The Funktion

05/11/2021

Get your 🔈 SOUND ON 🔈 for the total experience

We're super stoked to be a production partner for Sydney Film Festival this year. He had so much fun directing and animating this series of animated brand identities, in collaboration with For The People and Mighty Nice.

Hope you like!

27/10/2021

Here's a quick look at some of the fun stuff we've been up to...
**Better with sound!**

28/05/2021

29/11/2020

A dream project comes together when you combine a brave and insightful client with a creative and thoughtful agency. Making it a true pleasure to work on this project for and , to deliver this beautiful music video for a re-working of the Aussie classic "Home Among the Gum Trees". Music produced and performed by the awesomely talented Narayana Johnson, with lyrics submitted by the Australian public to reflect Aussie life in 2020.

And a huge thanks to the animation team Robbie McKinstry, Matthew Roberts and Michael Cheng for slogging it out to get this beauty across the line.

Thanks also to Alexa Hohenberg and Dean Mathers for bringing us such a fun project to be a part of.

Music Narayana Johnson

For Koala

21/08/2020

21/08/2020

Due to Covid-19, Tourism Noosa had to pivot to a domestic market, appealing to NSW residents who were still able to travel within the state. The only problem: how to appeal to your audience without being able to use the location.

We helped creative agency, Paper Moose, bring these stunning landscapes to life using stop-motion, with expertly crafted miniature landscapes and quirky characters in over 1,500 individually-shot frames.

https://www.thefunktion.com/visit-noosa-enter-the-biosphere/

Paper Moose & The Funktion brought the stunning landscapes of Noosa to life using stop-motion, expertly crafted miniature landscapes and quirky characters in over 1,500 individually-shot frames.

10/08/2020

Nearmap. NAVIG8 2020
Created with VANDAL to promote the Nearmap NAVIG8 2020 customer event, an open, online seminar and forum detailing Nearmap technology and progress with AI.

Using only high resolution satellite imagery, captured by Nearmap, to create some complex and beautiful designs to showcase the incredible technology.

Design & Animation - Peter Nizic

VANDAL
Creative Director - Richard Swan
Executive Producer - Cyril de Baecque
Producer - Michaela Fenton
Audio - Nigel Crowley

https://www.thefunktion.com/nearmap-navig8-2020/

Using only high resolution satellite imagery, captured by Nearmap, to create some complex and beautiful designs to showcase the incredible technology.

10/08/2020

Fairview. Defining Architecture

We collaborated for the first time with Ribbon Gang to animate this small, but beautifully designed, 2d character spot for Fairview, illustrating the disastrous effects of poor water proofing practices… No one wants their house to break in half! Argh!

Animation - Peter Nizic
Design - Dinalie Dabarera

Ribbon Gang Advertising Agency
Creative Director - Henry Simmons
Account Director - Oleta Bin Garape

https://www.thefunktion.com/fairview/

Collaborating for the first time with Ribbon Gang to animate this beautifully designed 2d character spot for Fairview, illustrating the disastrous effects of poor water proofing practices… No one wants their house to break in half! Argh!

12/12/2019

I had the pleasure of working with the Foxtel Creative team to develop this whimsical little stop-motion animation featuring a bespoke pop-up book, designed and made in-house.

Merry Christmas!

06/11/2019

We're stoked to announce that we have partnered with Youth Off The Streets to help make Christmas a bit brighter for vulnerable youth.

From now until Christmas Day, all proceeds raised from the rental or purchase of our short film, Spaghetti, goes to Youth Off The Streets Food Van.

Simply head to vimeo.com/ondemand/spaghetti where you can rent the film, giving you access for 24 hours. You can rent as many times as you like. Or buy the film, which means you can download it or stream it online. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO YOUTH OFF THE STREETS.

Please share this post to help spread the word.

18/10/2019

☎️ Hold the phone. New work alert. TREAT YO SELF! ☎️

Stop-motion fun for Union Pay
https://www.thefunktion.com/ #/unionpay-your-way/

02/03/2019

Happy Mardi Gras 2019!

22/02/2019

From the beginning of the year, I was working with VANDAL to help create the recent channel rebranding package for SBS. I designed and animated 3 channel identities, with Robo Dinnerville on 3d lighting and rendering and Darrin Hanley compositing.

VANDAL's Creative Director, Richard Swan says "If the mercator is the map of the world of difference, then the new brand package takes us down onto the surface of that map"

https://www.thefunktion.com/work #/sbs-channel-rebrand/

19/11/2018

Spaghetti - short film will hopefully soon be coming to an international screen near you. It has been signed for worldwide distribution by Gonella Productions.