The third in a series of brilliant prologue-promos for Ridley Scott’s “The Martian,” finds Neil deGrasse Tyson hosting a segment of his StarTalk series as it might appear in 2035 with humans poised to return to Mars – with VFX work from up and coming Polish post house Juice, MPC, The Mill and Framestore. [Watch]
Letting Joseph Kosinski walk in the front door of Digital Domain is like rolling a grenade into a fireworks warehouse: you can bet whatever happens next will be visually spectacular. [Watch]
London animator Russ Etheridge turns his bathroom into an arachnid skatepark in this fun new studio film from Animade called “Bathroom Boarder.” [Watch]
Freed from the burden of carrying their upper halves, legs unleash their inner footloose in this feel-good promo for Detroit’s indie duo JR JR (formerly Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) from Little Minx directors Los Perez (aka Adrian Perez and Tania Verduzco) with the bodily bisection VFX handled by Madrid post house Exit. [Watch]
Frame director Anders Schroder’s love of still photography informs the look and feel for eight intricate and ambitious new IDs for Abu Dhabi Media’s AD Sports channel created in collaboration with Obeida Sidani, CD at Les Folies Design Haus in Dubai. [Watch]
The Mill VFX team and Oscar-winning director/DP Wally Pfister transform what might have been yet another slick showcase for elite athletes (Misty Copeland, Stephen Curry and Jordan Spieth) into a complex and memorable spot for Under Armour thru Droga5, mobilizing the studio’s skills with Massive software [Watch]
