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Miniature Christmas scene with a red toy train passing through a snowy winter landscape, surrounded by elves, penguins, lit trees, and Santa near a small house under a starry night sky.

Turns out Yule logs don’t assemble themselves

I visited Santa’s workshop for Picard Surgeles and DDBparis, creating a miniature winter world where a full train of frozen Yule logs crosses snowy sets while tiny elves carve, decorate and polish each one under the completely useless supervision of penguins.

A small, bustling Christmas factory built by hand and brought to life with pure craft – giving Picard a distinctive visual presence in an already crowded festive season.

Thanks to my team of talented elves !!!!

EDDY PRODUCTION
Director // Stéphane Berla
Head of Animation // Emilie Walmsley
Producer // Julie Paturle
Line Producer (Animation) // Mihoko Soulié
Line Producer (Animation) // Jean-Gabriel Saint-Paul
Line Producer (Live Action) // Maude Guilbert
Post Producer // Sébastien Gros
Production Manager // Roxanne Poulain
Production Assistant // Antonin Jarlan

MANUEL CAM
Studio Head // Jean-Louis Padis

LIVE ACTION
Director of Photography // Simon Guesrel
Camera Operator // Alexandre Szabo
Gaffer // Rremi_Brissaud
Electrician // Pierre-Marie Paubel
Electrician // Vicktaurine
Electrician // tabloinoman
Animator // Julien Jourdain De Muizon julienjdm_banana
Production Designer // Lou Beauchard
Set Dresser // Elsa Philippe
Set Dresser // Lucile Lissandre
Set Dresser // Naomi Giolito
Set Dresser // Rosalie Jane
Set Preparation // Nastassia Stupovski
Set Preparation // Lila Poppins
Set Preparation // Alice Durand
Food Stylist // Eddy Marie
Making Of // Gabriel Madignier

PRE-PRODUCTION, ANIMATION & POST-PRODUCTION
CG Supervision // Antoine Pagès
Concept Design // Mustafa OZKARAMAN
Concept Design // Thibaut Denise
Storyboard, Modeling/Texturing & Layout // Romain Colette
Animation // Pipou Phuong Nguyen
Compositing // Francis Polve
Color Grading // Bertran Duval
Color Grading Assistant // Adrien Stephan
Score // Sandy Lavallart
Sound Design & Mix // Alexandre Vicart

Duration: 00:20

Video resolution: 1920x1080 pixels @ 25.0 fps, ~52.6 Mbits/s

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Published in: Picard - Christmas commercial, Portfolio, Commercials, Animation, Live Action, CGI, Stop motion, Mixed media, Muppets, Quill Virtual Animation

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