Griff and I are stoked to reveal we’ve been working on initial animations for a very cool documentary in production right now.
Nancy Drew, The Case of the American Icon.
A full-length documentary exploring the history and cultural impact of literature’s OG girl sleuth - Nancy Drew
For this initial stage of the project Griff and I were commissioned to create a series of developmental in show sequences and an intro animation.
Director Cathleen O’Connell has amassed the most amazing archive of book jackets, artworks, ink drawings and Drew related ephemera. Delving into the wealth of material quickly started to throw up a plethora of ideas to implement into these initial animations.
Our aim is to reflect the original aesthetic of the books and the Nancy Drew DNA whilst putting it through our contemporary collage lens and giving it a fresh spin.
Due to unforeseen events in the US part of the funding for this project was withdrawn so the team have launched a cool Kickstarter campaign here to get it over the line. One month to go!
I’ll keep you posted on all things Nancy as they develop, including some sneak peeks into our collage process.. but for now behold the intro taster…