Yaamava Resort & Casino “Nature of Discovery”

Created by VITRO, with production and post by Haymaker VFX, “Nature of Discovery” marks a first in terms of its execution via a combination of Unreal Engine and traditional render methods. Our journey begins in a mystical yet photoreal forest that gives way to the badlands, camera moving to magical touches like a butterfly “kissing” foliage in bloom. The flowers are hearts and clovers, which is a tipoff, but the spot evolves so seamlessly, even a redwood becomes a tower of poker chips without fanfare. A stream leads to a waterfall, and only then are we treated to the reels of a slot machine, spinning behind the water as if ordained by nature.We are 20 seconds into the :30 “Nature of Discovery,” before it is revealed to us that this is an ad for the Yaamava Resort & Casino in San Bernardino, CA.