Mighty Nice at VIVID Sydney! Cute mini-chefs create a giant cake in an animated projection on the ASN Co building, Sydney. Celebrating 10 years of Vivid Sydney and 10 years of Channel 10’s Masterchef.
The main focus of our VIVID piece is the beautiful, multi-tiered cake. This has been made using 3D CGI with some additional painting to enhance the final image. Building the cake in 3D allows us to use depth – like when the base of the cake rolls towards camera – making the projection really pop against the ASN Co Building. Our characters have been animated traditionally by hand in 2D, giving greater contrast against the cake.
Mystery Gateau



The cake is built by mini ‘construction chefs’. The cake grows up the height of ASN Co as the little chefs add layer after layer, carefully positioning each element. There are little concrete trucks delivering cream, wheelbarrows delivering strawberries, and crane arms placing toffee. A chef waves in a ’10’ sculpted out of lights at the pinnacle of the cake to light up the party and kick off the celebrations.



Our tight knit team ran this project like they were in a commercial kitchen with the Masterchef clock ticking. Seeing our final animation projected onto a historic building in Sydney was a truly great experience.
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DirectorBonnie Taylor Forsyth
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Exec. Creative DirectorDarren Price
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Art DirectorSoftly Dunstan
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DesignBonnie Taylor Forsyth
Jason Pamment
Pete McDonald -
Model/SurfaceTessa Eden
Charles Ewart
Greg Petchkovsky
Andrew Silke -
2D AnimationBonnie Taylor Forsyth
Victoria Dinh
Michael Chen -
3D AnimationTessa Eden
Duncan MacLaren -
Light/RenderTessa Eden
Charles Ewart -
CompositeFederico Martinez
Kallie Ennever
Gareth Chang -
Head of StudioJeremy Howdin
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ProductionTina Braham
Diana Angelius
