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David Blaine approached us to make an animated intro to his upcoming magic special, a palette cleanser to get people ready for a bumpy night. Inspired by David’s mind-bending magic and the Paul Auster penned script, which was voiced by Christopher Walken in the style of a side-show barker, we crafted a hero’s journey of sorts, a psychedelic trip into the spectacle of the real.

Contributors:

Executive Creative Director:	Orion Tait
Creative Director:	Thomas Schmid, Daniel Oeffinger
Executive Producer:	Anne Skopas
Senior Producer:	Kevin Hall
Production Coordinator:	Alexi Yeldezian
Design:	Daniel Oeffinger, Jaedoo Lee, Justin Fines, Lucas Brooking, Olivia Blanc, Thomas Schmid, Yeojin Shin
Cel Animation:	Benjy Brooke, Gonzalo Menevichian, Harry Teitelman, Jake Armstrong, Jaedoo Lee, Kyle Mowat
After Effects Animation/Composite:	Andreas Bjoern Hansen, Alex Perry, Daniel Oeffinger, Fede Reano, Rasmus Bak, Wei Shen Wang
3D Animation:	Arvid Volz, Bill Burg, Bill Dorais, Chris Phillips, John Karian, Tao Ye
Editor:	Chad Colby, Daniel Oeffinger

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Location: United States