Stash Latin America 2
We at Stash are proud to present Stash Latin America 2, another massive collection of outstanding animation, visual effects and motion design talent
from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Puerto Rico. This new collection delivers exclusive interviews, creative and techical insights, [Read more]
Crush Goes Cute For Woodland Park Zoo
Paper cutout inspired cuteness pulls at the heart strings in this spot for Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo from Toronto studio Crush via creative agency Wong, Doody, Crandall, Wiener, Seattle. The look of the animals was developed by Crush designer Jullian Ablaza and children’s book illustrator Ashley Barron. [Read more]
Vimeo Moves into Content Creation with Brand Creative Fund
Vimeo’s new branded content initiative launched this morning with four short films created for the Lincoln Motor Company by filmmakers selected from Vimeo’s massive pool of users. The Brand Creative Fund provides Vimeo a brilliant way of ramping up advertising while maintaining their tasteful anti-YouTube vibe and creating real, paid, career-boosting opportunities for Vimeo users.
The four filmmakers selected for the Lincoln project include: Lucy McRae, Jeff Frost, Eliot Rausch and Becky & Joe. [Read more]
Nike Free 5.0 Gets the Royale Treatment
No matter how tired of kaleidoscopes you think you are, this CG-free work for Nike by Royale kicks proverbial butt, “The effects were created completely in-camera on the RED EPIC. To achieve this, we built special rigs; painstakingly positioning the kicks to create multiple levels of reflections and patterns. We needed a [Read more]
Rafael Lopez and MPC Bring the Heat for Vigorsol
The gap between commercial and feature VFX continues to narrow and the giant-nemesis-threatens-urbanites trend (see below) keeps building with this spot from BBH and Stink director Rafael Lopez featuring intensely detailed VFX from MPC including “a bespoke shattering software system used to vanquish [the [Read more]
Daniel Semanas: Hemorio “Waiting For Life”
Director Daniel Semanas and his small but intrepid crew at Paranoid Brazil help local agency Heads Propaganda deliver an uplifting message about the ongoing blood shortage in their country with an arresting animated treatment. Bonus points if you noticed the flow of blood tracking the red video play bar at the bottom [Read more]
Wolf & Crow Crush It for Skullcandy
Rising stars Wolf & Crow manifest the power of Skullcandy’s new Crusher bass-ridiculous headphones (that physically vibrate on your head) with help from Oklahoma City b-baller Kevin Durant and Grammy-nominated rapper Wale. W&C handled the full project, from concept, storyboard, live action shoot, VFX and final [Read more]
SPYDER Crawls out of Animal
Pittsburgh creative house Animal show off their “entire shoot through post solution” with this sleek and shiver-inducing brand piece for Colorado ski apparel maker Spyder seamlessly combining CG with video elements shot in the Chilean Andes. Created by Samm Hodges and Lenny Wilson, DP: Brad Knull, sound [Read more]
