ttvfx/content/site.ts

// All editable site copy lives here. Facts come from the Dec 2024 company
// profile (content/TT_Company_profile.pdf). Items marked TODO need confirming.

export const site = {
  name: "Two Tales VFX",
  shortName: "TTVFX",
  url: "https://ttvfx.com",
  // TODO: company profile says founded 2014; the logo lockup says "Est. 2015".
  founded: 2014,
  tagline: "Invisible work. Unforgettable frames.",
  description:
    "Two Tales VFX is a 3D animation and visual effects studio in Pretoria, South Africa, crafting VFX for film, series and commercials for clients across the globe.",
  // TODO: switch to an @ttvfx.com address once the domain's mail is set up.
  email: "chris@twotalesanimation.com",
  location: "Pretoria, South Africa",
  // Muted background loop for the home hero (cut from the Summertide reel).
  reel: "/reel/hero-loop.mp4" as string | null,
  reelPoster: "/reel/hero-poster.jpg" as string | null,
  // Full reel with sound, opened by the hero's "Play reel" button.
  fullReel: "/reel/summertide-reel.mp4" as string | null,
  socials: [
    // TODO: add real profiles, e.g. { label: "Vimeo", href: "https://vimeo.com/..." }
  ] as { label: string; href: string }[],
};

export const nav = [
  { label: "Filmography", href: "/#filmography" },
  { label: "Work", href: "/work/" },
  { label: "Services", href: "/#services" },
  { label: "Contact", href: "/#contact" },
];

export type Service = { title: string; image: string };

export const services: { group: string; items: Service[] }[] = [
  {
    group: "Visual Effects",
    items: [
      { title: "Creature Effects", image: "/capabilities/creature.jpg" },
      { title: "Set Extensions", image: "/capabilities/set-extension.jpg" },
      { title: "Volume Simulations", image: "/capabilities/volume-sim.jpg" },
      { title: "Fluid Simulations", image: "/capabilities/fluid-sim.jpg" },
      { title: "Screen Replacements", image: "/capabilities/screen-replacement.jpg" },
      { title: "Clean Up & Removals", image: "/capabilities/cleanup.jpg" },
      { title: "Compositing", image: "/capabilities/compositing.jpg" },
      { title: "Green Screen", image: "/capabilities/green-screen.jpg" },
      { title: "Gun Effects", image: "/capabilities/gun-fx.jpg" },
    ],
  },
  {
    group: "3D Animation",
    items: [
      { title: "Character Creation", image: "/capabilities/character-creation.jpg" },
      { title: "Character Animation", image: "/capabilities/character-animation.jpg" },
      { title: "Product Visualisation", image: "/capabilities/product-viz.jpg" },
    ],
  },
];

// Stills used in the studio section collage.
export const studioStills = [
  "/capabilities/explosion.jpg",
  "/capabilities/penguins.jpg",
  "/capabilities/shark.jpg",
  "/capabilities/penguin-box.jpg",
];

export type Award = {
  body: string;
  longName: string;
  edition: string;
  year: number;
  result: "Nominee" | "Winner";
  category: string;
  title: string;
  // Filmography slug and/or project slug this award belongs to.
  credit?: string;
  project?: string;
  image: string;
  reel?: string;
};

export const awards: Award[] = [
  {
    body: "SAFTA",
    longName: "19th South African Film and Television Awards",
    edition: "19th",
    year: 2026,
    result: "Nominee",
    category: "Best Achievement in Visual Effects – TV",
    title: "Summertide",
    credit: "summertide",
    project: "summertide",
    image: "/work/summertide/award-bg.jpg",
    reel: "/reel/summertide-reel.mp4",
  },
];

export const awardFor = (slug: string) => awards.find((a) => a.credit === slug || a.project === slug);

export type Credit = {
  slug: string;
  title: string;
  year: number;
  format: "Feature" | "Series";
  network?: string;
  // Not yet released; shown with an "Upcoming" badge.
  upcoming?: boolean;
  poster: string;
};

// Selected film & series credits, newest first.
export const filmography: Credit[] = [
  { slug: "baba-segi", title: "The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives", year: 2026, format: "Feature", upcoming: true, poster: "/film/baba-segi.jpg" },
  { slug: "beter-as-gister", title: "Beter as Gister", year: 2026, format: "Series", network: "kykNET", poster: "/film/beter-as-gister.jpg" },
  { slug: "blood-sisters-s2", title: "Blood Sisters: Season 2", year: 2026, format: "Series", network: "Netflix", poster: "/film/blood-sisters-s2.jpg" },
  { slug: "baby-farm", title: "Baby Farm", year: 2025, format: "Series", network: "Netflix", poster: "/film/baby-farm.jpg" },
  { slug: "die-affere", title: "Die Affêre", year: 2025, format: "Feature", network: "kykNET", poster: "/film/die-affere.jpg" },
  { slug: "som-van-twee", title: "Som van Twee", year: 2024, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/som-van-twee.jpg" },
  { slug: "oloture-the-journey", title: "Òlòtūré: The Journey", year: 2024, format: "Series", network: "Netflix", poster: "/film/oloture-the-journey.jpg" },
  { slug: "funmilayo-ransome-kuti", title: "Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti", year: 2024, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/funmilayo-ransome-kuti.jpg" },
  { slug: "summertide", title: "Summertide", year: 2024, format: "Series", network: "M-Net", poster: "/film/summertide.jpg" },
  { slug: "war-wrath-and-revenge", title: "WAR: Wrath and Revenge", year: 2023, format: "Series", network: "Netflix", poster: "/film/war-wrath-and-revenge.jpg" },
  { slug: "little-big-mouth", title: "Little Big Mouth", year: 2021, format: "Feature", network: "Netflix", poster: "/film/little-big-mouth.jpg" },
  { slug: "vergeet-my-nie", title: "Vergeet My Nie", year: 2020, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/vergeet-my-nie.jpg" },
  { slug: "toorbos", title: "Toorbos", year: 2019, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/toorbos.jpg" },
  { slug: "fiela-se-kind", title: "Fiela se Kind", year: 2019, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/fiela-se-kind.jpg" },
  { slug: "ander-mens", title: "Ander Mens", year: 2019, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/ander-mens.jpg" },
  { slug: "ellen", title: "Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story", year: 2018, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/ellen.jpg" },
  { slug: "stroomop", title: "Stroomop", year: 2018, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/stroomop.jpg" },
  { slug: "vir-die-voels", title: "Vir die Voëls", year: 2016, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/vir-die-voels.jpg" },
  { slug: "modder-en-bloed", title: "Modder en Bloed", year: 2016, format: "Feature", poster: "/film/modder-en-bloed.jpg" },
];

const yearsActive = new Date().getFullYear() - site.founded;

export const stats = [
  { value: `${yearsActive}+`, label: "Years in production" },
  { value: String(filmography.length), label: "Film & series credits" },
  { value: String(filmography.filter((c) => c.network === "Netflix").length), label: "Netflix titles" },
  { value: "SAFTA", label: "2026 VFX nominee" },
];

export type Project = {
  slug: string;
  title: string;
  client: string;
  year: number;
  category: string;
  summary: string;
  // Still under /public used for cards and as the video poster.
  image?: string;
  // MP4 under /public, or a Vimeo/YouTube embed URL.
  video?: string;
  gallery?: string[];
  credits: string[];
  // Accent hue (0-360) for the generated frame shown when there is no image.
  hue: number;
};

export const projects: Project[] = [
  {
    slug: "summertide",
    title: "Summertide",
    client: "M-Net",
    year: 2024,
    category: "Series",
    summary:
      "Creature and simulation work for M-Net’s coastal family drama: CG African penguins, a CG shark with water simulation, shark replacements on the beach, CG storm clouds and lightning, a CG seal and pyro simulations.",
    image: "/work/summertide/still-18.jpg",
    video: "/reel/summertide-reel.mp4",
    gallery: [
      "/work/summertide/still-101.jpg",
      "/work/summertide/still-139.jpg",
      "/work/summertide/still-80.jpg",
      "/work/summertide/still-187.jpg",
    ],
    credits: ["CG Penguins", "CG Shark & Water Sim", "Shark Replacement", "CG Clouds & Lightning", "CG Seal", "Pyro Simulations"],
    hue: 190,
  },
  {
    slug: "festo-f1",
    title: "Festo F1",
    client: "Festo",
    // TODO: confirm year (Festo's centenary campaign; file dated March 2026).
    year: 2026,
    category: "Commercial",
    summary:
      "A fully CG Formula 1 spot celebrating 100 years of Festo, “Automation for a world in motion”. It runs from a moody studio reveal of the car, through a glitch-driven race sequence, to the podium.",
    image: "/work/festo-f1/still-2.jpg",
    video: "/work/festo-f1/festo-f1.mp4",
    gallery: ["/work/festo-f1/still-13.jpg", "/work/festo-f1/still-46.jpg"],
    credits: ["Full CG", "Vehicle Lookdev", "Character Animation", "Lighting", "Compositing"],
    hue: 200,
  },
  {
    slug: "clere-radiance",
    title: "Clere Radiance",
    client: "Clere",
    // TODO: confirm year.
    year: 2024,
    category: "Product Visualisation",
    summary:
      "Photoreal CG product visualisation for Clere’s Radiance Night Re-Newer.",
    image: "/capabilities/product-viz.jpg",
    credits: ["Product Visualisation", "Lookdev", "Lighting"],
    hue: 330,
  },
];