Hue&Cry Goes All Out for MSNBC's ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES
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Brie Clayton March 17, 2021
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The spots created by McKinney utilize nifty, hand-drawn cel animation indicative of what matters' in today's world.
Tapping into current events, Hue&Cry, the award-winning animation studio led by Creative Director Matt Darnall and Executive Producer Scott Friske, have worked its animated artistry on a new campaign targeting viewers for MSNBC's nightly news program All in with Chris Hayes. The Emmy Award-winning show committed to in-depth reporting on the nation's biggest news and political stories of the day covers everything from American trade, debate news, and more.
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With a world on high-alert over the past year, the spots' skillful construction utilized the naturally vibrant color red paired with distinctive line-drawn animation. The cel-animated scenes delicately and deftly reflect everyday events that rocked the news cycle and remained on the forefront of minds in households worldwide over the course of 2020 and into 2021: American elections, politics, education, healthcare, culture & social issues, and the state of the economy.
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Beyond the spots being lengthier, for Darnall, the creative challenge was determining how to approach the campaign's more complex scenes. Chris' show is all about making sense of the current events happening in the world, and as we all know - 2020 was pretty chaotic. Our aim was to capture that chaotic energy with our animation, while still clearly communicating relevant social issues, and showing how Chris can help make sense of it all.
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