Check this trailer for an upcoming animated feature from Barcelona’s Sixbirds and their CG arm called StudioNEST. Very exciting to see this quality of work coming from outside the US, London, Paris triangle. Directed by Headless.
UK director/animator/writer Ian Robertson takes song lyric animation to a whole new level of low tech complexity using “2295 photos, 438 printed labels, 4 days, 2 crumpets, and 1 tub of Lyrical Spread.” The track is “The Batter, The Rapper, and The Mad Hatter” by The Chameleon.
Sheer silliness and exuberant fun from Dvein to help IdN mark it’s landmark 100th issue with music/sound design: Marc Teitler. The vibrant blobularity makes a nice contrast with the angular austerity of this IdN clip by Kultnation.
The US deadline for the one and only Cut&Paste Digital Design tournament is Sept 10 (October 15th for Europe, Asia and Latin America). Get yourself over to www.cutandpaste.com and register now before you forget and kick yourself later.
Have a friend in New York, Los Angeles of San Francisco you think has what it takes to compete? Get them signed up before its too late.
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Jack Black camps it up for Orange in this new UK cinema spot directed by Jeremy Konner the same guy who directed “D-Tour: A Tenacious Documentary” about another of Mr. Black’s adventures among the little people.
Nathan Love just added two new additions (Barry Baaa and Olive Ostrich) to their Baskin-Robbins critter collection. Check out all five short but sweet TV spots.
Ringling students Brendan Carroll and Francesco Giroldini steal some of the CG character thunder back from the European schools with this accomplished fable of a boy with the strength to choose the right path. Music by Erez Koskas.
As the Halo franchise continues it’s unstoppable marketing invasion with the release of Halo: Reach, we at Stash welcome this third act in a series of live action shorts from director Noam Murro and AgencyTwoFifteen, starring feature film caliber VFX by Method Studios.
Watch Halo: Reach “Deliver Hope”
I have huge respect for Lawrence and his IdN magazine crew plus I’m a total sucker for super-shiny abstract geometry so finding this clip from Kultnation (Mexican motion designer Marco Vinicio Morales) waiting in the mailbox made a so-so morning a whole lot better. Sound design by Echolab
New SanFran agency DOJO hits the ground running with a branded music video for the new dLite LG mobile phone helmed by Parnoid US director Sophie Gateau.
“Utilizing motion control to shoot the available 45 pre-production phones , Sophie shot twenty passes–moving the phones along in each pass. The Paranoid Design Studio team then assembled the passes, tracked animated characters and environmental drawings, and composited them into the scenes. The LED look was then finished on Flame by Paranoid Design Studio VFX Artist Seb Caudron.”
Legacy Effects and Method Studios lend a hand, a few loose fitted legs, and a whole bunch of skin folds to an odd-looking beastie in MGMT’s latest video release “Congratulations”. Directed by Tom Kuntz, production by MJZ.
Watch MGMT “Congratulations”
LA’s Royale crew re-team with Fuel TV to kick out this brand video which contrasts a razor-fine cut with super-loose graphics and comping. Visceral and invigorating.
Cee-Lo takes a lyrical cue from Lily Allen with his new solo single “Fuck You,” from the upcoming album “The Ladykiller”. No word who animated this version but Cee-Lo’s YouTube channel indicates another video will be another video soon.
Check Buck’s cool and fluid treatment of the :30 for Nike’s World Basketball Festival that took over Times Square and iconic NY basketball sites like Rucker Park in mid-August. Directed by Ryan Honey.
