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The 2019 Wimbledon promotional campaign charts the historical context of the Wimbledon champions from 1934 to the present day.

The recreations of historical scenes use physical models, props, set pieces, stock footage and post effects.

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We worked with designer-maker Kyle Bean to realise his design for this fruit machine inspired “style machine”. The film was used as promotional material for the Eden shopping center’s rebrand campaign. 

The final film is a composite of live effects, stop-frame elements, and simple post-production edits. We really like the resulting distinctive style.

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We made the practical props for Virgin Media’s 2019 “Intelligent Wifi” campaign. In this parody of Batman’s secret hideout, the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt is plagued by slow internet connections.

We built and modified various hi-tech gadgets with wifi indicators which appeared to be searching for connectivity. We also built the shadow casting ceiling fans and the Bolt-signal and base.

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We worked with Friends Electric to help tell the story of The Wimbledon Foundation with this physical animation. The illustrations were hand-drawn on copies of Wimbledon tickets, beginning with the first and moving in chronological order to the most recent.

Over 800 tickets were cut, folded, coloured, marked, aged and numbered accordingly. When arranged vertically on the oak tabletop the tickets covered 3 meters in length! 

HOW WE DID IT

The biggest technical challenge was creating a rigging method that would allow us to animate the 800 tickets quickly but that required no post-production. If any tickets fell down whilst animating we would have to start over.

We considered a number of methods, however, the only way to know was to do some physical tests. The testing concluded that the volume was not visually long enough, so we realised we would also have to space out the tickets.

The entire sequence was shot in reverse, removing tickets from the table top which was on an incline of 15 degrees. The tickets had spacers on the rear which were mounted in a way that meant they could only fall backwards.

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We created the stylised sets and props for Giffgaff’s latest sponsorship bumpers for “The Voice”. The bumpers are interactive, allowing fans’ tweets and posts to be featured on signboards  

The 6 colourful stylised set pieces were interchangeable, locating exactly in the same position for Bolt motion control arm, allowing for a simple composite in post-production. 

The set had comfortable(ish) access for hand actors to perform from all sides. 

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We designed and built this glass-top set and food styled carrots for this McDonald’s ident.

Over 60 kilos of carrots were skillfully cut by our team into the components of the classic Channel 4 logo for our old mate Rudolph to plough his way through.

Look at that snuffly little nose!………What do you mean reindeer don’t actually eat carrots!?

HOW WE DID IT

Keeping the carrots looking lush and fresh required all cutting to be done on the day. We experimented in our workshop before the shoot with potato chippers and various rigs to speed up the cutting process but by far the quickest and most accurate way was with a good knife and professional hand.

The set design required a raised platform high enough to get a camera and lighting under but low enough to allow stress-free access for Rudolf. Coordinating the needs of each department into a practical solution allowed an unrestricted shoot day with uncompromised safety and welfare for crew and fourlegged cast members.

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This colourful geometric set -piece formed part of the backdrop and identity for Adobe’s 2018 Summit event.

At 5m x 3m, this geometric backdrop was constructed from over 100 individual tessellating extrusions, reaching out an imposing 1.5m.

Made with a combination of traditional handcrafted techniques and precision CNC, each piece was lovingly translated from illustrator files into the real world.

HOW WE DID IT

We were able to extract the vector data from the original concept renders. This vector data allowed us to CNC route all of the component parts to form a giant geometric jigsaw puzzle.

The basic tiles were constructed from MDF with longer extrusions constructed in box form to reduce the over hanging weight.

The modular design meant that the entire wall could be packed and air freighted to the Summit event in Vegas for a local crew to assemble.

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We built a graphical farm-scape to visually represent Land O’ Lakes “farm to table” ethos. We lovingly crafted the set, table, and miniatures, translating Kyle Bean’s distinctive style into practical elements for shooting stop frame animation. 

The work includes sliding fields, model made farm building, rigged tractor, growing trees and uncurling crops.

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We were asked to provide large-scale props and effects to help create atmosphere in the advert. These included a 20 foot long giant sausage, confetti, wet weather and snow.

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Guide Dogs charity wanted a game to draw attention to their stand at a charity conference. The game needed to highlight issues that guide dog owners face, whilst also securing valuable contact time with MPs who could then hopefully fund the charity to overcome these issues.

We were asked to design a shuffleboard game that could be played within their limited 3m stand space.