Coming together with Ogilvy, Post Office Studios has created an animated awareness video for Tata Motors’ ‘Road Safety Initiative’ in Bangladesh

The animation studio and Ogilvy have combined their efforts to design a relatable video for Tata Motors’ initiative to create awareness about road safety in Bangladesh 

India, 16th December 2021: Mumbai-based new media tech studio - Post Office Studios - A 2D animation and motion graphics vertical at Kulfi Collective have collaborated with Ogilvy for an animated video released during Tata Motors’ ‘Road Safety Initiative’ in Bangladesh. While the anthem - No Second Chance - was conceptualized and composed by the Ogilvy team, the creative animated video for the same was developed by a dynamic collective of designers of the Post Office Studios.

‘No Second Chance’ was conceived by Ogilvy to create awareness - especially among truck drivers as well as other vehicle drivers - about the importance of cautious driving to avoid accidents. The crux of this anthem is straightforward - while life gives us plenty of opportunities to fix silly mistakes and minor botches, on the road, there is no second chance, which is why we must be careful as recklessness can cost a life.

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QcAEXsXA6g

Consequently, the team at the animation and motion design studio considered instances that are relatable to truck drivers. These instances, combined with a set of style frames in different colour palettes that are soothing and appealing to the eyes and that transition seamlessly, enabled the audience to draw similarities and understand the situation better. Not only that, but the animation team also used brush strokes and various texture patches to give an organic feel to the illustrations.

Akshat Gupt, Co-Founder and CCO at Kulfi Collective mentions, ”While talking about critical issues like road safety, it was important to not sound preachy or rigid or talk down to vehicle drivers, and the catchy anthem does a great job of addressing the issue. For us the mandate clearly then was to bring the same approachable fun tonality and vibrancy of the anthem in the visuals”

Vibha Lad, and Joydeep Chowdhury, Post Office Studios, who co-directed the project said, “Road safety is a serious subject, so to address it effectively, our team developed a concept where the visual language was light-hearted to strike a perfect balance. Our objective was to keep it grounded but ensure that the audience could relate to the anthem’s lyrics effortlessly. The video was released on 18th October during the campaign and garnered over 3 million + views in just less than two weeks! Furthermore, as the video was well-liked by everyone, we were beyond thrilled to receive immense praise from both Ogilvy and Tata Motors teams.”

Animation, as a storytelling technique, is used to keep the audience glued to the film. But the power of animation lies in completely integrating cultural relevance while catering to local tastes and yet managing to be culturally multivocal when dubbed in regional languages of the world. Due to this advantage, novel narratives via animation have reached the mainstream global market.

Post Office Studios’ video breaks through the conventional creative limits to leverage this potential of animation and craft an engaging awareness film for the No Second Chance anthem - thereby also lending a refreshing lens to the Road Safety Initiative in Bangladesh by Tata Motors.

Conceptualised and Produced by Post Office Studios for Ogilvy & Mather / Tata Motors, Commercial Vehicles International Business.

Ogilvy Team:

Group Creative Director: Hemal Jhaveri

Group Creative Director: Khurram Haque

Creative Director: Nitin Kerur

Associate Creative Director: Austin Dsouza

Art Director: Rohan Sawant

Senior Art Director: Prachi Damani

Senior Vice President - Account Management: Dushyant Kumar

Account Supervisor: Juhi Wadia

Senior Vice President - Planning: Amritraj Thakur

Post Office Studios:

Directed by Joydeep Chowdhury & Vibha Lad

Creative Director: Kunal Prabhu

Executive Producer: Kedar Thapar

Creative Producer: Aunnesha Sen

Associate Producer: Khyan Kotak

Illustrators: Joydeep Chowdhury, Omkar Sawant, Minal Dusane, Robin Chakraborty, Sharath Raj, Shradha Verma

Animators: Vibha Lad, Varunjyoti Deori, Suman Saha, Aditya Aman

Editor: Akhtar Shaikh

About Post Office Studios:

One of the three verticals of the Kulfi Collective, Post Office Studios is a Mumbai-based animation and motion design studio creating high-end moving image content in advertising, films and music - their wide-ranging roster including Netflix, Prime Video, Warner Records, Tinder, Ogilvy and many more.

About Kulfi Collective:

Kulfi Collective is a modern media network that builds brands and studios that function at the intersection of content, commerce and culture. We bring together creators and technology to create innovative content at scale around the passions of young people in India and across the world.

Kulfi operates through three verticals - Supari Studios (branded content), Post Office (motion design & new media tech) and Keeda Media (original content). As a combined entity, we are reimagining the future of storytelling for an open, decentralized web 3.0, especially in the spheres of gender & identity, music & culture, gaming & sports as well as finance & entrepreneurship.

Kulfi is on a mission to make the world (wide web) a better place, one incredible story at a time.