Lynx & Birds
Blue Zoo Short
Festive fluffiness
In a timely story about love triumphing over fear, we created a short festive animation that would rival any Christmas advert in the cuteness stakes! Lynx & Birds follows the story of two adorable birds in an Attenborough-esque wildlife mockumentary, that unwittingly reveals a chink in the food chain.
When the birds come face-to-face with a fearful predator, the Lynx, there is a surprising turn of events that’s sure to warm the cockles.
Go behind the scenes and see how we made Lynx & Birds.
CREDITS
Directed by : Francesco Mazza & Simone Giampaolo
Art Direction & Design : Francesco Mazza
Animation Direction : Simone Giampaolo
Music : Brollyman
Narration : Darren Altman
Lead Modeller : Pietro Licini
CG Supervisor : Gherardo Zurla
Modelling & Texturing : Pietro Licini, Mélanie Gras, Hannah Wong
Head of Look Dev : Negar Bagheri
Grooming & Look Dev : Arthur Tibbett, Hannah Wong
Rigging, simulation and FX : Anthony Delliste
Lead Animator : Simone Giampaolo
Animators : Jim Sweeting, Owen Fern, Zoé Risser
Lighting TDs : Hannah Wong, Gherardo Zurla, Steven White
Compositing : Hannah Wong, Elaine Thomas, Negar Bagheri, Gherardo Zurla
Additional Art : Izzy Burton
Pipeline Team : Jay Tsang, Phil Stewart
Producer : Tom Box
Production Managers : Lizzie Hicks, Negar Bagheri
Voice Effects : Alec Smith
Sound Design & Mix : John Sutherland
VO Sound Engineer : Dom Boucher @ The Sound Company
Special Thanks:
Brollyman and Matthew Slater, Adam Shaw, Damian Hook, Joe Kinch, Dane Winn, Sophie Rekasowski, Carole Baskin, Catherine Gallo, Jacques Gauthier, Fabrizia Spera, Alessandra Battaglia and all our families.
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