World of Tanks – Cinematic Short Film „Panzer­panne“

Together with our friends at Wargaming, Black Soup and Cinegramm, we created an immersive cinematic short film experience that featured several gaming creators and the German TV icon Simon Gosejohann in an authentic and humoristic movie on the HandOfBlood YouTube channel. INSTINCT3 was responsible for the creative concept, several parts of the production, the talent selection and the influencer management.

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Panzerkampfwagen III replica as of one the main settings for the movie
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harmed plush bunnies (seriously)

The Challenge

It was our goal to bring YouTube content to the next level and create another infamous short film on the HandOfBlood channel. The long-lasting cooperation between Wargaming’s World of Tanks and him offered the perfect foundation for a project of this kind, so the mission was clear – we want to create an exceptional movie centered around a tank.

The Idea

Our creative team worked together with HandOfBlood to find a suitable storyline and a fitting setting which would match our initial idea of a tank centered movie. After various brainstorming sessions and a lot of coffee, we came up with the idea of a German tank crew that stranded in a warzone.
Each member of the crew had a set of peculiar character traits to add various humoristic elements – especially the leader General Knabe (HandOfBlood) who tries to keep track of things while it seems to go downhill. His crew was completed by Papo, Sterzik, Kalle and star guest Simon Gosejohann.
As a little foretaste for the community, we also sent HandOfBloods famous character Panzerfreak to the film set to draw attention to the imminent release at the beginning of December.

The Result

With Panzerpanne, we were able to place a new, innovative and highly polished production result on the YouTube channel of HandOfBlood which already collected hundreds of thousands of views.
The start of the movie also includes an exclusive promo code that unlocks Panzerkommandant Knabe as a playable crew skin alongside other premium goodies in World of Tanks, so you can play with your very own HandOfBlood on the digital battleground.

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