NY-Based Creative Studio Trollbäck + Company Unveils A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Making Of Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign

The New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company" has unveiled a few behind-the-scenes photographs from the making of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign, which features Nickelodeon stars from Nickelodeon's current live action and animated programming, including the casts of the Nickelodeon shows "Big Time Rush", "iCarly", "The Fairly OddParents", "T.U.F.F. Puppy", "Victorious", "The Penguins of Madagascar", "Planet Sheen", "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness", "Supah Ninjas", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Fanboy & Chum Chum", "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures", and "True Jackson, VP", to their official website, which you can view here at trollback.com/nick/!

Nickelodeon USA's 'BIG' Nickelodeon Upfront 2012 Sizzle Reel

Below is a high quality (HQ) streaming video which features one of Nickelodeon USA's "Nickelodeon Upfront 2012" Sizzle Reels (also known as a demo reel, a public relations video, and a promo), which Nickelodeon USA recently unveiled at one of Nickelodeon USA's recent 2012 Upfront Presentations which was attended (and watched) by the press and by Nickelodeon's major advertisers. The "Nickelodeon Upfront Sizzle Reel" below features clips from many of Nickelodeon's "Big Events" (Nickelodeon Events) and "Nickelodeon Recreational" activities over the pass few years, including highlights and Orange Carpet footage (including pre-shows) from the Nickelodeon 2010 Kids' Choice Awards (including a clip of the multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Katy Perry being slimed in the face), the Nickelodeon 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, and Nickelodeon Worldwide Day of Play events (including the First Lady of America, Michelle Obama participating in WWDoP events), the TeenNick HALO Awards, plus clips of Jack Black (hosting the 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, including Jack Black getting slimed), celebrities at various Nickelodeon events, including Will Smith, his son Jaden Smith, and his daughter Willow Smith, Justin Timberlake (receiving his "The Big Help Award" silver Nickelodeon blimp), Jim Carrey (getting slimed at the 2011 KCAs), and of Nickelodeon Stars (Nickelodeon Talent), including Nickelodeon's Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Jerry Trainor, and Noah Munck from the cast of "iCarly", Nick Cannon (the Chairman of TeenNick), Taylor Gray and Dillon Lane from the cast of "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures", Kendall Schmidt, Carlos Pena, Jr., James Maslow and Logan Henderson from the cast and Nickelodeon boyband "Big Time Rush"), Keke Palmer from the cast of "True Jackson, VP", Victoria Justice, Daniella Monet, Elizabeth Gillies, Ariana Grande, Avan Jogia, Matt Bennett, and Leon Thomas III from the cast of "Victorious", Ryan Potter, Carlos Knight, and Gracie Dzienny from the cast of "Supah Ninjas", Po from the cast of "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" (at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, which was hosted by Jack Black). Nickelodeon's 2012 Upfront Sizzle Reel also features some of Nickelodeon's "Big Performances", including Nickelodeon Stars Victoria Justice performing "Beggin' on Your Knees" and "Big Time Rush" performing their single "Boyfriend" from their debut album "B.T.R." at the "Nickelodeon 2011 Kids' Choice Awards". Nickelodeon's "Nickelodeon Upfront 2012" graphics package was designed and animated by Los Angeles, California, USA based VFX, CG and Motion Graphics studio Rogues Gallery:

Nickelodeon Upfronts 2012 Sizzle from Rogues Gallery on Vimeo.

Design/Animation: Rogues Gallery (http://roguesgallery.tv)

We were tasked with helping the Nickelodeon team create a graphics package for their 2012 Upfronts.

Keeping the focus on textures and tactility, we wanted to create a look that would make viewers want to reach out and touch the elements in the scene. So we took some shiny plastic, some blobby goo, bumpy sponges and some prickly shapes and mixed it together to create a package that highlights the fun and experiential nature of the network.

Nickelodeon USA Gives Nick Viewers A First Look Sneak Peek At The Brand New "Big Time Rush" Movie "Big Time Movie"

Below is a streaming video of Nickelodeon USA's brand new "First Look At Big Time Rush's New Movie "Big Time Movie"" sneak peek special which Nickelodeon USA recently aired as part of Nick USA's "The Best Week On TV" programming stunt, where Nickelodeon goes behind the scenes of the new "Big Time Rush" movie called "Big Time Movie" and features the stars and band members of Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" series and boyband (Kendall Schmidt (Kendall Knight), James Maslow (James Diamond), Carlos Pena (Carlos Garcia), and Logan Henderson (Logan Mitchell)) telling Nickelodeon viewers and fans of the hit Nickelodeon show "Big Time Rush" details and information about the brand new "Big Time Rush" Nickelodeon movie "Big Time Movie" which the cast of "Big Time Rush" are currently working on, including that "Big Time Movie" will be like "James Bond meets Austin Powers", that "Big Time Movie" will feature a lot of stunts and a lot of non-stop action, will feature car chases, high-flying action, "awesome" performances, and about 200 extras, and will be bringing the laughs 'Big Time', and will part spy movie, part comedy, and all about the music, and will also feature the "Big Time Rush" boys recreating the famous scene from The Beatles's "Abbey Road" album sleeve cover where the "Big Time Rush" boys cross a zebra crossing (which is also like the front cover of SpongeBob SquarePants's Sheldon Jim Plankton, Jr.'s "Krabby Road" CD music album). Big Time Rush's "Big Time Movie" will be premiering on Nickelodeon USA on Saturday 10th March 2012 (Transmission (TX) time to be confirmed by Nickelodeon UK), only on Nick!

Big Time Rush - Big Time Movie Sneak Peek

Videos Featuring The Nickelodeon Short "Nickelodeon Screen Test"

Below are a selection of streaming videos featuring the brand new Nickelodeon Short series "Nickelodeon Screen Test", which features Nickelodeon Stars from popular Nickelodeon shows such as "Big Time Rush" (Kendall Schmidt (Kendall Knight), James Maslow (James Diamond), Carlos Pena (Carlos Garcia), and Logan Henderson (Logan Mitchell)), "Victorious" (Victoria Justice (Tori Vega), Leon Thomas III (Andre Harris), Matt Bennett (Robbie Shapiro), Elizabeth Gillies (Jade West), Ariana Grande (Cat Valentine), Avan Jogia (Beck Oliver), and Daniella Monet (Trina Vega)) and iCarly's Miranda Cosgrove answering personnel questions for Nickelodeon viewers.

"Nickelodeon Screen Test" was made by and for Nickelodeon in London, UK, when Miranda Cosgrove and the casts of the Nickelodeon shows "Big Time Rush" and "Victorious" visited London, UK during 2010/2011, and, according to the Nickelodeon Clapperboard featured in the first video, was directed by Nickelodeon UK's Director of Original Production, David Kangas, and was filmed by cameraman G. Davis, and the graphics were designed and created by Sheffield, UK-based creative studio agency "PIXEL DNA".

The first streaming video below, in high quality (HQ) and high-definition (HD), is a montage featuring some of the motion graphics and branding design elements from the new Nickelodeon vignette/Nickelodeon interstitial series called "Nickelodeon Screen Test", and also includes the opening title sequence for "Nickelodeon Screen Test":

Nickelodeon Screen Test - Branding & Title Sequence from Pixel DNA on Vimeo.

The second video below featuring Nickelodeon's new short series "Nickelodeon Screen Test" features a whole episode of "Nickelodeon Screen Test" featuring "Big Time Rush" star and boyband member James Maslow (James Diamond) answering the questions "Which BTR video has been your favorite to to shoot and why?" and "Which music artist would you like to collaborate with in the future?", and also features the brand new Nickelodeon endboard/closing logo at the end:



You can view a behind the scenes photograph taken by Nickelodeon UK's Director of Original Production, David Kangas, who posted the photograph on his official Twitter profile page (@kangas911), of "Victorious" star Victoria Justice filming her questions and answers session for her episode of "Nickelodeon Screen Test" during the cast of Victorious' visit to London, UK in October 2011 here on NickALive!

The third video below featuring Nickelodeon's new short series "Nickelodeon Screen Test" features a whole episode of "Nickelodeon Screen Test" featuring "Big Time Rush" star and boyband member Carlos Pena (Carlos Garcia) answering the questions "What's the best thing about being in Big Time Rush?", "If you weren't a singer what would you like to be?", "Do you still get nervous before a performance?", "What is the most romantic thing you've ever done for a girl?", and "What's the hardest thing about being in the band?", and also features the brand new Nickelodeon endboard/closing logo at the end:



It is currently unknown whether the new Nickelodeon Short "Nickelodeon Screen Test" is an Nickelodeon UK Exclusive Nick Short or whether it will also air on Nickelodeon's international channels, however, the word 'favourite' in James Maslow's first question is spelt 'favorite', which is the North American "American English" spelling of the word instead of "British English".

Also, posted by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):

#UKRUSHERS & Have u seen the BTR 'Screen Tests' on air yet? Keep ur eyes peeled for interviews with all the boys! Learn ALL their secrets!

And:

is there live victoria justice and other nick starts screen tests apart from BTR?

@NickelodeonUK - Yes! Victorious cast have them too!

Nickelodeon USA's "The Best Week On TV 2011" Trailer

Below is a streaming video and transcript of Nickelodeon USA's brand new official "The Best Week On TV" trailer/promo which Nick USA is using to promote Nickelodeon USA's (Nickelodeon North America's) "The Best Week On TV" programming stunt, which starts on Monday 26th December 2011 and will take a look at all the "amazing" stuff coming up on Nickelodeon in 2012, with a brand new episode of a popular Nickelodeon show every night:

Starting Monday December 26th [2011], The Best Week On TV!

Po from "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness": WOOOOO!!

All week long, you're getting a first look at the amazing stuff coming up on Nick in 2012...

James Maslow (James Diamond) from "Big Time Rush": A whole another level for us.

...straight from the stars themselves!

Victoria Justice (Tori Vega) from "Victorious": There are some big secrets revealed.

Plus, catch your favorite shows all day, every day, with a brand new premiere every single night.

Freddie Benson (Nathan Kress) to Spencer Shay (Jerry Trainor) on "iCarly": Up top.

The best week on TV, starting Monday, December 26th at 4/3C, on Nick!

Nickelodeon's Christmas 2011 Ident - "Nickelodeon Stars -- "Sleigh Ride""

UPDATE - Watch the below Nickelodeon video of Nickelodeon USA's "Nickelodeon Stars -- "Sleigh Ride"" music video in super duper high-definition (HD) HERE on Nickelodeon TV Media!

Below is a high quality (HQ) streaming video of Nickelodeon USA's brand new 2011 Christmas Ident/Station ID/trailer called "Nickelodeon Stars -- "Sleigh Ride"" which Nickelodeon USA (and hopefully Nickelodeon's international channels, like Nickelodeon UK, soon) is broadcasting to celebrate 'Christmas On Nickelodeon 2011'. Nickelodeon USA's brand new "Nickelodeon Stars -- "Sleigh Ride"" Holiday Ident/Channel ID features the stars and casts from the popular Nickelodeon shows "Victorious", "iCarly", "Big Time Rush", "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures", Keke Palmer from "True Jackson, VP", and "Supah Ninjas" coming together to take a very special orange Christmas sleigh ride and to sing a very special version of the Christmas song "Sleigh Ride" to wish Nickelodeon viewers Happy Holidays from Nickelodeon. Merry NickMas everybody!

Nickelodeon Stars--“Sleigh Ride.” from Jessica Wilson on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon Latin America "Big Time Halloween" Promo

Below is a streaming video featuring a Nickelodeon Latin America trailer promoting Nickelodeon Latin America showing the "Big Time Rush" Halloween holiday special episode called "Big Time Halloween" for "Halloween On Nickelodeon Latin America 2011". The promo, including the scenes from the "Big Time Rush" Halloween-themed episode "Big Time Halloween", is dubbed into Portuguese.

Nick LatAm "Especial Big Time Rush De Halloween - Estreia Segunda Dia 31 20:00" Promo

Big Time Halloween from Click Nick™ on Vimeo.

É Halloween em Hollywood e os monstros da banda Big Time Rush resolvem sair do armário! James se fantasia de vampiro, Logan vira um Zombie, Carlos é um Frankenstein e Kendall vira um lobisomem. Vai perder essa festa assustadora? É hoje, segunda-feira, 31 de outubro, às 20h :)

It's Halloween in Hollywood and the monsters of the band Big Time Rush settle out of the closet! James fancies himself a vampire, Logan becomes a Zombie, Charles Kendall is a Frankenstein and turns into a werewolf. This party will lose scary? It is today, Monday, Oct. 31, at 20h:) (translated by Google Translate)

Halloween On Nickelodeon USA Promo - "10 Nights Of Fright"

Below is a streaming video featuring Nickelodeon USA's (Nickelodeon North America) "Halloween 2011 On Nickelodeon USA" trailer/promo to promote "10 Nights Of Fright" on Nick USA, which will feature Nickelodeon USA premiering brand new Halloween-themed episodes of hit Nickelodeon shows and popular Nick Jr. shows, plus Nickelodeon USA will be airing repeats of the classic Nickelodeon show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" during TeenNick's "The '90s Are All That" programming strand:

"Big Time Rush" Singing "If I Ruled The World" At Manchester Academy, UK In 2011

Below is a high quality high-definition (HD) streaming video of the main cast and stars of the hit Nickelodeon TV show "Big Time Rush" (Kendall Schmidt (Kendall Knight), Carlos Pena Jr. (Carlos Garcia), James Maslow (James Diamond), and Logan Henderson (Logan Mitchell)) perform their song "If I Ruled The World" at Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK on Friday 8th July 2011, during the bands Europe 2011 tour. The video of the main cast and stars of the hit Nickelodeon TV show "Big Time Rush" performing live on stage also features some behind-the-scenes footage and some footage of the audience.

Big Time Rush - Manchester 2011 from Joseph Connor on Vimeo.

Shot for Nickelodeon & Sony BMG

Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" Trailer (2011)

Below is a streaming video of one of Nickelodeon USA's trailers from 2011 called "Are You Ready", which is based on and features footage from Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign, which was created and devised by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company".

The video below of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" promo from 2011 features Nickelodeon stars from Nickelodeon's current live action and animated programming, including the casts of the Nickelodeon shows Big Time Rush, iCarly (including Gibby (Noah Munck)), T.U.F.F. Puppy, Victorious, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Troop, Power Rangers Samurai, and True Jackson, VP.



The music and song used in the above video of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" trailer from 2011 is called "Fly High" by the band "The DNC".

Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign Videos

Below are three high quality streaming videos of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign, which were made by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company", who also designed Nickelodeon's 2009 on-air look to go with Nickelodeon's brand new logo, which was launched at the same time as Nickelodeon's brand new logo in 2009.

Each video below of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign features Nickelodeon stars from Nickelodeon's current live action and animated programming, including the casts of the Nickelodeon shows Big Time Rush, iCarly, The Fairly OddParents, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Victorious, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Supah Ninjas, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, and True Jackson, VP.

Nickelodeon Montage 2011

Client: Nickelodeon
Director: Joe Wright
Co-Director: Anna Minkkinen

Nickelodeon recently had us create this image campaign that features both their talent from live-action shows and animated characters. In order to connect both worlds, we created an abstract environment using rear and frontal projections on a stage and shot the talent live, using CG sparingly.

The music used in the above video of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign was created by sound designers Sacred Noise.

The video below looks like it's Nickelodeon Internationals version of Nickelodeon's 2011 image campaign, as it has a 'Nickelodeon' logo at the end, instead of a 'Nick' logo, which Nickelodeon USA uses:



Below is a streaming video of one of Nickelodeon USA's trailers from 2011 called "Are You Ready", which is based on and features footage from Nickelodeon's 2011 Image Campaign, which was created and devised by New York-based creative studio "Trollbäck + Company".

The video below of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" promo from 2011 features Nickelodeon stars from Nickelodeon's current live action and animated programming, including the casts of the Nickelodeon shows Big Time Rush, iCarly (including Gibby (Noah Munck)), T.U.F.F. Puppy, Victorious, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Troop, Power Rangers Samurai, and True Jackson, VP.



The music and song used in the above video of Nickelodeon USA's "Are You Ready" trailer from 2011 is called "Fly High" by the band "The DNC".

This blog post was originally posted on NickALive! on Tuesday, September 13, 2011.

First Episode Of Nickelodeon Europe's "N-View" And "N-View" Design Package

Below is a high quality streaming video of the UK (English language) version of the very first episode of "N-View", Nickelodeon Europe's children's entertainment magazine television show, which serves as Nickelodeon viewers' own personnel entertainment hub, and is packed with exclusive content from the Nickelodeon universe.

The very first episode of Nickelodeon's "N-View" is ready to play! Click the 'Play' button below to watch the very first episode of Nickelodeon Europe's "N-View" in English and which was shown on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland.

N-View Pilot from DigitalCelluloid on Vimeo.

11min Nickelodeon Offline & Online

Teen magazine show. Development of Pilot show, UK version and foreign language reversioning for 6 European markets.

I also cut the 30sec on-air promo for the show and a 30sec competition spot.

The highlights for the very first episode of Nickelodeon's "N-View" are:

* Behind the scenes of Big Time Rush's first ever overseas trip, which includes "Big Time Rush" themselves taking time from their busy schedules to tell Nickelodeon viewers about their first ever European tour, including how "Big Time Rush" started their European tour in Munich and Berlin in Germany.

* "Big Time Rush" greeting Big Time Rush's German fans at German landmarks.

* "Big Time Rush" performing their song "Stuck" for a select few of Big Time Rush's German fans at Nickelodeon Germany's/Nickelodeon Deutschland's offices in Berlin, Germany.

* "Big Time Rush" in London, UK, and visiting famous London landmarks, such as the River Thames, and meeting and greeting Big Time Rush's UK fans in Trafalgar Square in London.

* Footage of "Big Time Rush" performing their song "Til I Forget About You" inside the top of London's BT Tower.

* A clip of Big Time Rush's music video for their song "Boyfriend" featuring Snoop Dogg.

* "Big Time Rush" announcing that they would like to visit Germany and the UK again, as part of a worldwide tour.

* "N-View" opens and explores the Nickelodeon secret archives to show Nickelodeon viewers in Europe a never seen before clip of the Nickelodeon animated series (NickToon) "SpongeBob SquarePants", where SpongeBob SquarePants tries to teach his next door neighbour and Krusty Krab co-worker Squidward Tentacles how to surf.

* Preview and information about the movie "Hop", featuring exclusive interviews with the star voice actors of "Hop", James Marsden (Fred O'Hare), and Kaley Cuoco (Sam O'Hare).

* Preview, information, hints, tips about the "LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars" video game, featuring exclusive interviews with some of the staff who worked on the "LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars" video game (Kallam Eames, Mark James, Chris Gollaher, and Buren Renick).

* A preview and information of the movie "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" being released on DVD and Blu-Ray, featuring exclusive interviews with some of the starring cast of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", Ben Barnes (Caspian), Skandar Keynes (Edmund Pevensie), and Will Poulter (Eustace Clarence Scrubb), and a look at some of the storyboards and studio sets used to make the "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" movie.

Below are three more high quality streaming videos featuring the design package of the UK (English language) version of "N-View":

Nickelodeon N-View Titles

Nickelodeon nView titles from Liam Chapple on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon asked us to create the packaging for their new magazine show nView. We were given free reign to come up with the treatment and this is the result.

Nickelodeon N-View Stings

Nickelodeon nView stings from Liam Chapple on Vimeo.

Nickelodeon nView packaging.

Nickelodeon N-View Music Sting

Nickelodeon | Music Sting from Liam Chapple on Vimeo.

This one wasn't on the compilation and I don't have the correct audio, so just chucked one of the other stings sound onto it.

Hope you like.

Project: nView OSP
Client: Nickelodeon
Animation: Mainfame

Nickelodeon's "N-View" visual design package was designed by animation and visual effects studio "Mainframe", who also created the "N-View Device". "Mainframe" have also created and designed various visual effects for other Nickelodeon projects in the past, such as Nickelodeon UK's 'Fantasy' rebrand In 2009, and Brighton, UK based sound-post production and creative audio company "Attic Sound & Music" created ""the sound & music [audio design] package (title music, beds, stings and sound design) for this Nickelodeon production ["N-View"]. A fun and interesting project!"

Nickelodeon's "N-View" is also shown on various Nickelodeon channels around Europe where it is dubbed into local languages and is named different titles:

Nickelodeon Germany/Nickelodeon Deutschland - N-Blick
Nickelodeon Austria - N-Blick
Nickelodeon Switzerland - N-Blick
Nickelodeon Belgium (in Dutch) - N-Zine
Nickelodeon Belgium (in French) - N-News
Nickelodeon Netherlands/Nickelodeon Nederland - N-Zine
Nickelodeon Italy/Nickelodeon Italia - N-View
Nickelodeon Spain/Nickelodeon Espana - N-Vision
Nickelodeon France - N-News

You can visit the official Nickelodeon UK and Ireland "N-View" website here at N-View.co.uk.