Posted on November 21, 2014
Combining sleek live footage of the previously unseen Lexus LF-C2 concept with ominous matte paintings, Gentleman Scholar and Team One indulge in what a friend of mine likes to call vehicular porn.
“Playing with illumination and carefully manipulating shadow, we hoped to tell a story with atmospheric wonder and stunning visuals. By hand-painting vast, dreamlike expanses and weaving them with tightly composed shots of the vehicle’s sleek contour, our goal was to leave viewers ruminating on the exciting future of automotive design.” [Watch]
Posted on November 17, 2014
Exec producer Gustavo Karam at Le Cube in São Paulo just dropped us the studio’s latest work, a dark and dramatic online clip called “Wind” marking the 20th anniversary of Greenpeace in Chile
“We believe that design and animation are universal tools for communication and need to be used much further than just entertainment and advertising. With this in mind, Le Cube joined forces with the Chilean agency Porta to tell a story of the corruption of nature by men.
“Ecology and sustainability are not just public relations words, they are values every single person on Earth need to incorporate. Greenpeace is a leading organization undertaking this mission and this is why we are proud to create this film for them and for the cause.” [Watch]
Posted on November 12, 2014
The Stash Permanent Collection keeps growing with Stash 108 adding another 31 brilliant animation, VFX and motion design projects totaling over 110 minutes of inspiration and insight including our biggest line up of behind-the-scenes yet, plus exclusive interviews with the designer and directors behind the work. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Broadcast Design, BTS, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Games, Motion Design, Music Video, Short Films, Stop Motion, Student Work, Style Frames, VFX · Tags Stash
Posted on November 12, 2014
Lobo breaks out their full range of production and animation skills to yank you back and forth in time to revisit more than 20 of adland’s most-award work for the UK’s prestigious D&AD awards.
“Wish You Were Here? offers an alternate, off-kilter and somewhat belated 50th anniversary tribute to the D&AD, summing up in an unusual way many highlights from over five decades of Pencil winners, it’s also part of a broader Call for Entries campaign aimed at generating awareness and excitement around the 2015 D&AD Professional Awards.
“We didn’t want to simply create a collage of pieces in a retrospective reel fashion. Our goal was to offer a creative reinterpretation of the Awards’ heritage… all the while keeping a coherent visual identity throughout, since D&AD is notorious for its strong brand integrity.” [Watch]
Posted on November 11, 2014
Airbnb and VCCP Berlin leverage Psyop‘s design/animation/narrative skills plus the emotional resonance of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall to tell a daughter’s true story of her father, a West German guard during the cold war. [Watch]
Posted on November 10, 2014
Mr. Munkowitz and Bot & Dolly mold the robots-meet-projection-mapping magic they developed for their 2013 triumph “Box” into a sleek series of illusions for Autofuss‘ new Audi A3 Sportback spot thru Verba. As with “Box,” all visuals are accomplished in camera. [Watch]
