Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, choose your player
Facts
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Client
Sony Pictures Canada
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Where
Cineplex Pre-Show
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Year
2017
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Role
Edit, audio, AD, Unity
The brief!
Sony wanted to drive holiday ticket sales for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ahead of its December release, in a season crowded with big movies.
The idea
The film is about four teens who get pulled into a video game and have to pick their avatars. So we made the audience do the same. A "Choose your player" screen, styled like the game in the film, asked the theatre to vote on their phones for Spencer, Martha, Bethany or Fridge. The winning teen's trailer then played on the big screen, revealing who they become in the game: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black or Kevin Hart.
Four Reveals
The result
The game ran in Cineplex pre-shows across Canada for the release, and audiences picked Bethany, who becomes Jack Black, most often. The film went on to gross about $962 million worldwide.
Meet my Team in 2018
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Me, John Little.
Art director and game art designer.
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David Theron
Internal marketing and sales designer
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Deanna Ip
Concept artist and 3D generalist
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Damian (124) Dymon
Motion designer
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Armand Mec
3D generalist
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Aida Blakely
Internal marketing and sales designer
FAQ
Original commercial by Noise Digital