David Blaine approached us to make an animated intro to his upcoming magic special, a palette cleanser to get people ready for a bumpy night. Inspired by David’s mind-bending magic and the Paul Auster penned script, which was voiced by Christopher Walken in the style of a side-show barker, we crafted a hero’s journey of sorts, a psychedelic trip into the spectacle of the real.
Contributors:
| Executive Creative Director: | Orion Tait |
| Creative Director: | Thomas Schmid, Daniel Oeffinger |
| Executive Producer: | Anne Skopas |
| Senior Producer: | Kevin Hall |
| Production Coordinator: | Alexi Yeldezian |
| Design: | Daniel Oeffinger, Jaedoo Lee, Justin Fines, Lucas Brooking, Olivia Blanc, Thomas Schmid, Yeojin Shin |
| Cel Animation: | Benjy Brooke, Gonzalo Menevichian, Harry Teitelman, Jake Armstrong, Jaedoo Lee, Kyle Mowat |
| After Effects Animation/Composite: | Andreas Bjoern Hansen, Alex Perry, Daniel Oeffinger, Fede Reano, Rasmus Bak, Wei Shen Wang |
| 3D Animation: | Arvid Volz, Bill Burg, Bill Dorais, Chris Phillips, John Karian, Tao Ye |
| Editor: | Chad Colby, Daniel Oeffinger |
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Location: United States