London International Awards
2022 Winners and Finalists
Regional Independent Network of the Year: Australia and New Zealand
Special
Bronze
Production & Post-Production
CGI Animation
| Entrant: | Flux Animation, Auckland |
| Brand: | Optus |
| Title: | "Yuleglider" |
| Corporate Name of Client: | Optus |
| Chief Marketing Officer: | Melissa Hopkins |
| Senior Client Brand Managers: | Jane Saleh/Sam Hurwood |
| Client Account Managers: | Tess Rivett/Simone Delaney |
| Client Marketing Director: | Alexander Ball |
| Agency: | Special Group, Auckland |
| Chief Creative Officer: | Tony Brabourne |
| Executive Creative Directors: | Lisa Fedyszyn/Jonathan McMahon |
| Copywriter: | Jack Gravatt |
| Art Director: | Till Dittmers |
| Agency Head of Design: | Heath Lowe |
| Agency Head of TV: | Katie Mortensen |
| Senior Agency Producer: | Liz Garneau |
| Agency Editor: | Hamish Kuka |
| Agency Studio Manager : | Gavin Le Claire |
| Agency General Manager: | John Marshall |
| Agency Managing Partner: | Michael Redwood |
| Agency Chief Strategy Officer: | Rory Gallery |
| Agency Brand Strategist: | Ed Gunn |
| Agency Account Director: | Hannah Ross |
| Agency Account Manager: | Natasha Birch |
| Agency Lead Business Partner: | Callum Walker |
| Agency Head of Operations: | Jules Pakenham |
| Agency Creative Services Manager: | Janet Hale |
| Production Company: | Finch , Auckland |
| Production Managing Director: | Corey Esse |
| Director: | The Bobbsey Twins From Homicide |
| Executive Producer: | Rebekah Kelly |
| Producers: | Marge McInnes/Nikki Walker |
| Director of Photography: | Lachlan Milne |
| Production Designer: | Sam Lukins |
| Animation Company: | Flux Animation, Auckland |
| Animation Executive Producer: | Joshua Forsman |
| Animation Director : | Laban Dickinson |
| Animators: | Jonathan Paccou/Jeremy Ball/Conrad Crooks/Lucius Koh/Shuo Liu/Jono CardnoLynn Choi/Shane Taylor/Chaz Holland/Layla Viscu, |
| Editor: | Simon Price |
| Casting Agent: | Peta Einberg |
Description:
A Sugar Glider is a native Australian marsupial, renowned for its ability to effortlessly glide using its webbed patagium’s.
The 3D Sugar Glider was a full anatomical character, consisting of an accurate skeletal structure, working muscles and a photo realistic follicle system. The patagium’s were developed as a cloth mesh simulated for realistic tension.
Although based on the real animal some creative licence was taken to portray heightened emotion and human like qualities.
Composited into live action plates with layered atmospherics provided a cohesive final result grounded in reality.