Back Market
The Monster
A film for Back Market that encourages people to reconsider how they buy their tech, starring Monster. This is a combination of live action puppetry, 2D facial animation, stop motion and anything else we could get our hands on.
A lovely bunch of people worked on this, to name but a few: James Noellert designed the human characters. Andy Gent and his team made the puppets and some sets. Other sets were made by Aslyum. Previs and VFX adeptly handled by the beautiful brainiacs at Nexus. Full credits below.
Behind The Scenes
The film was shot over 6 days in Arch Model Studio in London.
CLIENT
Brand: Back Market
Co-Founder & CCO: Vianney Vaute
Strategic Advisor: Seth Farbman
Creative Director: Jeff Johnson
Creative Director: Steve Peck
Head of US Marketing: Woody Wright
Executive Producer: Melanie Baublis
Strategic Consultant: Jeff Kenyon
Lead Art Director: Victor Antonelli
Head of Content: Eugena Ossi
Expert Copywriter: Adam Pasulka
Hannah Laloum: Creative Studio Manager
Lucy Hargrove: Social Media Manager
NEXUS
Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Johnny Kelly
Executive Producer: Josephine Gallagher
Executive Producer: Camila de Biaggi
Senior Producer: Josephine Gallagher
Production Manager: Ruyi Meer
Production Assistant: Max Bigg
VFX Supervisor & Lead Compositor: Germán Diez
Studio CG Supervisor: Mark Davies
Editor: Dave Slade
Art Directors: Melanie Climent & Callum Strachan
Character Designer: James Noellert
2D Animators: Chris Cray, Joe Sparkes, Matt Partridge
Motion Graphics Animation: Bethany Levy, Abel Kohen
Compositors: Gareth Tredrea, Hugo Vieites Caamano, Sacha Danjou, Sander Saks, Victori Jalabert, Alexandre Gaudiano
Storyboards: Richard Buxton
Puppet & Set Build: Arch Model Studio
Sets & Puppets: Andy Gent, Lisa Hill
Set Build: Asylum
Set Supervisor: Peter Tilbe
Set Technician: Josh Guess, Tom Bull, Daniel Tynan
LIVE ACTION & PUPPETRY:
Director of Photography: Matt Fox
1st AD: Robert Thorpe
Production Manager: Rhian Gwenlan
Runner: Kai Rajakulasingam
2nd AC: Rosamund Freeman
Grip: Kevin Foy
DIT: Phoebe Frazer
CCTV Operator: Liam Coles
Focus Puller: Ben Jones
Gaffer: Paul Allen
Electricians: Jono Yates, Bill Rae Smith, Michael Smit, Ed Riley, Tim Jordan, Auxane Verdier, Ana Krkljus
Catering: Lords of Poké
Lead Puppeteer: Tim Cherry Jones
Puppeteers: Shakara Carter, Kim Scopes
Lead Animator: Tobias Fouracre
1st AC (stop motion): George Warren
Set Maintenance: Mark Chippington
Puppet Maintenance: Sofia Serrano
POST
Grade: Aubrey Woodiwiss
Post house: Untold Studios
Grade Producer: Simon Downie
Voice Over: Geoff Grimwood, Pacific Blain
Sound Design and Mix: Jon Clarke
Audio Producer: Ciara Wakley
Sound Studio: Factory
Music Composition: Q Department
PR & Marketing: Valentina Tarelli, Nancy Edmondson, Isobel Wise, Stephanie Anjo
Behind The Scenes: Juliette Dalton @ 2Dice Productions
Medics: Simon Lee, Paul Mawson