Volkswagen Beetle Travels “The Last Mile”

Director Fx Goby and the Nexus crew in London mark the end of production for the VW Beetle with an emotional multi-generation epic rotoscoped by hand and starring Ferdinand Porsche’s original 1938 design.

Fx Goby: “The film has a limited color palette, evocative of a warm nostalgic feel. We wanted the film to feel warm and tactile, as if every frame had been printed, keeping the slight happy accidents of overlapping colors and paper textures.”
 
VW Beetle The Last Mile Nexus Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

VW Beetle The Last Mile Nexus Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

VW Beetle The Last Mile Nexus Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

VW Beetle The Last Mile Nexus Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

VW Beetle The Last Mile Nexus Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

Client: Volkswagen

Agency: Johannes Leonardo
Chief Creative Officer: Jan Jacobs, Leo Premutico
Executive Creative Director: Jimm Lasser
CD / Art Director: Laura Longstaff
Art Director: Chris Luu
Copywriter: Brandon Holliday
Design Director: Charles Watlington
Junior Creative: Austin Haas

Production: Nexus Studios
Director: Fx Goby
Executive Creative Director: Chris O’Reilly
Executive Producer: Juliet Tierney
Senior Producer: Cindy Burnay
Line Producer: Rebecca Archer
Art Director: Manshen Lo
Design: Pierre Rougemont, Fanny Hagdahl Sörebo, Signe Cold
Storyboards: Louis Kynd
3D: Antonin Derory, Lea Arachtingi
Animation Supervisor: Michal Firkowski
Animation Lead: Diego Porral
Animation: Alex Bernas, Alex Potts, Alex Dray, Emma Wakely, Flora Caulton, Guillaume Pochez, Iris Abols, Nelly Michenaud, Sim Marriott
Composite: Bethany Levy, Dylan White, Elliott Kajdan, Leo Bubani, Paul Rice
Edit: Thomas Heleta, Dave Slade, Joe Eckworth

Live-Action Service Company: La Productora

Music: Human Music & Sound Design
Mix/Sound Design: Sonic Union
Music supervision: Groove Guild
 
 

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