A Soup Factory project by Tundra* and Andersen M Studio Soup Factory are very proud to finally be able to share with you the second set of films in the animated ident series for ITV3. Five months in the making and made entirely in-house, from boards to final master, we hope you will love them as much as we do. The idents were directed by Soup Factory's Espen Haslene, head honcho of TUNDRA*, alongside Martin M Andersen from Andersen M Studio. Together Espen and Martin have a wealth of experience in model making, stop-frame animation using paper and compositing and CGI, making them the ideal team to deliver this set of visually arresting, human-crafted animations. The idea for the idents came from the concept of 'collections.' Creative director Tony Pipes and executive producer Jen Lane from ITV, called in Soup Factory to pitch on their Story Collections brief. Espen asked old friend and fellow Nordic-super animator Martin along to collaborate and work swiftly began creating a full-sized, paper-cut prototype 'set' to present, along with a killer pitch. After the job was awarded, Soup Factory set up a new studio to house the two animation houses in Shoreditch, with a plan to be able to undertake every aspect of the animation process in-house. With the first six films delivered and work already begun on the next six, the studio hasn't looked back. The drama content on ITV3 forms a rich and diverse collection of programs. It was important to reflect the craft and detail that goes into the making of these dramas and celebrate their quality and values. This is why the directors wanted the idents to be handcrafted and to have an intrinsically human touch to them, 'we wanted to be able to see the fingerprints that had made the work, so, like the dramas themselves; they were beautiful, real and believable.' Together Martin, Espen and their team made a collection of hand made paper cut-out stories, all lovingly housed within the ITV3 bell jars. Production Team Executive Creative Producer - Andy Soup / Soup Factory Ltd. Director - Espen Haslene Stop-Frame Animation Director - Martin M. Andersen Producers - Jason Underhill, Ben Sullivan Production Assistant - Jade Bogue Art Directors - Karine Faou Senior Model Maker - Line Lunnemann Andersen Model Makers & Cutters - Cat Johnston, Helene Baum, Rosy Nicholas Illustration - Keeley Sheppard, Paulina Slebodzinska Storyboard artist - Oscar Arancibia Computer Animation & Compositing - Dominic Burgess, Aaron Trinder, Marc Hardman, Letty Fox , Oscar Granse Compositing assistant - Adam Stewart 3D Modelling & CGI - Duncan Burch @ Lumiere Studios Sound Design - Mikkel H. Eriksen (Instrument Studio) Music Composition for 'Darker' - Mikkel H. Eriksen (Instrument Studio) Studio Manager - Elina Masai Andersen Directors Rep - Jade Bogue @ Soup Factory ITV Team Creative Director- Tony Pipes Executive Producer- Jen Lane Executive Creative Director- Phil Lind ITV Creative Team- David Tang/ Adrian Headley/ Ailie Miles Head of Marketing- Sarah Tobias Production Manager- Jeremy Burnage Music- Cord Final Comping- Envy