the magic of craft: salon alpin with mindblowing stop motion for montblanc

While I stayed in Vienna, working with other salon alpin clients, the main crew set out to create the latest christmas special for montblanc together with agency scholz & friends. After a long hard ride the stop motion animation „Magic of Crafts“ was born and released this week. With an amazing design to start with, an eye for the magic of light and color, traditional techniques combined with modern production and a great team this film was created with a shit lot of love for detail. The main focus was to strike a balance between free artistic interpretation of the clients brief and the actual representation of the charming products and world of Montblanc.

I am very proud to work with such talented people and happy to have them back for new upcoming ventures. Also watch the making of which reveals a lot of behind the scenes insights.

MONTBLANC „Magic of Crafts“
spot: https://vimeo.com/190622820
making of: https://vimeo.com/190707674

credits:

client: Montblanc Int.
agency: Scholz&Friends
production, direction, production design: Lip Comarella, Simon Griesser - Salon Alpin
character design and painting: Daniela Leitner
puppet construction, rig: Oldskull FX
animation, setconstruction: COLA
soudn and music: fifth music, Matthias Hacksteiner
CGI: Christoph SchindelarLED Lightrig: Litestudio.at
3D prints: LedsNchips.com

Team Salon Alpin: Philipp Comarella, Simon Griesser, João Faria, Simon Häggström
Team Oldskull: João Rapaz, Paula Sofia, Guilherme Gamito, Catarina Silva, Sergio Reis, Martha
Team COLA: Bruno Caetano, Ana Bossa, Ricardo Mata, Telmo Romão
motion control: Vitor Estudante, Mauricio Martins