Google’s LEGENDS FAMILY ADVENTURE

Commissioned Mini-Series
client: Google, Parent Zone
Studio: Aardman Animations

I had the privilege of directing this adventurous mini-trilogy at Aardman Animation. We teamed up with Google UK, Parent Zone and creative agency Toaster to bring the magic of Interland (Google’s free online safety game for families) to life. The original game has a low-poly style and an array of appealing characters that became our cornerstone to develop and craft three x two minute episodes from script to final render! All this with the full team working remotely in different countries (and, sometimes, time zones)! More behind-the-scenes here!

Client: Google UK, Parent Zone
Agency: Toaster Executive
Production: Aardman Animations
Director: Simone Giampaolo
Executive Producer: Jason Fletcher Bartholomew
Production Manager: Alisa Chittenden
Creative Director: Aidan Sharkey
Creatives: Tom Dunn, Galen O’Hanlon, Dale Winton
Sound Studio: Aquarium Studios

Full list of credits (Aardman's team):
Director: Simone Giampaolo
Executive Producer: Jason Fletcher Bartholomew
Production Manager: Alisa Chittenden
Creative Director: Steve Harding-Hill
Script: David Ingham Galen O’Hanlon
V/O artists: Keith Wickham, Cadi, Chloe Bhambri, Harry Irving, Elliott Olanipekun
CG Supervisor: Benjamin Toogood
Technical Directors / Riggers: Nathan Guthridge, Richard Spence
Concept Art: Aymeric Arnaud
Character / Prop Design: Simone Giampaolo, Nicola Sammarco
Storyboard: Nicola Sammarco, Imo Rolfe
3D Modellers: Matteo Monteneri, Trine Sorensen
Animators: Eva Bennett, Edward Sherwood, Imo Rolfe, Simone Giampaolo
Look Development / Compositing Lead: Cheun Tsang
Lighting / Compositing: Cheun Tsang, Signe Tveitan, Andrew Lavery
Additional Compositing / Colour Grade: Paule Quinton
Editor: Dan Williamson
Special Thanks: Richard Webber, Lorna Harrington, Stephanie Owen