Art of: Movie Time
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under Art of: Movie Time
You can read the full version and see all the art work to Movie time, over at our Freakish Kid website by clicking on this link: WWW.FREAKISHKID.COM
We were approached by Nick International to produce some animated packaging to ‘top and tail’ the latest movie trailers that air on the Nick International channels. The brief was a simple one – design, create and produce various visuals and gags to play at the beginning, end and through out the movie trailers that air on the networks. We were asked to create 3 simple characters that would be going to the cinema to watch the latest movies. As the viewer watching these 3 characters we would also see the latest movies that were hitting the cinema.
The original idea was to have the characters monsters of some kind, they had to be sweet and funny but also have something to do with sound and vision. Our creative design team got to work straight away and produced some original sketches that we felt depicted what Nickelodeon wanted. Bright coloured funny characters that were some how linked to sound and vision.
Art of: Cluckie The Vampire Chicken
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under Art of: Cluckie The Vampire Chicken
You can read the full story of Cluckies birth, and view all the artwork over at our Freakish Kid website by clicking on this link: WWW.FREAKISHKID.COM
The first incarnation of Cluckie happened over a decade ago, it was a very different beast from what it is today. Firstly, it started as a single one minute film, just a super short movie with a one gag payoff. It was also called Cluckie the Vampire Cock (something that was immediately changed when it was pitched to the Nickelodeon network). It stayed as a quick sketch on paper and a brief outline for many years.
The original idea had Cluckie stalking the hens of the farm he occupies, springing from the shadows and hunting for blood. When he was about to get his grub and quench his bloodlust the sun started to rise – he is instantly caught in a massive dilemma, crow the sun or run for cover (the sun kills vampires). But he could not ignore his primal instinct and so as he rushes out and leaps on his perch, inhales and crows he ignites into a shower of fire.
We decided to expand a little on his character and add a few more gags to the film. It started the same with him prowling through the coup yard, searching for his food. We designed the hens to come from different nations to add a choice of menu for him – does he want Italian? Chinese? British? or Spanish?. The rest of the story stayed pretty much the same with the explosion at the end staying as the final gag. We produced a storyboard for the pitch and went to see Nickelodeon.
Bunny Love
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under Bunny Love
What happens after the sun goes down in a forest? All the girl and boy bunnies get together at the local bunny disco for song and a dance that’s what! But there’s one bunny who can’t seem to find that special someone…
We created, designed and produced this music video for the Hungarian band Egyszercsak for their song ‘Meg Bennem Van’ (You’re Still In Me). They loved it, we loved it everyone was happy, even the bunnies!
Jetix Atom Promo
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under Jetix Atom Promo
Jetix CE asked us to produce a 40 second commercial to promote a new on air competition. The idea was to have the characters watch the promo trailer that aired on Jetix and then argue with each other over who would be the action figure given away as the prize.
We used the actual action figures in the 40 second spot. Much like stop motion we took photographs of the figures in certain poses then brought them into the computer and animated them. The result is something that looks hyper real.
La Reine Soleil
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under La Reine Soleil
La Reine Soleil is a feature co-production between France, Belgium and Hungary. Freakish Kid was brought onto the project mid production to help with the character animation, visual fx, composite and render of the entire movie.
The film is based on the book of the same name by Christian Jacq and is directed by Philippe Leclerc. It was a co-production between France, Belgium and Hungary. You can watch a selection of our scenes from the film in the form of a trailer and also a full sequence from the movie.
Weetos Strongman
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
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It’s the classic set up… Good versus Evil… Light versus Dark… Breakfast cereal versus spoon! In these bumper spots the tough guy Weeto is giving the cheeky Spoon a good old fashioned smack down!
The spots were produced for Nickelodeon UK for their morning block. Nick wanted a set of sponsor spots to accompany the latest Weetos commercial that was airing on UK television – an ad that was produced by Ardman Animation – Freakish Kid was asked to design and produce a 2d version of the stop motion Ardman character.
Scalextric Spots
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
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Nick UK asked us to produce a selection of sponsor spots based on the famous model car racing sets. They wanted them hyper real with a twist. The races all started the same – cars revving their engines for the big race – then a cartoon hand would appear, press the controller’s trigger and everything would go a little crazy!
To give it a hyper real look Freakish Kid was asked to produce a photo cut out style of animation, using the actual cars and track as models we produced 6 sponsor spots all ending with different cartoon gags.
Movie Time
May 13, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under Movie Time
Our three main characters, Mister Chair, Missy ‘HOT’ Dog and Agent Cup turn up to the latest movie premiere all dying to grab as much limelight and media air time as they can. They fight, trick and generally cause each other as much grief as possible – after all its a (hot) dog eat (hot) dog world out there! Of course as soon as the cameras disappear they all become the best of friends again! Air kisses anyone?
Movie Time Packaging was designed and produced for Nickelodeon International. Freakish Kid used illustration animation to produce the spots to give it a richer, textured feel. The animated spots were designed to ‘top and tail’ the latest movie trailers that air on the Nick International channels. Gags and reaction shots were also designed to be cut into the movie trailers to create the illusion of the characters watching the movie. Watch the entire animation below!
Vauxhall/Nickelodeon
March 23, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under Animation Art & Design
Background designs from a program bumper we made for Vauxhall and Nickleodeon…
As Seen on TV
March 22, 2009 by sigh jones
Filed under As Seen on TV
As Seen On TV is an animated sketch show that spoofs everything on contemporary television. Presented as though some unseen viewer is flicking through the channels, As Seen On TV takes its characters and sets from the television shows and films that we all know and love.
Freakish Kid developed, designed and produced the pilot for FX International Channels (Fox). Included on KidTV are a selection of sketches from the 10 minute pilot. Freakish Kid developed a photo cut out technique for the show so that it would appeal to adult audiences and also make it a little different from the current crop of flash/cartoon animated parodies.
Freakish Kid is our digital animation studio based in Budapest, Hungary. We develop, design and produce commercials, music promos, short films, TV series and feature films. Our creatives have worked with some of the most talented people in the industry. Our clients include Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Pepsi, Zwack, McCann-Erikson, BBDO, Wieden & Kennedy, RTL Klub, MTV, ITV (UK), Jetix and FOX International.