When the agency Mekanism asked me if I wanted to go to London to create a stop motion animation for Ben & Jerry’s and eat lots of ice cream with the art director Jess Deacon, I didn’t need asking twice.
Seriously inspired by their delicious ‘Topped’ range, we rode our sugar high into a sweet and whimsical world where salted caramel vines climb and chocolate brownies grow on trees that are watered with delicious liquid fudge.
Client: Ben & Jerry’s; Product: Ben & Jerry’s Topped; Agency: Mekanism; Senior Art Director: Philip Cheaney; Senior Producer: Rainbow Partridge; Senior Account: McKenzie Badger; Production Company: Hush London; Director: Cris Wiegandt; Exec Producer: Ru Warner; DOP: Simon Paul; Focus Puller: Alex Taylor; Gaffer: Robin Brigham; Animator: Anthony Farquhar-Smith; Art Director and Head of Crafts: Jess Deacon; Craft Department: Jess Deacon, Cris Wiegandt, Cintia Bertaccini, Tina Luo; Food Stylist: Seiko Hatfield; Non Paper Models: Paradigm Effects LTD; Compositing: Maria Cecilia Tedemalm; Color Grading: Denny cooper
