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Hidrolight packaging: a 3D video that turns the box into the main character

A video that introduces the new concept for Hidrolight's product boxes, turning the box from a package into the lead.

Client
Hidrolight
Role
3D, Motion graphics, Editing
Year
2021
Hidrolight, Product showcase
2 daysplan and storyboard
1.5 weeksanimation

01Context

Hidrolight invests in the quality of its products and in how the relationship with customers unfolds, from production to sales and support. That led it to rethink its product boxes and ask for a video introducing the new concept.

02Approach

From package to character
I used 3D to turn the box from a mere product into a character. The video follows the popular color-block style, but instead of a real-world setting it has light particles and rotating objects next to the box, which is rigged inside a cylindrical ring.
Smooth motion in every scene
To keep the motion smooth even when the main object had to stay still, I combined shooting techniques with motion graphics in the edit.

Frames and process

A product box floating above a glowing orange ring on a purple stage.
Close-up of braille and printed text on the box.
Animated text over a corrugated-board diagram: 'Verniz BOPP', 'Duplex 275g', 'Microondulado'.
An open cardboard box in macro view, with magenta particles.
The Postural Support product box, orange and purple, standing on a round platform.
Top view of an open box on a pedestal inside orange rings, with rods flying past.

Tools

  • After Effects
  • Blender (Eevee)
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop