Agency adam&eveDDB brought Taika Waititi, production company Hungryman and Untold Studios back together to make this year’s Walt Disney Company Christmas film, Best Christmas Ever after last year’s The Boy and the Octopus.
At the centre of the story is a little girl and her doodle who comes to life on Christmas Day after Santa mistakes the drawing for a holiday wish.
The short follows the story of the friendship between the girl and the animated product of her imagination who’s only missing one thing, a voice.
“What makes this story uniquely Disney is the fact that it’s set in the world of a kid. It’s a kid and her new best friend, navigating the complex world together, and doing it just with the power of friendship and imagination,” said Taika Waititi.
The character Doodle is voiced by Disney Legend John Goodman who has voiced numerous animated characters for Disney, including James P. “Sulley” Sullivan from Disney and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.
Credits
AGENCY
AGENCY: ADAM&EVEDDB
ECD: MIKE SUTHERLAND
CD: DARREN BERESFORD / RICK GAYTON
C: ZOE NASH
SENIOR PRODUCER: SALLY PRITCHETT
ASSISTANT PRODUCER: HOLLY WORMLEIGHTON
PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION COMPANY: HUNGRYMAN
DIRECTOR: TAIKA WAITITI
MANAGING DIRECTOR: MATT BUELS
PRODUCER: HANNAH STONE
PRODUCTION MANAGER: MARIAN MIKHAIL
DOP: BEN SERESIN
VFX
VFX STUDIO: UNTOLD STUDIOS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: MELODY ALEXANDER
PRODUCER: HELEN TANG
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: NATALIE LONDON
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: ADAM DROY & TIM VAN HUSSEN
VFX SUPERVISOR: CHRISTIAN BAKER
CG SUPERVISOR: HUDSON MARTINS
LEAD CHARACTER DESIGN: CYRIEL VERKUIJLEN,
THERESE VILDEFALL
LEAD ARTISTS: JINHUI WANG, PHILIPPE MOINE, SAM DRISCOLL, MURALI KRISHNA, BHAVEESH VP
VFX ARTISTS:
ALBERTO LARA, ALEX DE LA SOTILLA, ALEX MILLER, ANTOINE MARIEZ, AVINASH SAVANT, BHAVEESH PV LEAD, BHAVESH BUDHKAR, BRIAG MALLAT, CORENTIN MAUDHUIT, DHANESH SUDHAKARAN, GIANLUCA DI MARCO, HENRY AFFONSO, JADHEER T M, KALAIARASU P, LINDSEY LO PRESTI, LUKE WARPUS, MACK KNIGHTS
ONLINE:
JAMES PRATT
PETE HUGHES
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL: FINAL CUT EDIT
EDITOR: JOE GUEST
COLOUR
COLOUR: COMPANY 3
COLOURIST: JEAN-CLEMENT SORET
PRODUCER: EDWIN ELKINGTON
Jon Creamer
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