Nike -
Bunny Run
Commercial
2022
We had the pleasure of diving into this great brief from Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai, bringing China’s great sprinter Su Bingtian’s childhood to life. We took inspiration from classic Asian animation, building a rich 2D world full of detailed matte paintings topped with frame-by-frame character animation.
Backgrounds.
We got out our computer paintbrushes on this one to create a rich, Asian-animation-inspired feel, packed full of atmosphere and attention to light.
Making the nian gao.
We have the greatest time when we can play with all of the toys, finding elegant ways to blend traditional animation and compositing to feel yummy.
Credits -
Client: Nike
Agency: W&K Shanghai
Prod Co: Republic Studios
Directed by Giant Ant
Executive Producer: Teresa Toews
Executive Creative Director: Jay Grandin
Creative Director: Eric Pautz
Head of Character Animation: Sitji Chou
Head of 2D Animation: Conor Whelan
Producer: Cory Philpott
Creative Direction: Sitji Chou
Art Direction: Eric Pautz
Animation Direction: Sitji Chou
Illustration: Eric Pautz, Sitji Chou, Esther Cheung, Joan Chung, Tristan Menard, Sanaa-Agathe Coste, Colin Bigelow, Conor Whelan
Cel Animation: Sitji Chou, Esther Cheung, Louis Roba, Joan Chung
Clean Up Animation: Alex Murphy, Bruno Brasil, Aaron King, Margarita Rojas Lopez-Abadia, Fernanda Ribeiro
Compositing Lead: Conor Whelan
Compositing: Alex Murphy, Diego Maclean