Black Kite Studios

McDonald’s, ’The Gift of McDonald’s’ Lights galore in this work of festive brilliance for McDonald’s and Leo Burnett, directed by Nicolai Fuglsig through MJZ. We went large creating this dazzling bonanza of animated Christmas lights and a supersized neon Grimace, Birdie and Hamburgular, all moving to the beat of Benny Benassi’s Satisfaction. Director: Nicolai Fuglsig Production Company: MJZ Production Company Producer: Tim Wild DOP: Joost Van Gelder Agency: Leo Burnett UK CPO: Emily Marr Executive CDs: Andrew Long James Millers Creatives: Cicely Alderson Lisi D. Agency Producer: Hector Murray VFX: Black Kite Studios Colour: Rich Fearon VFX Shoot Supervisor: Guillaume Weiss Andrew Bartholomew Head of 2D: Guillaume Weiss 2D Supervisor: Jonny Freeman 2D Comp: Itay Greenberg, Jack Stone, Leonie Wong, Kyran Bishop, Alexandra Lucut, Giulia Villela, Hellios Marre  CG Supervisor: Andrew Bartholomew CG Team: Jim Cullen, James Hansell, Mark Ardisson, Antonin Flachat-Berne, Charlie Bayliss, Milen Piskuliyski, Ethan Francis, Joel Paulin, Oleg Troy, Alfie Gunter, Martin Villert, Olivier Ballast, Sophie Langton, Aurélien Lemonnier Character Animation: Ed Christie  Concept: Carlos Nieto  DMP: Fabio Santoro  Executive Producer: Hannah Ruddleston Producer: Olivia Donovan: Olivia Donovan Production Coordinator: Kit Hartley Lidar Scanning: VISUALSKIES LTD Lighting Design Consultant: James Glancy Editor: Rick Russell Final Cut Sound: Sam Ashwell 750mph Music: Benny Benassi

Capital One: 'No Nasty Surprises' Comedic campaign from Fold 7 for Capital One, directed by Ninian Doff at Reset starring an accidentally adopted badger created fully in CG by the Black Kite team, led by VFX Supervisor Amir Bazazi. VFX: Black Kite Studios Head of VFX: Adam Crocker VFX Supervisor: Amir Bazazi Shoot Supervisor: Jonny Freeman Adam Crocker Head of CG:  Dan Moore Animation Supervisor: James Bown Colourist: George Kyriacou Executive Producer: @hruddleston Hannah Ruddleston VFX Producer: Kirsty Ratcliffe Hazel Gibson Production Company: Reset Director: Ninian Doff DOP: Tat Radcliffe  Agency: Fold7

CICLOPE Festival Colour Grading Finalist: Tom Mangham. Congratulations to all involved in KFC 'Believe in Chicken', directed by Vedran Rupic through Business Club. Winners to be announced tonight in Berlin.

CICLOPE Festival VFX Finalist! Congratulations to all involved in Qiddiya 'Set Play Free' for Droga5 and directed by Nick Roney through ProdCo. Winner's to be announced tonight in Berlin.

Here's Danny Edwards's take on travelling Telstra after he came in to hear all about the animated journey with Julie Evans Guillaume Weiss Dan Moore and Riff Raff Films Smith & Foulkes. Thank you Danny, was a pleasure to talk Telstra with you.

Calling all Senior Houdini FX TD's based in London. Please apply via the link below or DM me directly for more info!

We are keen to speak with Senior Houdini FX TD's who are immediately available and can work full-time from our London Studio. For this role you must already have the right to work AND be able to work onsite. It's for a great project! Looking forward to hearing from all the talent that is out there! Please apply via the link below. https://lnkd.in/eJN9ZP2P

Thank you to the British Arrows for having our Managing Director Amy Richardson on the jury panel for the Young Arrows 2024. The Young Arrows are free to enter and submissions are now open, details here: https://lnkd.in/g88qQJ65 #YA24 #BritishArrows #advertising #EmergingTalent #Inclusivity

McDonald’s: 50 Years   There’s no better party than a McDonald's birthday party, as we can see in this spot celebrating 50 years of the iconic burger chain. Directed by Fenn O’Meally through Smuggler for Leo Burnett. Let’s dance like it’s 1980! VFX: Black Kite Studios Colourist: Rich Fearon VFX Lead – Paul Wilmot VFX Producer- Tamara Mennell ProdCo – SMUGGLER Director – Fenn O’Meally  Prod Producer – Luca Chapman DOP – Arseni Khachaturan  Agency – Leo Burnett @leoburnettuk Leo Burnett UK Head Of Production – Graeme Light  CPO – Emily Marr Senior Creative - Alice Pearce Edit – Pundersons Gardens Audio - 750mph #filmproduction #filmcraft #commercials #advertising #vfx #vfxstudio #vfxsupervisor #colourgrading #colourist #McDonalds

What a team. Up the Kites 🖤 Thank you to all who run the VFL for making it happen 💜