Cool new pop-up book action for Ford from agency Zubi directed by BIF at The Mill. Anyone recall Ford’s real life attempt at an idyllic world? (click here for the answer). Yikes, I’ll take the pop-up book version.

Watch Ford “Pop Up”

The headlights of new Honda hybrids dance ’til dawn in this engaging spot from Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, directed by Erik van Wyk and production by South African company Bouffant and VFX by Black Ginger.
Watch Honda “Let It Shine”
And a bonus making-of segment via Boards.

The Academy Award-winning/nominated production team for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” including Digital Domain (winners of the Visual Effects Oscar), DP Claudio Miranda (nominated for an Oscar for cinematography) and production designer Donald Graham Burt (won the Oscar for set design) reunite for three Lexus spots directed by RSA’s Carl Erik Rinsh thru agency Team One.
Watch “Assembled”
Watch “City”
Watch “Intersection”

Spec car spots have become a staple way for small studios (often in remote locations) to gain wider attention. Pixelspot – a four-person studio located in Sofia, Bulgaria – builds on the trend with this all-CG clip featuring a concept car and a soundtrack of their own design.
Watch Pixelspot “SAJNT”

Great character design and integration in this 2.5 minute clip from Sabotage Studio for Peugeot’s first cross-over vehicle. Robots designed by Zamak, directed by: DELUXE (Stéphane Leloutre and Tim Miltat), VFX/post: Sabotage in Paris.
Watch Peugeot “3008″

The first two spots from the new phase of the “United By Individuality” campaign out of ATTIK for Scion produced by Imaginary Forces. ATTIK co-founder and creative director Simon Needham: “These newest ads energetically combine actual owners’ xBs, xDs and tCs with stock models in ways that convey the distinct personalities of Scion’s vehicles and their owners – while also showing how their individuality ties them together.”
Watch “Samples xB”
Watch “Samples tC”