Buck Kicks it to ESPN's World Cup Coverage

Buck Kicks it to ESPNs World Cup Coverage
Los Angeles-based motion graphics and production company BUCK produced an epic and illustrative open as part of ESPN's upcoming coverage of soccer's World Cup championship tournament.

The open is part of a complete show package that includes graphic elements detailing team match-ups, player transitions, transitional elements and various openings for different segments within each tournament game broadcast by ESPN.

"This was our first project with ESPN and it was very exciting for us," says Ryan Honey, Creative Director and Principal at BUCK.

"Essentially, the package we provided contains all graphical elements that ESPN will be showing during the World Cup.

They were looking for an international, almost Olympian feel that would convey to American viewers just how popular soccer is throughout the rest of the world."

As a German stadium full of fans looks on, a muscular footballer employs some complex footwork before kicking a soccer ball downfield.

In a scene more painterly than athletic, the ball begins to come apart in the air, transforming into falling bits of confetti as it does so.

The confetti falls down upon a group of fans enthusiastically waving the flags of their respective countries before transitioning to a Brazilian beach.