The year is 2117. Artificial intelligence rules; humans live secluded in forests. The spot follows a lonely work-bot who is yearning for human love; as he tries to recreate a ‘traditional’ Christmas scene. The hero explores the uninhabited dystopian city gathering abandoned presents and props, when he finds clues about what happened to the humans.

From concept art down to every nut and bolt, our VFX artists created the robots to reflect how they’d be built in their own world, taking inspiration from real-life, movable objects. Because our artists had to deal with so many individual pieces – over 3,000 mechanically-accurate parts for the hero robot alone – the team developed a new look-development workflow, to manage material assignments and shader variation. This way of working enabled the team to create the world of ‘2117' including different robot variations - against a tight time-scale.