Travel with opodo and CINEMA 4D

3 different travel themes, 3 different 3D animations - all made with CINEMA 4D.

The centerpiece of the concept for the travel agency "opodo.de" is made up of three different themes. These three themes focus on packaged tours, long-distance tours and city breaks. Nevertheless, all of these three films form one entity by utilizing the same mechanisms and look.
Three artists were responsible for the realization of the three themes. Two of them worked in CINEMA 4D and the third used After Effects for the compositing.

The single elements of the kaleidoscope consist of a mixture of 3D objects and stock photos. It was a challenge managing the numerous layers. To create the multi-layered and complex look the number of 3D objects increased steadily during development. In the end, the scenes contained many more objects than originally planed. Even though most of the objects flew through the scene without any movement within themselves, there were still some elements that had to be rigged (e.g. fish, dove, car). But with the combination of MOCCA and XPresso this wasn’t a problem.

The actual kaleidoscope effect, as well as the formation of the 2D elements, was generated afterwards in After Effects. In the end we re-invented the kaleidoscope without even realizing it – and turned it into an "Opodo-travelcornucopia", which fulfills every travel need and desire.

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