LEAGUE OF LEGENDS OPENING CEREMONY
With the League of Legends Worlds Opening Ceremony returning to a full live audience in 2022, two key goals of the event became scale and spectacle. Possible was tasked with finding a way to weave together a variety of elements, including existing and upcoming IP releases, six League champions, three unique performers (Edda Hayes, Jackson Wang, Lil Nas X) all with sonically-distinct songs, two finalist teams, and one Summoner's Cup to create a 360°-show that utilized both digital immersion and physical transformation to sweep audiences away on a 13-minute odyssey.
psbl team
Executive Producers: Ryan Chung, Roy Chung, Nick Troop
Creative Director: Anna Robinson
Content Producer, Ceremonies: Lisa Renkel
Content Producer, Gameplay: Kerry Brown
Producer: Carson Polan-Volpe
Screens Producer: Roy Chung
Art Director, Ceremonies: Chris Anderson
Art Director, Gameplay: Gary Hebert
Animation Supervisor: Adrian Lim
Character Animator: Michael Bomagat
3D Leads: Nick Scarcella, Aaron Covrett
FX Leads: Serjan Burlak, Charles Trippe
Additional FX: Akshay Tiwari
FX Assistant: Daniela Levy
Artist & Senior Content Manager: Ismael Zendejas
Artists: Joyce Hu, Ali Say, Nico Schiavone, Shawn Wagner, Clara Bacou, Nate Cowsert, Zach LaPlante, Brian Pacelli, Claire Talbott, Alessandro Uragallo
Concept Artists: Nona Zieba, Etienne Fagnere
Previz Lead: Jake McPherson
Systems Engineer: Geordy van Es
Sound Design: Robert Brinkerhoff
Production Assistant: Joshua Feliciano
Character Modeling & Additional Animation: Agora Studio
Modeling & Rigging: Twisted Mountain Animation
Photos: Colin Young-Wolff, Lance Skundrich, Jianhua Chen/Riot Games
team leads
Client: LoL Esports
Global Esports Creative Director: Carrie Dunn (Riot Games)
Executive Producer: Nick Troop
Creative Director: Anna Robinson
Head of Production: Marc Hilko
Worlds 2022 Production Lead: Ben Vignola
Opening Ceremony Production Manager: Steph Ura
Creative Producer: Trevor Burk (Visual Noise Creative)
Production Design: Josh Zangen (Zangen Design)
Opening Ceremony Co-Director: Sam Wrench
Opening Ceremony Co-Director: James Merryman
Opening Ceremony AD: Susan Kopensky
Opening Ceremony TD: Dave Bernstein
Concom Coordinating Director: Randy Quick
Lighting Design: Mat Stovall (LampedUp) & Trevor Burk (Visual Noise Creative)
World Feed Broadcast Executive Producer: Sam Chaimson
World Feed Broadcast Director: Charlie Anderson
World Feed Broadcast AD: Liah Starmann
World Feed Broadcast TD: Cortlan Vitz
Costume Designer & Lead Stylist: Athena Lawton
Travel Coordination & Immigration: Global Esports Event Logistics (Riot Games)
Accounting & Finance Management: Global Events Finance Team (Riot Games)
Opening Ceremony Music Composition: Michael Pitman & Rich Thomson
Director of Photography: Brett Turnbull
Audio Supervision: Squarewave
Lead Rigger: Bowie Ebrill (DLM Event Services)
Art Director: Danielle Scott
Engineering: Esports Technology Group (Riot Games)
Hair & Makeup Lead: Kassandra Karr
Lead Talent Manager: Romy Konigseder
Lead Stage Manager: Ron Paul
Choreographer: Dani Vitale
Associate Choreographer: Anthony Kin
Assistant Choreographer: Scott Myrick
STAR WALKIN’ Choreographer: Sean Bankhead