Nike Football — Mercurial

A Nike Football vignette starring Kylian Mbappé, built on one line — break through at full speed, no matter what is in front of you. Everything in the athletes’ way is CG, and everything they wear is not.

What I heldSport

01 Look-dev

02 Boards & key frames

03 Lighting

04 Grade supervision

Shot on a bluescreen stage under a full lighting array, then built out in post: the arena, the yellow training dummies, the walls and buses the players go through, and the debris of each impact.

The films

15″

Stills

06 frames

Kylian Mbappé in a red Nike kit, lit against the deep blue stage

The blue arena in wide shot, ranks of yellow CG training dummies standing on the pitch

Low angle on a red Mercurial boot about to strike the ball

A player driving through a yellow training dummy as it shatters into debris

A player breaking through a concrete wall, blocks and dust flying

A player bursting through the side of a black coach, glass and panels in the air

Role

Art Direction

Direction

Shapxo

DOP

Nikita Kuz

VFX / Production

Abyss Digital

Year

2026

Production by 24x7, Madrid · VFX and post-production by Abyss Digital

Process

Behind the scenes

Break through at full speed, no matter what is in front of you.

The cut moves between the shoot and the shot — the bluescreen stage under its lighting array, the camera monitor mid-take, and the finished frames the work resolves into.