Cats Protection - Behaviour Guide Series 2
The Challenge
We were given the exciting task of bringing Beryl and Colin to life in the second series of Cats Protection’s popular YouTube series.
We brought a robust animation pipeline to the production, that way things could be easily changed and worked on simultaneously to create our animated elements over the live action footage of the five films.
The first challenge was to subtly update the designs of Beryl and Colin, so the moggies were more expressive, and reflected Cat's Protection Art Director Rus Hudda’s ongoing art style.
With the live action footage edited by the Cats Protection team, we set about adding Nicky's 2D cat Beryl scratching, purring, chasing and flomping to the different shots.
The Results
Here’s a sizzle reel of some of our favourite moggie moments from our work for Cats Protections on Behaviour Guides Series 2.
We supplied all of the animation as layered files, that way the characters could be reused across different content.
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Credits:
Client: Cats Protection
Direction: Persistent Peril
Animation: Emma Wakley, Ginny Jones, Garth Jones, Mark Billington
Compositing: Garth Jones
Producer for Persistent Peril: Sam Bourner
Audio: James Lock-Hart
For Cats Protection
Art Director: Rasoul Hudda
Editing & Director of Photography: Alistair Bennett
Staring: Nicky Trevorrow
Behaviour Manager: Nicky Trevorrow
Regional Behaviour Officer: Sammie Ravenscroft
Digital Engagement Manager: Vicki Greenfield
