Tic Tacs. Cherry Mixers

Made using hundreds of pictures of cherries, touched up in Photoshop and made move in After Effects.
We scoured the country to find cherries that look edible in October. Watch it here.
For Aesop. Animation by Andrew (Dog). Lighting and camera by Nich (Mongoose). Sound design by Nigel (Jaguar).

Promax 2015. Almost Live Animation

Two minutes in two days!
3D-printed stop-frame animation for the Promax Awards at the BFI. Ridiculous deadline, but turned out nice.

Watch it here.

Kronenbourg. Tasting Rituals of Alsace

We are currently making seven animations for Kronenburg. ‘The Tasting Rituals of Alsace’.
The first two are online here.
Drawn by our Squirrel, David and animated by our Mole, Simon.

Bar Shorts Idents

Our regular short film night in association with Chris Shepherd was a great success last night, and full to the rafters. High rafters, too.
Here are the idents by Duck & Otter.

Nature. All Four Films Finished

All four animations of former Nobel Prize winners for Nature are now finished. And very pleased with them we are.

You can see all of them in our work section, or by clicking the names below. Amazing stuff by Otter & Squirrel, Bird, Monkey and Penguin.

Baobab Tree for Mars

Here’s a film we made for Mars called Unlocking the Potential of Orphan Crops.

It was animated by Matt (Duck) with 3D tree work by Fu and Jez (Monkey and Otter.)

Food Network. Criminal Baking

Here is the second of four animations currently being shown on the Food Network. Filmed on location in Scripps’ Food Network kitchen in SW1, it’s a gritty crime drama in the mould of True Detective, but with more cakes.
Camera by Fu (Monkey) Lighting by Nich (Mongoose) Sound by Nigel (Jaguar) Animation by Andrew (Dog).

Max Mara. Milan Fashion Week

Our animation for Max Mara is undoubtedly the star of Milan Fashion Week.

You can see our nautical themed animations of Brian Grimwood’s illustrations in-situ on the catwalk here.

Animation by Fu (monkey) and Simon (Mole).

Food Network. Hamburger Birth

Here is the first of four animations currently being shown on the Food Network.
We have imaginatively titled this film ‘Hamburger’, but it could just as easily have been called ‘Burger’.
Camera by Fu (Monkey) Lighting by Nich (Mongoose) Sound by Nigel (Jaguar) Animation by Andrew (Dog).

Danone

Here’s an animation we did for Danone. Animated by Duck, it features a farmer who insisted on being in every shot – often more than once at a time. Ooh Danone.