The 15th edition of the venerable FITC Toronto creative technology event opened April 17 with this title sequence by Vancouver’s Giant Ant. Leveraging the conference theme “Level Up,” the 2D, 3D, and cel-animated romp traces a fun revisionist history of video games packed with sly nods and clever transitions.

Client: FITC

Agency: Giant Ant
Directed by Giant Ant
Producer: Liam Hogan
Creative Direction: Jorge R. Canedo
Art Direction: Rafael Mayani
Additional Design: Jorge R. Canedo, Nicholas Ferreira
2D Animation & Compositing: Jorge R Canedo, Nicholas Ferreira, Shawn Hight, Matt James, Max Halley
Cel Animation: Henrique Barone, Jorge R. Canedo, Jay Grandin
3D Modeling & Animation: Nicholas Ferreira, Matt James, Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight

Music & SFX: Antfood