HIGH WIZARD

SYFY NETWORK

OVERVIEW

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TZGZ is SYFY’s late-night destination for stoner programming, where regular scheduling is traded for a "higher" television experience. We partnered with SYFY to bring this surreal block to life, designing and animating over seven minutes of original content. We branded the franchise, created mind-brending IDs, and developed narrative interstitial series like High Wizard and Planetary Gossip. It was an amazing opportunity to throw out the rulebook and get werid.

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MEET THE HIGH WIZARD

aka Gandalf the Green, aka Albus Dumble-doobie, aka The Wizard of Ounce. In this series of shorts, our protagonist attempts to impart ancient wisdom but mostly just gets distracted by his own desk clutter. Surrounded by a mystic arsenal of bongs, snacks, and a very judgmental gnome, he recounts epic quests that definitely happened... probably.

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CREDITS
DIRECTED BY BLOCK & TACKLE
CREATIVE DIRECTORS
Adam Gault, Ted Kotsaftis
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Sari Rosen
PRODUCER
Megan Anderson
ILLUSTRATION
Matthew Houston
ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATION
Andrés Moncayo
LEAD DESIGN & ANIMATION
Ben Hill
DESIGN & ANIMATION
I-Cheng Lee, Wei-Shen Wang, Alex Winakor
 
CLIENT - SYFY
CREATIVE DIRECTOR / SYFY
Eve Penzer
MUSIC
Written by Eve Penzer
Produced by Michael Ventimiglia & Matt Lagattuta
SOUND DESIGN & MIX
Joanna Katcher, Nice Manners
ADDITIONAL EDITORIAL
Rick Barlis, Rebel Post

 

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