THE NUTCRACKER
DELIGHTS
English National Ballet
What a way to roll into Christmas. During the winter of 2020 under the uncertainty of a COVID lockdown we created a classic styled animation summarising Act 1 of Nutcracker Delights for the English National Ballet.
Whilst London moving into a tier 4 lockdown the English National Ballet were forced to film the production and as a gift to its audience they streamed a free recorded show that premiered on Thursday 24th December 2020 on their YouTube and Facebook channels, for 30 days.
2020 was a challenging year but despite everything we can’t be any prouder of our team and what they achieved.
This project utilised all our in-house creativity with hand illustrated scenes and motion timed for the live orchestra. It was a fun project that was both technically and artistically demanding in such a short window.
We’ve thoroughly enjoyed supporting the English National Ballet to create our first piece of work for them and hope you all watching our animation below and maybe the real thing one Christmas.
CLASSIC ILLUSTRATION STYLE
MEETS MODERN ANIMATION
With an output of 4K, we used captivating characters and classic visual stylings, to get the audience up to speed in an entertaining and effective manner. This created a piece that feels consistent and harmonious with the rest of the iconic ballet. To support this, we took influence from the set pieces and stage design as well as the fundamental elements of the Nutcracker story.
