"In the ad a hiker drops their iPhone 17 Pro, which is found by a curious raccoon who uses it to shoot an impromptu performance of the song "Friends" by Flight of the Conchords, along with other animals including a bear, wolf, owl, deer, squirrel, and rabbit. The phone is eventually retrieved by the hiker, who uses their Apple Watch to locate it."
"Similar to how the new Apple TV intro was created by filming a glass model of the logo illuminated with colored lights, Apple released a behind-the-scenes look at the practical effects used to make A Critter Carol. There were lots of blue screens and blue bodysuits used that allowed the forest set to be digitally extended and human performers to be removed in post-production, but the critters were all hand-crafted puppets brought to life by a small army of puppeteers controlling various body parts."
Apple produced a festive short film titled A Critter Carol featuring a forest of tech-savvy woodland puppets. The narrative follows a hiker who drops an iPhone 17 Pro, which a raccoon and other animals use to create an impromptu performance of "Friends" by Flight of the Conchords before the hiker locates the phone via an Apple Watch. The production emphasized practical effects, using hand-crafted puppets operated by many puppeteers, supported by blue screens and bodysuits to extend sets and remove performers in post-production. Apple shot the entire production on an iPhone 17 Pro and released a behind-the-scenes look at the process.
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