‘Monster Smash Ups’ | Children’s Toy TVC

Role: Producer and Motion Design

As part of Immix Media, our team was commissioned to produce a high energy TV ad for this ‘built to smash’ toy car. The advert was shot on a custom built set. I later animated backgrounds, characters and 2D effects to compliment the vibrant cartoon aesthetic of the product.

Client: Wilton Bradley Ltd.

Credits: 

DOP and Editor, Jack O’Dowd

VFX and Sound Design by George Lewis georgelewisvfx.co.uk

Set fabrication by Dan Gittens 

Illustration by Andy Bibey from Wilton Bradley

Voiceover by Rich Sweetman 

Music - ‘Firebrand’ by Adam Drake, Terry Devine-King

As well as the TVC, we made extended cuts for online use, with more detail on product features. We later filmed another ad for micro versions of the product.

Extended ‘Battle Sets’ Edit - Online Ad

Monster Smash Ups ‘Carnage’ - Online Ad

behind the scenes

Designing a set to fit in our modestly sized studio.

Background assets were animated including a cheering crowd layer and stadium banner signs. Later these layers were composited into the background.

Character animations were used for “VS.” clip to introduce the driver characters…

…and as character reactions, composited onto the real character figures.