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We are excited to share our latest labor of love, 'A Philly Special Christmas Special.' Teaming up with Vera Y and Philadelphia Eagles stars Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata, and Lane Johnson, and guest stars Travis Kelce and Patty Labelle, was a dream come true. This 8-minute stop-motion film is our holiday card to Philadelphia. We spent over 5,000 hours creating 20 handcrafted puppets and sets and capturing 5,000 photographs, all to bring this vision to life. The idea, born from a collaboration with Connor Barwin, Jason Kelce, and Charlie Hall, aimed to build on the success of their previous Christmas album, but they wanted to take it up a notch. Blending the nostalgic charm of classics like "Rudolph" and "Peanuts Christmas" with the vibrant spirit of Philly sports, we're excited to share something really special. The project has already raised over $1.5 million for charity. We're a team from Philly, thrilled to fuse our love for animation, Christmas, and the Eagles into this unique celebration. Leveraging our social media know-how on platforms like Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok, we're excited to share A Philly Special Christmas Special far and wide. This project is our a tribute to the city we love!

For Philly, By Philly!!

Go Birds!

Services: Script, Direction, Styling, Stop Motion Animation, Puppets and Sets, Editing, Post-Production, Social Content

Eagles, Merrill’s Memories

When the pandemic blew up our world in early 2020, we thought it would be end of days for unPOP. We were forced to move our studio home (into our former bedroom). But it led to a hometown partnership we never dreamt of getting!

We teamed up with the Philadelphia Eagles to create an animated short titled, “Merrill’s Memories,” which depicts legendary Eagles announcer Merrill Reese. In the animation, Reese recalls the famous 1995 play in which the Eagles stopped the Dallas Cowboys twice on fourth-and-one to secure a win against their biggest rival.

“It’s Groundhog Day! They stop him again!” exclaimed Reese while covering one of the Eagles’ most memorable plays in franchise history. “I didn’t know that anyone would even know what I was talking about, but it became one of my most famous calls of all-time,” Reese says in his narration. 

In February 2021, the Eagles — who had worked with us before (on Eagles Wine- yep it’s a thing superfans! Check it out here) — were looking for video content during the pandemic. They asked us to create a two-minute stop-motion short featuring Reese narrating the famous 1995 play. In the animation, we see Bill Murray’s character in Groundhog Day hanging out with Merrill in the press box while he calls the animated play.

To Quote Peter (who was SO EXCITED to meet Merrill Resse -even if it was just on zoom): “We’ve been making animations for more than eight years, but we never had a dream project as fun as this collaboration with the Eagles. …They came to us with the amazing idea of recreating some of Merrill Reese’s memories from the last 44 seasons, and after interviewing Reese, we decided on highlighting the Eagles – Cowboys rivalry with his famous Groundhog Day call.” 

In all, we created 45 hand-painted puppets, as well as 3,500 individual photographs displayed at 24 frames per second, with three months of production and three weeks of editing. The end result was a two-minute video, which received more than 150,000 views on social media.

If you want to see Pete and I get local news famous check us out here:

Action News Interview and our local Fox News

Services: Script, Direction, Styling, Stop Motion Animation, Set and Puppet Production, Post-Production, Social Content

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Eagles Wine

To celebrate Eagles fans everywhere and the special bond the team has shared with them for generations, the Philadelphia Eagles have launched "Broad & Pattison," a collection of wines inspired by the team and thoughtfully crafted by Winc, a leading producer in the wine industry. We were so excited to make something for our home team! unPOP brought these bottles to life with a little stop motion magic. This content can be viewed on the Eagles social channels and on broadcast. Stills were pulled for print advertising. We were really please to create a little holiday cheer! (If you need to get some right now Eagles Superfans- here’s a link. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Eagles Autism Foundation.)

Services: Script, Direction, Styling, Stop Motion Animation, Editing, Post-Production, Social Content, Broadcast