Natasha Francis / Skye van der Walt ● Copywriting / Damola Oladapo ● Executive Producer / James Duveen ● Head of Production / Hanae Seida ● Studio Manager / Anna Degenaar ● Studio Assistant / Nathan Da Conceicao / Poppy King ● Social Media Manager / Roxana Hooti ● Talent & Scheduling Coordinator / Jesus Ovejero ● IT Support / Rob Riley (Gal Consultancy) ● Pypeline Developer / Pype Club