A giant gummy monster walks through a city with hundreds of nerds candy attached to it

Gummy Monster

Dans le nouveau spot délicieux pour les bonbons NERDS, Digitas, les équipes VFX de Framestore à Chicago, dirigées par le directeur créatif Andy Rowan-Robinson, ainsi que Framestore Preproduction Services (FPS), ont donné vie à un nouveau personnage en gélatine et modernisé l'apparence des personnages NERDS – marquant la première grande évolution de design de la mascotte Nerds.

Animation
A giant red monster made out of candy in a city surrounded by hundreds of nerds characters

Our team was involved early on in the ideation process through execution, working with the agency to develop a new mascot that personified the NERDS gummy cluster candy. During the creative process, our artists explored different body shapes, expression tests and ‘gumminess’ for the gummy monster. 

 

Nerds Gummy Monster
Nerds Gummy Monster

In addition to crafting the monster, we were tasked with bringing to life the classic NERDS mascot in 3D. Transporting the NERDS characters to the real world required a balance of staying true to the brand's roots, while evolving them in a way that felt fresh and modern. 

A 3D nerds candy
Nerds candies run out of a subway train
Our team was amazing, the agency team at Digitas were fantastic and it really was as fun to work on this spot as it looks. Being able to see the project through from the earliest sketches to the final result was massively satisfying.
Andy Rowan-Robinson
Creative Director

Credits

Agency
Digitas
Head of Production North America/Producer
Rob Tripas
CCO
Atit Shah
EVP, ECD
Tim Mattimore
SVP, CD
Candice Hellens
Senior Art Director
Alexandra Courtney
Senior Copywriter
Nina Muzik
SVP, Group Account Director
Erica Melia
AD, Account Management
Essane Diedro
AD, Project Management
Kate Vacey
SVP Strategy
Meghan Taylor
VP, Project Management
Paul Ecklemann
VP Director, Business Affairs
Marlon Pineda
Manager Business Affairs
Sandra Santacruz
Client
Ferrara Candy Company
CMO
Greg Guidotti
Senior Brand Manager
Joey Rath
Senior Procurement Director
Julia Mukhina
Production Company
Biscuit
Director
Noam Murro
Partner/Managing Director
Shawn Lacy
EP
Andrew Travelstead
Head of Production
Sean Moody
Producer
Brady Vant Hull
Production Company (Mexico City)
Lift
Managing Partner
José Barrera
Managing Partner
Fuad Abed
Line Producer
Pepe Aguirre
CD
Andy Rowan-Robinson
EVP, Advertising, USA
Krystina Wilson
Head of Production
Cat Pavitt
Producer
Alexandra Roesch
Production Coordinator
Kaitlyn Gorman
VFX Supervisor
Alex Thomas
Layout Supervisor
Sean Dollins
CG Lead
Ariana Ziae-Mohseni
Compositing Lead
Danny Popvic
Animation Artists
Kevin Rooney, Taylor Hodgson-Scott, Derek Friesenborg, Sean Curran, Ross Scroble, Anthony Travieso
CG Artists
Dan Bruce, Victor Uhal, Eric Hiller, Ryan Wang, Joey Sila, Kjell Strode, Subin Chae, Jessica Soderstrom, Omar Taher, Wenjie Wu
Rigging Artists
Michael Ware, Meghan Pangiochi, Jeremy Livingston
Comp Artists
JinHee Aloi, Joseph Taylor, Evan Langley, Nasser Mandavisobi, Robert Williams, Jesus Yapor
Designers
Jack Field, Andrew Niven
Concept Artist
Brian Weisz
Previs
Framestore Preproduction Services (FPS)
Visualisation CD
Vincent Aupetit
Visualisation Supervisor
Alex Karonis
Asset Supervisor
Dean Frater
VP Supervisor
Connor Ling
VP Producer
Manon Hartzuiker
Visualisation Coordinator
Fred Donoghue
Crewing Assistant
Lucy Beard
Editorial
James Taylor
Asset Builder
Jack Mumford
Rigging
Axel Vendrely
Visualisation Artist
Remi Branon-Maillet, Jenny Bury, Giuliano Fontanelli
Color
Company 3
Colorist
Tyler Roth
Producers
Mario Castro, Nadia Dabibi
Work Editorial
Editorial
Editor
Leah Turner
Producer
Lauren Johnson