You may remember last yearโs stop-motion Christmas special for the Kansas City
@chiefs , ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ข ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ: ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ - that claymation wiggle of joy that somehow won us an Emmy. (We also thought weโd have calmed down about that by now. We have not.)
Wellโฆ we made another one. And weโre pretty sure itโs even better.
This little puppyโs called ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐๐๐, crafted by NOMINT director Dario Imbrogno
@imbro and his indefatigable team of miniature-set sorcerers. Production kicked off back in September, and from story to set-building to three straight weeks of hand-animating on two miniature stages in Milan, his studio basically turned into Santaโs Workshop (or a mildly disturbing European craft cult, whichever).
And because we have no restraint, we also welcomed everyoneโs favourite festive cryptid, the
@elfontheshelf . The narrator? None other than
@killatrav 's ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ, Donna. I mean, if that doesn't just melt your face, what does? (Sentimentally melt. Not Raiders of the Lost Ark melt. Relax.)
Made in collaboration with the lovely folks at The Lumistella Company, and with huge thanks to the Kansas City Chiefs for trusting us with something this joyfully unrestrained. Collaborators with this level of devotion to craft are rare and should be revered and protected at all costs.
๐๐ช๐ท๐ข ๐ญ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ!
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ
CLIENT: NFL Kansas City Chiefs
PRODUCTION COMPANY:
@n0m1nt
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Marilena Vatseri
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Christos Lefakis
DIRECTOR: Dario Imbrogno
NARRATED BY: Donna Kelce
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Giancarlo Morieri
SET DESIGN:
@elena_panigada_custom
ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER: Maddalena Oppici
STOP MOTION ANIMATORS: Stefania Demicheli, Dario Imbrogno
PUPPET FABRICATION: NANA.LAB
PUPPET FABRICATION ASSISTANT: Camilla Novato
ORIGINAL CHARACTER DESIGN: Michael Towers
ADDITIONAL CHARACTER DESIGN: Monica Fibbi
RUNNER & SET PREPARATION: Chiara di Bella
POST PRODUCTION: Daniele Iacuitto, Tony Comley
COLOUR GRADING: Davide Loverto
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION & SOUND DESIGN: Filippo Beretta
BEHIND THE SCENES FILM: Davide Bonaldo