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Framestore’s CG Hepburn almost as delicious as the chocolate she’s pushing [video]

Posted by / February 28, 2013

Galaxy chocolate ad

Why would Galaxy chocolate pay a live actress when they could get one of the brightest star’s of Hollywood even if that star faded years ago?

Actually, we have no doubt they paid a pretty penny for Framestore’s amazing imitation of Audrey Hepburn, the 3D model for which was built from old film footage, images and documentaries to capture that iconic look.

Though they first tried using a look-alike who could be touched up to look like Hepburn, the differences were still too noticeable, so full CG it was with truly remarkable results.

The hairstyle reminded us so much of Sabrina that we pulled this YouTube clip for comparison’s sake:

Full story at The Verge.

Wonders of technology.

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