Mr. Kaplin Seeks Shelter
London motion directing duo Mr. Kaplin (aka Robert Glassford, Daniel Zucco) and Dublin audio house Echolab help drive donations for UK housing and homeless charity Shelter with the gentlest film we have ever witnessed. Mr. Kaplan: “If you enjoy the short, please make a small donation to our TIP JAR. All donations will be [Read more]
Brand, Klein, Quillet and Théolade: “Oru Burus”
Another week, another impossibly accomplished animated film from a French animation school. Witness the complex and richly detailed graduation project called “Oru Burus” from Supinfocom students Anton Brand, Guillaume Klein, Charlotte Quillet and Raphaël Théolade. And then watch the Behind the Scenes clips to see [Read more]
Russell Appleford: “The Glass Car” for Johnnie Walker
The Mill’s Russell Appleford handles directing and 3D duties on this timely and impossible-to-ignore new :90 promoting Johnnie Walker’s responsible drinking initiative called Join The Pact which asks us all to make the commitment to never drink and drive. Bang-on music and sound design by Gavin Little at Echolab. [Read more]
Celebrate Console Mania with Blur and Batman
With the launch of Xbox One today and PS4 last week, the console wars are officially underway so I’m gonna post one of our fave game trailers of the year, Blur‘s snow-bound mini-masterpiece “Batman: Arkham Origins” (featuring Deathstroke, above) the latest in the studio’s fertile collaboration with WB games and DC Comics. [Read more]
Dwarf Labs and Bibo Bergeron: Cartier “Winter Tale”
‘Monster in Paris’ feature director Bibo Bergeron warms up the holidays for Cartier in this animated tale featuring the CG talents of Dwarf Labs in Paris. Olivier Pinol, cinematographer/VFX super at Dwarf and a veteran of Dreamworks and Weta says the studio employed their in-house tools, “allowing the artists to use [Read more]
Blur Takes on The Kraken in “Black Ink”
Inspired by Blur’s stellar black-on-black titles for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Brooklyn ad agency Dead As We Know It commissions Tim Miller and his Venice 3D powerhouse to move Kraken Rum beyond the woodcut look pioneered by Transistor Studios back in 2011 and into a full-on macro-inky tenticular aesthetic. [Read more]
