A short film for April Fool's Day depicting penguins migrating to the Amazon rainforest, as part of the iPlayer launch. Finalist in the 2008 Rushes Soho Shorts Broadcast Design category.

Design Company: Passion Pictures (with RKCRY&R and Red Bee)

Client: The BBC

Director: Vince Squibb and Darren Walsh

How it was done: Presenter Terry Jones was shot against a green screen in London and composited into footage of the Antarctic supplied by the BBC. The team built plates in CG to help the process. Flocks of birds were painted out of some shots.

Shown: Across the BBC.

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