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Doisy & Dam · 2024

Chocolate that doesn't take itself too seriously.

Doisy & Dam make good chocolate with a sense of humour. We made them a 60-second brand film that walks the line between cheeky and crafted — loud illustration, restrained typography, and a punchline at the end.

Client
Doisy & Dam
Year
2024
Services
2D · Illustration · Sound
Role
Lead studio

Be playful without being childish.

The chocolate category is crowded with two extremes: precious craft on one end and cartoon characters on the other. Doisy & Dam sit in the middle — their packaging is loud and graphic, but the chocolate itself is genuinely well-made.

The brief was to extend that contradiction into motion: a film that could be screened at a trade show without embarrassment and shared on TikTok without explanation.

Lean into the contradiction.

We designed a visual language that takes the existing packaging into the realm of slightly-too-much, then pulls back to slow, considered moments around the product itself. Bold flat-colour world, with the occasional photoreal chocolate beat to remind you what you're actually here for.

01
Visual language
Extended the brand palette into motion, with three new accent colours for screen-only moments.
02
Animation
Frame-by-frame 2D for the world, photoreal CGI inserts for the product close-ups.
03
Voice & sound
Wrote and recorded a dry, deadpan VO; foley-driven sound design for the chocolate beats.
"It made us laugh in the screening, then made us want to eat chocolate. Mission accomplished." — Doisy & Dam, marketing lead

The film became a recruitment tool, too.

The film delivered its launch brief comfortably — but it also did something we didn't expect: their head of talent says it's now the most-cited reason new hires give for applying. It became a culture artifact.

5x
Average engagement rate vs. previous campaigns
8M+
Combined views across paid and organic
+62%
Lift in inbound CV applications post-launch
— Next project Founder's story

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