AMBR Cannabis

June, 2023
3D Animation and VFX on a commercial with AMBR, a Canadian Cannabis company
Project Overview
While working with Sebastian Hill-Esbrand, the director, and Matt Aitia, the DP, we created a brand film together weaving elements of strong mood lighting, animation and VFX to transform a home environment into a jungle - to create a feeling of aliveness after smoking a cannabis vape pen after a long day.
My Contributions
I have been working with Sebastian for a few years now working on small projects. This project, he brought me in as the VFX supervisor to give advice and feedback remotely on how they should shoot the footage to make it easier on me for the animation. In total, I did 9 VFX shots for the film, creating custom plant animations, smoke FX, and an animated fish reacting to the environment. You can check the work we did together below.


VFX: Product Anim @productanimstudio
Featuring: Aysha Raza @ayyshraz
Director: Sebastian Hillesbrand @goodneighbour
Producer/1st AD: Gaby Salon @mgabrielasalon
DOP: Matt Aitia @mattaitia
1st AC: Andre Shtakal @fakeklonopin
2nd AC Sepehr Samimi @cinesepehr
Gaffer: Kirill Melamed @farsidekikiKey
Grip: Jarett Murray @jarrettmurray
PD Liliana Vera @liliana.veram
Art Assist: Zach Minawi @zachminawi
Wardrobe Stylist: Cat Calica @catcalica
MUA: Neha Baig @nehabaigg
Color: Abe Wynen @abewynen
Color Producer: Emily Skeffington @skeffs
Color Studio: Redlab @redlabto
Editor: Steve Puhach @steve.puhach
Assistant Editor Griffin @grifffffffffffffffff
EP: Paula Hicks @paula_hicks
Post House: Nimiopere @nimiopere
Score: Amine Bouzaher @simplmachines
Prod Co: Skin & Bones
Project Credits