Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Official Trailer

By focusing on and personifying the frozen threat of the athletes’ nemesis at the Sochi Winter Olympics (voiced by Charles Dance from Game of Thrones), the BBC and Platige Image director Tomasz Bagi?ski not only create a grand and powerful promo, they also effectively contrast the athlete-centric treatment found in one of the most emotionally powerful animated spots of all time: the BBC’s own 2012 Summer Olympic spot by Pete Candeland and Passion Pictures.

CLIENT: BBC Marketing James Parry
AGENCY: RKCR/Y&R
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Stink & Red Bee Media
POSTPRODUCTION: Juice
POST HOUSE: Platige Image
DIRECTOR: Tomasz Bagi?ski
DOP: Wojtek Zieli?ski

RKCR/Y&R
Executive Creative Director: Mark Roalfe
Creative Team: Barnaby Blackburn, Gustavo Kopit, Lembi De Carvalho
Business Director: David Pomfret
Account Director: Ben Boyles
Senior Planner: Henry Gray

STINK
Producer: Sally Rigg
Executive Producer: Edward Grann

RED BEE MEDIA
Producer: Edel Erickson

SET
Set Producer: Karina Lempkowska
Assistant: Micha? Zieli?ski

JUICE/PLATIGE IMAGE
Executive Producer: Adam Tunikowski, Micha? Dwojak-Hara
Technical Director: Tomasz Dyrdu?a
Art Director: Micha? Misi?ski
Lead VFX: Jakub Wrzalik, Tomasz Dyrdu?a
Lead Render: Jaros?aw Handrysik
Lead Compositing: ?ukasz Stolarski, Micha? Misi?ski
Matte painting: Micha? Misi?ski, Aaron Chavda, Marcin Karolewski, Maciej Haraf, Wojciech Magierski, Alexander Isaksson, Thomas Pringle, Katarzyna Niemczyk
VFX: Tomasz Dyrdu?a, Jakub Wrzalik, Pieter Mentz, Micha? Gadek, Piotr Bia?ousz, Jaros?aw Handrysik
3D: Tomasz Dyrdu?a, Piotr Koczan, Wojtek Tunikowski, Sebastian O?ka, B?a?ej Kowalski, Jakub Wrzalik
Layout: Tomasz Dyrdu?a
3D scanning: Izabela Ku?, Andrzej Pozna?ski
Compositing: Micha? Misi?ski, ?ukasz Stolarski, Marcin Karolewski, Micha? Dwojak-Hara, Magdalena Samosiej, Przemys?aw S?abiak
Animation: Aleksandra Rafalska, B?a?ej Kowalski
Offline: Cezary Szumski, Marta Michno
Technical support: ?ukasz Matkowski, Micha? Dwojak-Hara
Costumes: Malwina W?dzikowska
Sound design: Factory
CG supervising: B?a?ej Kowalski, Tomasz Dyrdu?a, Micha? Gadek
1ST AD: Bartek Jarz?bski
Set Manager: Piotr Kawycz
Focuss Puller: Micha? Sobótka
Camera Assistant: Mateusz Chomaniuk, Piotr Sady
DOP / FX unit: Wojtek Rytel
Focuss Puller / FX unit: Kuba Bednarek
Camera Assistant / FX unit: Micha? Hermanowski, Krzysztof ?urowicz
F/X Specialist: Janusz Bykowski
Grip: Marcin Langowski
Camera: Panavision
Gaffer: Hubert Sawicki
Set Art Director: Marta Krzemi?ski
Set Construction Labour: Ryszard Idzik
Prop Master: Pawe? Go?aszewski, Krzysztof Smaga
Make–up: Anna Buttna
Stunts: Maciej Maciejewski
Stage Hand: Miros?aw Pytel, Micha? Pikus, Tomasz Malinowski
Driver: Adam Grysiewicz
Medical service on the set: Ela Do?owa
Insurance: Ewa Nawarkiewicz

ACTORS
Super G Woman: Marta Krzemi?ska
Short Track Skating Woman 1: Aleksandra Goss
Short Track Skating Woman 2: Aleksandra Kapruziak
Short Track Skating Woman 3: Ewelina Cie?lik
Sceleton Man: Krzysztof Lipi?ski
Ski Jumping Man: Dharni Ng
Snowboarding Woman: Marta Jakimowicz
Curling Man: Bartek Broda
Ice Hockey Man: Antoni Omondi

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