The quick pace and uncertain outcomes of the Euro 2024 tournament on BBC find an apt metaphor in star-studded pinball action via Blinkink directors Balázs Simon and Raman Djafari with Berlin’s Woodblock handling animation.

Rasmus Smith Bech, ECD at BBC Creative: “With all its action, emotion, and unexpected previous winners, The Euros is more unpredictable than most international tournaments. A giant, mad Euros pinball machine felt like the appropriate canvas to bring that beautiful excitement to life.”
 

“The film will not only be a promo for the tournament but also its opening titles across all of the BBC’s television coverage of the event which starts on 14th June.”

 
From the team at Blinkink: “Set to a backdrop of iconic landmarks from the host nation Germany, we follow the ball as it ricochets back and forth between the biggest names in European football – from Kane, Bellingham, Robertson and McTominay to Musiala, Ronaldo and De Bruyne. The film will not only be a promo for the tournament but its opening titles across all of the BBC’s television coverage of the event which starts on 14th June.

“Sound tracked by an instrumental version of Nothing But Thieves track ‘Welcome to the DCC’, the pinball world pings, clatters and clanks with sound design from GAS. Topped off with archival and bespoke commentary from famous BBC commentators like Guy Mowbray, Vicki Sparks, Steve Wilson, Liam McLeod, James McFadden and Robyn Cowen.”
 
 

 
Client: BBC

Agency: BBC Creative
ECD: Rasmus Smith Bech
Head of Production: James Wood
CD: Fred Rodwell, Simon Lotze
Creative: Tom Flynn, Patxi Elizalde
Producer: Liz Dolan
Production Manager: Daniel Robinson
Project Manager: Matt Totterdell
Designer: Josh Moore, Tom Heath, Gavin Andrews, Adeel Anjum Kahn
Coordinator: Rochelle Thomas
Production Assistant: Alfie Flynn
Planner: Flora McKaig

Production: Blinkink
Director: Balázs, Raman Djafari
Lead 2D Character/graphics designer: Cristina Daura
2D Character Designer: Daniel Lambert
Producer: Rebecca Little
EP: Josef Byrne, Bart Yates
Head of Production: Alex Halley
Storyboard Artist: William Tempest
Designer: Clement Danveau

Animation: Woodblock
Artist: Felix Deimann, Helen Choi, Alex Frey, Alex Dietrich, Ben Broschinski, Daniel Chun, Diana Gladenick, Noah Thiele, Paul Schicketanz, Simon Vogt, Sophie Rekasowski, Tom Weber
Rigger: Diana Gladenick, Georg Schneider, Marco Kowalik
Lighter: Falko Paeper, Markus Eschrich, Paul Schicketanz

Sound Design: Gas
Music: Nothing But Thieves “Welcome to the DCC”