World of Shōgun is a six-minute fully animated piece of short form content produced by FX, in close collaboration with our teams at Method Studios. Created principally in Unreal Engine (UE5), the film immerses audiences in the enthralling world of FX’s landmark limited series, providing them with a historical overview of Feudal Japan and a deeper understanding of the power struggles that springboard the series’ events.
/ Credits
Client: FX Networks
FX Director: Steve Viola
Visual Effects & Animation: Method Studios
Global Executive Creative Director: Jon Noorlander
Executive Creative Director: John Likens
Creative Director: Wesley Ebelhar
Lead Art Director: Seiji Anderson
Design & Animation: David Weinstock, Ihsu Yoon, Michael DeCaprio
Senior FX Supervisor: Tomas Slancik
FX Technical Director: David Derwin
Associate VFX Supervisor: Alex Cheparev
CG Supervisor: Christina Faraj
Lighting Supervisor: Claire Chang
Senior Lighter: Irene Kim
Character Modeler: Tan Bi, Mason Trager
Senior Groom Artist: Jordan Soler
Senior Rigger: Rick Fronek
CG Generalist: Mark Yagos
Realtime Technical Director: Warren Wang
Realtime Producer: Fan Yu
Senior Unreal Generalist: Eugene Flormata
Technical Animator: David Jiang
Unreal Rigger: Justin Barcellos
Lead Animator: Greg Bekken
Art Director: Mateus Kurzhals
Technical Art Supervisor: Tanner McQueen
CG Supervisor: Michael Ferraro
Unreal Generalist: Adam Butler
Concept Design: Felix Soletic, Ivan Girard
EVP, Global Managing Director: Jesse Kurnit
VFX Executive Producers: Adrienne Mitchell, Karina Partington
Senior Design Producer: Claire Dorwart
Senior VFX Production Coordinator: Juliann Barbella