Trolli - "Dino Trip"

Periscope

Periscope Minneapolis, United States

29466

Brand: Trolli
Country: United States

Advertiser: Ferrara Candy Company

Title	Dino Trip
Agency	Periscope
Campaign	Dino Trip
Advertiser	Ferrara Candy Company
Brand	Trolli
Posted	July 2015
Business Sector	Candies
Story	Culver City, CA-based VFX shop Zoic Studios takes off on a blissful dinosaur adventure in the new :30 “Dino Trip” for Trolli out of Periscope, Minneapolis, MN. The spot features a peculiar man gleefully going about his day-to-day life while strapped to a T-Rex, making a supermarket run, going to work, going for a walk in the park, and taking a romantic stroll on the beach, all while blissfully unaware of the odd nature of his transportation.
Philosophy	The Zoic team, led by Chris Korn, utilized a stop motion dinosaur to amplify the humor embedded in the awkward trek, starting in Z Brush to create an initial design and then crafting a stop motion armature based on those templates. Next, they pieced the armature together and built the sculpture on top of it, filled their mold with foam latex, and painted the final model. For animation, seasoned stop motion animator Kim Blanchette utilized stop motion animation software Dragonframe to create the desired aesthetic. An early passion for stop motion animation spurred by King Kong combined with a background in makeup effects and prosthetics made Korn a fitting designer for this project. He notes, “It’s a really great change of pace to get out of the computer and physically create something with your hands and then animate it to come to life even further. Each step of the process was surprising and an enjoyable challenge.”
Media Type	Television
Length	30 seconds
Creative Director	Rob Peichel
Copywriter	John Sullivan
Art Director	Justin Davis
Art Director	Jen Neis
Agency Producer	Kelly Farley
Production Company	Central Films
Director	Rodrigo García Saiz
Director of Photography (DOP)	Beto Casillas
President	John Barreiro
Editor	Brian Gannon
Assistant Editor	Frank Sigwarth
Post Producer	Caitlin Morris
Executive Post Producer	Kristin Banstetter
Special Effects / VFX	Zoic Studios
VFX ECD	Chris Jones
VFX Artist	Matt Thunell
VFX EP/Head of Production	Ian Unterreiner
VFX Producer	Nick Vassil
VFX Coordinator	Yurika Mori
VFX Supervisor	Ryan McDougal
VFX Art Director	Nadar Husseini
Compositor	Giovanni Bucci
Compositor	Derrick Ligas
Compositor	Aziz Dosmetov
Compositor	Brian Scott
Compositor	Jessica Amzoll
Dino Puppet Design & Fabrication	Chris Korn
Dino Stop Motion Animator	Kim Blanchette
Dino Stop Motion Animator	Chris Korn
Flame Artist	Toby Brockhurst
Flame Artist	Wes Waldron
Flame Artist	Rob Winfield
Music	Echo Boys
Music Producer	Sara Davidson
Music Composer	Tom Lecher
Music Composer	Alex Berglund
Mixer	Chris Bartle
Post Production	Whitehouse Post