Producer Samantha Cook at Meister in Portland: “Comedian Kyle Kinane asked us to create an animation to promote the launch of his album, “Trampoline in a Ditch.” Kyle and his team at 800 Pound Gorilla Records were very open about letting Meister loose with this project.

“After listening to the album, we were asked to pick a track and develop treatments and concepts that could bring some additional color to Kyle’s voice.

“Ultimately we landed on a stop motion animation-inspired 3D Lottery Ball world and a semi-traditional 2D animation that asked the hard questions about ‘Where did do all the old Kyles go?’.

“It was an interesting challenge to counterweigh Kyle’s energy and enthusiasm in his stand up with weird and wild visuals.”
 
 

 

Client: 800 Pound Gorilla Records
Writer/performer: Kyle Kinane

Production: Meister
Director: CJ Cook
Producer: Samantha Cook, CJ Cook

“Midwest Kyle”
CG Supervisor: Nick Miller
Pipeline Assistant: Brent Le Blanc
Visual Development: Vin Hill
Storyboard: David Saracino & Meghan O’Brien
Lead Animator: Erin Natal
Lead Modeler: Geoff Sills
Additional Modeling: Nick Miller & Yi Shan
Character FX: Mick Miller & Yi Shan
Texturing and Look Development Lead: Brent Le Blanc
Prop Artist: Kyle Jones & Lindsey Hiramoto
Character Design: David Saracino
Nuke Artist: Dan Roseberg
Lighter: Sabrina Nunes
Systems Administrator: Josh Macy

“Old Kyle”
Storyboard & Layout: David Saracino
Lead Animator: Meghan O’Brien
2D Animators: Audrey Ruano & Jay Quercia
Background Art Director: Yann Benedi
Character Designer: David Saracino
Additional Design: Kyle Jones
Compositor: CJ Cook