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2024 ADC Awards - Motion / Film Craft

Berthold Gone Wild

Agency Panic Ltd / Rīga

Client Panic

Category

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

Annual ID

ADC103_MOT062M

About the Work

As Panic animation studio underwent a period of significant growth, we recognized the opportune moment to embark on our next strategic endeavor. Our objective was to create a captivating promotional video that would serve as a definitive representation of Panic studio's capabilities, craftsmanship, and unparalleled client service. With a keen focus on the animation process itself, we entrusted our adept production team with the task of conceptualizing and crafting an animation video.

At Panic, we constantly hear, "What's your process?" but fear putting clients to sleep with technical jargon, or worse - the dreaded explainer video. Enter Berthold, the inner spirit of Panic, taking "who we are and what we do" to another level. This loveable, unsuspecting character gets thrown into a wild tour through our animation creation universe.

Maxing out on characters, visuals, and sound effects, we dive deep into our wild style to explain how we empathetically immerse ourselves in our client's distinctive needs and tailor to that vision. Using mostly 2D, cel animation and a bit of collages and 3D, this boldly colorful and masterful visual flex features meticulous color blocking, holographic gradients, tailored sound design, and characters as diverse as our artistic abilities - all keeping the endlessly engaging tale trippy, timeless, and woke. At the same time, the quirky scripted sense of humor illustrates the Panic love language that fuels our team behind the scenes.

From our pervasive presence on social media platforms to our engaging website, editorial features, and personalized direct mail, this animation video has been seamlessly integrated to facilitate widespread outreach. It has proven instrumental in conveying our expertise, values, and creative prowess to a broader audience.

This endeavor embodies our dedication to consistently pushing the boundaries of creativity, leveraging our strengths to showcase the true essence of Panic animation studio.

2024 Awards

Total Points: 3

Merit Honor

Credits

Production Company

Panic Ltd / Rīga

Art Director

Gints Gutmanis

Composer

Arturs Liepins

Executive Producer

Laura Zavodska

Sound Designer

Arturs Liepins
Jeff Moberg

2D Animation & Compositing

Alexey Rovkov
Eduards Balodis
Francois Edrich Schonken
Gints Gutmanis
Vadim Luks
Vince Hurtu
Vladimirs Karsecjans

3D Modeling & Animation

Geoffrey Trusler

Animatic

Roberts Kulenko

Animation Lead

Gints Gutmanis
Vladimirs Karsecjans

Look Development

Vladimirs Karsecjans
Gints Gutmanis

Rough Keys

Anastasia Titarenko
David Stumpf
Kyrylo Novikov

Script writer

Edijs Vucens

Storyboard Artist

Gints Gutmanis

Tie-Down & Clean Up

Anastasia Titarenko
David Stumpf
Kyrylo Novikov

Voice Over

Christine Cullingworth
Dick Terhune

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