MSI Product Launch 2021 - Opening Film

Client
MSI
Agency
Hui Kai Su
Role
Key Visual Design, Design, Animation, Simulation

Background

In 2021, with most product launches going online because of COVID-19, I was invited to create the key visual for MSI virtual event. My role was to define the look for how people become digitalized. At that time, everyone was staying home and craving connection, so the project focused on showing how MSI brings people together through new digital experiences.

Concept

The film shows how everyone faces invisible boundaries, social pressures and the pandemic keep us apart, but inside, passion still burns. As online interactions grow more diverse, people’s forms blur, revealing vibrant inner worlds and breaking free from limits. The main character digitalizes, racing through symbols of technology, finally arriving in a boundless virtual world. This is the gateway MSI creates, welcoming everyone into a new digital era.

Impact

The opening film with the event has over 3.1 million views on MSI’s YouTube channel, underscoring its widespread audience engagement. It earned a nomination in the Events Live Event Graphics category at the 2022 Motion Awards.

The Film

Some shots following the key style done by the team.

Key Visual

The challenge is to create a visual showing people dissolving into data and evaporating into smoke, which requires integrating two very different forms.

Early Explorations

CREDITS

Client
MSI
Produced by
Hui-Kai Su
Creative Director
Hui-Kai Su
Director
Jie Liou
Art Director
Hui-Kai Su, Jie Liou
Producer
Jhin Dong
Production Assistant
Ying-Yu Liu
Storyboard
Steven Tung
Styleframe Design
Children Chiu, Jia-Zhen Hong, Yi-Hong Yue (Hakurei Neko), Yuson Chen
Motion Design
Children Chiu, Jia-Zhen Hong, Yi-Hong Yue (Hakurei Neko), Tieh-Fei Yu, Yuson Chen
VFX
Children Chiu
TouchDesigner Creators
Ping-Sheng Wu, Jie Liou
Compositing
Hui-Kai Su, Jie Liou, Jia-Zhen Hong, Yi-Hong Yue (Hakurei Neko)
Logotype Design
Cheng-Jie Sung

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