BARBIE IN REVIEW - KINDA FUNNY (2023)
Creating an intro for Kinda Funny's Barbie In Review gave a unique opportunity to play around with a far more vibrant colour palette than most movie franchises would allow, and to figure out the best way of combining the recognizable Barbie aesthetic with Kinda Funny.
I came across a Barbie play set from the 80s that looked remarkably like Kinda Funny's own studio. It was hugely beneficial in helping me figure out what adapting a toy version of their podcast set would look like. I was able to take the actual pieces of a real set, photos of actual dolls I could Frankenstein into resembling the podcast crew, along with assets I photographed in real life to create this fake play set. Every asset physically existing in some form was integral to giving it a sense of scale and uniformity.
I then was able to draw some rough depth maps of the fake dolls to help give a faux 3D effect, and mimic the movements you'd often see in classic toy commercials.
This was easily some of the most fun I've had working on an intro.
Music by Carter Harrell,
