Dvein – Barcelona’s masters of photo-real magic – just released this relaunch clip for Spanish and Portuguese documentary channel Odisea. “The aim was to take advantage of the semantic richness that ‘documentary’ implies: adventure, experiment, discovery… We tried to link all these with the channel’s logo, inspired in the natural organic world (conches, constellations, whirls) [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
The kooky San Francisco directing duo of Encyclopedia Pictura are back with this self-promo titled “How Will You Create The Universe”. Inspired by Spore-like evolution simulated video games, this labor of love project was animation byTippett Studios. Watch “How Will You Create The Universe”
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Toronto VFX and post shop AXYZ turn in subtle but soulful (and beautifully integrated) character work for Sons and Daughters director David Hicks and DDB Canada. Pour on the mournful croon of Mr. Bolton and the near-genius tearful payoff and this spot is elevated to award-winning (even with the pack shot and way-too-happy family at dinnertime). Client: [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Two videos experimental realized by the artist Shawn Knol. First is “Ferrofluid”: a colloidal suspension of particles reacting to magnetic fields. The second met in scene of oil, versed in water, and is entitled “Oil in Toilets” on a music of Bonobo. Watch on Vimeo Oil in Water Watch on Vimeo
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
DUMBO-based Santa Maria’s inventive and charming visuals placed against the pitch-perfect VO from Helena Bonham-Carter had me reaching for my checkbook with a lump in my throat. The PSA for Ronald McDonald House Charities mixes hand drawn and 3D animation, matte paintings, photo-collage, claymation, life-size props, miniature scale-models and hand-crafted sock puppets. Agency: Leo Burnett. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 25, 2009
From Australian director Ben West, comes this new ident for Max Music Channel released on Australia Day 2009. With character animation by Geoff Valent and lighting by Ben Malter, the work takes the cute and cuddly Max characters to new heights in the heart of Summer at Bondi Beach. Watch Max2.
Continue reading...Friday, March 6, 2009
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Brian Cox brings the rumbling VO and our favorite Glaswegians (Axis Animation) bring the CG to the latest cinematic trailer for Sony and Guerilla Games’ Killzone franchise. The three-minute clip, directed by Stuart Aitken at Axis, is one continuous camera move. Watch “Killzone 2″
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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Nexus directors Smith & Foulkes (just back from the Oscars) continue their tradition of smart, grandly-scaled and smile-inducing productions with a series of isometric 3d/2d clips for Comcast. Smith and Foulkes: “With the music as our starting point we thought it would be fun to create a world where the whole community lives to the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 26, 2009
Designer: David Trautrimas Image Credits: David Trautrimas Trautrimas’s digital prints of forlorn structures, complexes and communities begin as photographs of castoff, abject, superfluous objects like old coffee pots, electric razors, oil cans and waffle irons, which he then repositions by re-imagining them at vastly different scales. His Electric Razor Co-operative, for example, looks like a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Curious Pictures’ Ro Rao created an ambitious series of shorts for Nike Women’s “Be Transformed” campaign running in the Asia/Pacific region, masterminded by digital agency AKQA: Jump Rope Meteor Punching Bag Bike The series employs two distinct styles. For “Meteor,” “Punching Bag,” and “Bike,” Ro worked with Tampa-based Humoring The Fates to create anime mini-epics. [...]
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