With David Attenbrough we brought The Wind in the Willows back to highlight loss of habitat for The Wildlife Trusts. The animated trailer racked up a social reach of 17 million and charmed the press with 195 pieces of coverage, from BBC Radio 4 to the Mirror and ITV news. It was screened at over 500 cinemas with film posters running through the country from London to Glasgow.
Director/producer/DOP: Matthew Day
Director/producer: Thomas Harnett O'Meara
Voice Cast:
Narrator: David Attenborough
Badger: Stephen Fry
Ratty: Catherine Tate
Toad: Asam Chowder
Mole: Alison Steadman
Agency: Don’t Panic
Agency Creative: Rick Dodds
Agency Producer: Huw Allen
Account manager: Thea Deakin
Production Assistance: Vassiliki Panagiotou
Audio: String and Tins
Original Music: Will Cohen
Orchestra: Frames Project
Lead Violin: Dorry Macaulay
Music preparation: Simon Whiteside
Additional music: ‘Speed Toad’ by Andy Stewart
Sound design: Will Cohen
Sound engineer: Lawrence Kendrick
Audio post-production producer: Eimear Ní Ghuaire
Re-recording mixer: Tim Cavagin
Animation: Andy Biddle, Tobias Fouracre, Anthony Farquhar Smith, Max Martin
Rigging: Robin Jackson
1st AC: Toby Goodyear
Aditional motion control: Max Halstead
Gaffer: Aldo Camilleri
Head of Puppets: Ciara McClean
Puppet department: Stefano Cordioli, Jade Gerrard, Patrycja Cichocka, Carlos Padilla, Saskia Martindale, Claire Waldron, Sofia Serrano
Costume: Janet Knechtel
Art Directors: Sarah Crombie, Yossel Simpson Little
Modellers: Catherine Prowse, James Owens, Colin Armitage, Ben Cote
Art Department: George Warren, Renata Corillo Martin, Colette Pidgeon, Nathan Ward, Jessica Vogt, Dewie Evans
CNC and laser cutting: Jack Kirby, Almost Everything
Painter: Richard Davidson
Scenic Painter: Angela Pang
Post Production: Alasdair Brotherston
Graphics: Flaminia Rossi, Ellen Crowther, Ieaun Davis
Kingston University students: Lulu Senft, Saskia Tomlinson
Norwich University students: Amara Norman, Emma Niemis, Michael Chapman, Cheznie Walters, A Middleton
Central St Martins University Students: Brad Gilbert
Thanks to: Gordon Allen
Shot at: Clapham Road Studios