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Jenius Kill The Bills
On 27, Oct 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
This is “Kill the Bills”, one of our favourite Jenius films. Pay all your bills directly from your phone.
Jenius Card Centre
On 26, Oct 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
Here’s “Card Centre” from Jenius. It lets you create your own credit cards, as many as you want, with fully customisable limits. So you can control your spending, and give fixed-limit cards to friends or family.
Jenius Dream Saver
On 25, Oct 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
Our directors Pete Mellor and Layla Atkinson plus illustrator Spencer Wilson have been working all year on a series of lovely little films to explain “Jenius”, the brilliant new Indonesian banking app. Jenius is a great bit of kit which allows you to control all aspects of your financial life from your phone. We’ll be posting a selection of these films over the next few days. This was a fabulous project to work on as we crewed-up with big bunch of lovely and talented 2d animators. Plus, we got to meet and party with some charming Indonesians. Here’s the first film, “Dream Saver” which shows how Jenius can help you save for a treat, however big….or small.
Jenius | One Touch
On 24, Oct 2016 | In clip, directors, Layla Atkinson | By Layla
Animators: Nick Brooks, Alex Potts, James Turzynski, Harry Slinger-Thompson, Philip Askins, Simona Ciraolo
Illustrator: Spencer Wilson
Music: Adem Ihlan
Mix: Fonic
Directors: Pete Mellor, Layla Atkinson
Line Producer: Pedro Lino
Exec Producer: Richard Barnett
Ong Ong in Computer Arts
On 29, Jul 2015 | In news / blog | By Layla
There’s a lovely feature on our Blur video in August’s Computer Arts magazine. Pete Mellor discusses how we managed to turn that whole thing around in just nine (intense) days.
Blur | ‘Ong Ong’ Music Video
On 03, Jun 2015 | In news / blog, Press | By Richard
Having just finished a new lyric video for the Rolling Stones and currently working on a top secret project for a rock legend, Trunk were approached by Parlophone to work on the video for Blur’s new single. ‘Ong Ong’.
The penultimate track on Blur’s newest and critically acclaimed, Number 1 album The Magic Whip is “Ong Ong”, which has been given the Trunk treatment by directors Layla Atkinson and Pete Mellor.
Blur’s Creative Director Tony Hung’s concept of a classic arcade game video required the animatic to be pinned down as quickly as possible. Working with Tony, Trunk’s directors nailed it in just a couple of days, whilst a crack team of animators were lured into the studio, and 7 days later with only one killer all-nighter, the video was complete!
Influenced by the classic games such as Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and Pac – Man the video features the cute Mr OK, a bouncing ball which can be seen on the Ong Ong cover art, on a quest to be reunited with his girlfriend. In this wonderful traditional narrative, each level features a ‘Boss’ that our hero has to defeat. The riotous live-action sequence at the end of the video identifies each ‘Boss’, which were superbly characterised in digital form by Peepshow Collective’s very own Spencer Wilson. The gorgeous colourful palette used and playful nature of the video perfectly mirrors the fun and pop feel of the song.
Layla notes, “The song is full of fun and is very catchy which lent itself perfectly to Tony’s arcade game theme. As a big fan of the look from those early video games it was great to research them and to recreate classic 8 bit games such as Pong and Astro pinball”
Click below for Press coverage :-
Credits:-
Band: BLUR
Track: ONG ONG
Director: TONY HUNG
Production company: TRUNK ANIMATION
Animation direction: LAYLA ATKINSON and PETE MELLOR
Producer: RICHARD BARNETT
Associate Producer: DANIEL NEGRET
Illustration: SPENCER WILSON
Animation: AMY SUTTON, LESLEY DART, LAYLA ATKINSON, PETE MELLOR.
1st ad: JONATHAN SIDWELL
DOP: PHIL POOLE
Costume design: SUSSIE JUHLIN-WALLÉN
Commissioner: WILLIAM NICHOLS
Management: ELEVEN MGMT
DAMON ALBARN as MR. CREAM
GRAHAM COXON as MR. BROWN
ALEX JAMES as MR. RED
DAVE ROWNTREE as MR. BLACK
MR. OK as MR. OK
MS. OK as MS. OK
Pete Mellor creates a beautiful new 12 min short “Saving Joule”.
On 05, May 2015 | In Press | By Pip
Trunk and Peepshow Collective director Pete Mellor has created a fantastic educational film for Saudi children. Peepshow were approached by The Edge Picture Company to produce an animation for KCA London and their client the Mishkat Interactive Centre for Atomic and Renewable Energy in Saudi Arabia.
The film is aimed at 6 to 10 year olds and tells the story of Joule, an adorable robot trying to power his ship and rejoin his lost fleet. He is assisted in his search by a friendly alien who shows him that there are alternative energy sources available such as solar, wind and nuclear power. With nods to great sci-fi classics such as WALL-E, Avatar and Star Wars the short is full of humour, tension and jeopardy as Joule completes his quest.
Nick Canner, creative director at The Edge, wrote the film’s initial story line. This was fleshed out during the production process with the help of the guys at Peepshow who worked out more of the narrative structure and flow to make a truly enjoyable film.
A fabulous child friendly palette is used throughout the short, which uses solid colours for the main characters, designed by Spencer Wilson, juxtaposed against textured backgrounds that are reminiscent of the illustrations in 1960’s books about space. These were created by Luke Best who, to obtain that particular look, created lots of hand painted, watercolour textures. Pete notes, “The design and colours within the film had to look as if they had come from an alien world. It was also important to the client that each landscape had a unique palette. It was interesting that Luke designed a whole forest of mushroom like trees which meant nothing to the Saudi client as mushrooms are not native to that part of the world.”
Working to a tight schedule the short was created using Cinema 4D and After Effects and is accompanied by a soaring and majestic score put together by Simon Keep from Holkham Sound Design studio using Audio Network’s huge library of orchestral tracks.
The finished film will be shown exclusively to visitors on the Centre’s hi-tech, 18 metre wide screen in Riyadh and, as there are no cinemas in Saudi Arabia, for some viewers this will be a unique and exciting experience.
Click below for press coverage:-
Credits: –
Animation / Compositing – Pete Mellor, Chris Sayer, Jason Arber
Illustration / Art Direction – Luke Best, Spencer Wilson, Miles Donovan / Peepshow Collective
Director – Pete Mellor / Peepshow Collective
Producer – Miles Donovan
Music Editing / Sound Design – Simon Keep / Holkham Sound Design
Client – The Edge Picture Company / KCA
How We Got To Now
On 12, Feb 2015 | In news / blog | By Layla
Keep an eye out for the new series “How We Got To Now With Steven Johnson”. It starts on BBC2, this Saturday (14th) at 7.35pm. Our amazingly talented friends at Peepshow Collective created all the animated segments for the show. We’ve had a sneak peek and it looks great.
Pete Mellor directs another great commercial for The Car Buying Service.
On 02, Dec 2014 | In Press | By Pip
Trunk animation director Pete Mellor directs another great commercial for The Car Buying Service.
After the success of the previous TV Spot for The Car Buying Service Leeds based agency Propaganda approached Trunk Animation to create a further commercial. Once again the super talented Pete Mellor teamed up with Peepshow’s superb illustrator Spencer Wilson to create the gorgeous new TV spot.
The 30-second short is full of humour and colour and presents a strong graphic style that is mirrored throughout the Car Buying Service brand. The new short sets out and promotes the differences between the Car Buying Service and other larger companies in this competitive field. The lovely Ade Edmondson looked after the voiceover and delivered a pitch perfect performance, allowing Pete to perfectly pace the visuals!
Producer Pedro Lino at Trunk noted “It was great to work with the original team at Propaganda and Trunk again. It ensured we were able to turn the commercial around pretty quickly without any sleepless nights, if only all clients were as easy!”
Composer Ivan Arnold once again created the score, whilst J.M Finch at Fonic looked after sound design and mix.
Click below for press coverage:-
Credits: –
Produced by Trunk Animation
Directed by Pete Mellor
Producer: Pedro Lino
Agency: Propaganda
Art Director: Ben Bateson @ Propaganda
Animation: Pete Mellor, Leslie Dart
Illustration: Spencer Wilson
Composer: Ivan Arnold
Sound Design & Mix: J.M Finch @ Fonic
Voice Over: Ade Edmondson
Client: The Car Buying Service
