Top10.com

Becky and Joe made these 2 ads for the App Top10.com.
There are Germany Sausages playing accordions and a Spanish Squid playing a guitar, what is not to like.
See the Sausages here
and the squid here

UK TV Gold channel rebrand and idents

Hooray Nick Bentley came back!
This time to work with Dixon Baxi on this channel rebrand for UK TV Gold.
Shooting in every available space including the bath.

You can watch all of them here

Francois and the Atlas Mountains -The way to the Forest

It's been a long time since we posted any jobs, so it's time to play catch up.

Starting with Eliot Dear and Blink productions for Francois and the Atlas Mountains. The team spent 5 days with us filming shots of the miniature Ninja band and of the Beetle coming back from the dead.

To see it click on this link and get your commando rolls at the ready.

Dorset Cereals

Based on his short film 'Fear of Flying', this advert for Dorset Cereals shows Conor Finnegan's puppeteered characters bring to life a woodland full of animals starting the day.


Click here to watch the advert
and here to see a making of



Production Company Nexus

Director Conor Finnegan

Producer Janet Smith

Production Manager Fernanda Garcia Lopez

Director Of Photography Malcolm Hadley

1st Camera Assist Mark Swaffield

2nd Camera Assist Toby Mckay

Gaffer Aldo Camilleri

Electrician Paolo Fernandez

Vfx Supervisor Dave Walker

Model Maker (Sets) Andy Gent

Model Maker (Characters) Jessica Dance

Set Dresser Nick Stunt and Nadia Oh

Puppeteers Andy Biddle and Matt Cooper
Runner Maiwenn Leborgne

Coca- Cola Building

Nexus directors Smith & Foulkes returned to Clapham Road for this project which uses a mix of Stop Frame backgrounds and CG characters. The spot features a Coca-Cola Red ballon as it makes its way up the outside of an apartment building, peeking in on the inhabitants. From the first meeting of a new couple on the ground floor to the 50th Wedding Anniversary party in the penthouse, everybody enjoys a lovely bottle of Coca-Cola!
To see the advert click here
To read about the process click here.

The sets were made by the talented crews of Arch Model Studios and Yamination.
DOP Malcolm Hadley

Parcel2Go

The lovely chaps from Ubik came by with new production company Fieldtrip to create this 30 second ad for Parcel2Go using a mixture of Stop Frame backgrounds and cg characters.
Head on over to Fieldtrips vimeo page here to watch the video

Cavendale- Barry the Biscuit Boy

What happens when a boy made of biscuit bathes in a lake made of milk?
Watch this new Cravendale advert directed by Joe Mann and Andrew Thomas Huang and showcasing a mixture of Puppeteering by the masters that are Jonny and Will and Stop frame animation by the wondrous Andy Biddle.

Credit list available under the video on this link

You can also see a great 'Making of' here.

Maltesers Dubstep

Jonny and Will directed and puppeteered two 10 second adverts for a Maltesers Britains got talent competition.

To watch the Dubstep version click here

Handy Tips for Easter Fun with the Family

Hooray! Becky and Joe came back and brought their friends with them to make this Easter promotion for Sainsbury.
To watch the whole film, click here

DJuice - Fail compilation

Norwegian director Martin Engh returned with production company A-Dep to make more of these very successful adverts for Norwegian mobile phone company DJuice based on infamous youtube clips.

To watch the first 2

click here

and here

Director Martin Engh
Producer Jakob Thommessen
DOP Christophe Leignel
Animators Kevin Walton, Tobias Fouracre
Model maker Andrew Spradbery