American Cancer Society by Brent Bonacorso | STASH MAGAZINE

Sci-Fi Spelunking: Brent Bonacorso’s Deep Dive for the American Cancer Society

Watch as veteran director Brent Bonacorso reveals how he leveraged AI tools to generate dramatic environments and VFX then combined them with live-action for this moody but ultimately hopeful film for the American Cancer Society. [Watch]

Snoop Dogg Last Dance With Mary Jane by Dave Meyers Temple Cache and Psyop | STASH MAGAZINE

Psyop & Temple Caché Spin Up Snoop Dogg’s “Last Dance With Mary Jane”

One minute into this Snoop Dogg cover of the Tom Petty track “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”, Psyop studio partners Temple Caché take over the visuals with a cannabis-fueled mashup of live-action, 2D, 3D, motion design, and AI. [Watch]

Ruairi Robinson AI music video Boots short film | STASH MAGAZINE

Kaiju & Carnage: Ruairi Robinson Deploys Kipling Poem for Anime Monster Invasion

Joyrider director Ruairi Robinson hijacks the text of Rudyard Kipling’s 1903 anti-war poem “Boots” to generate the music and drive the narrative for this exercise in AI filmmaking he says “was produced during a two-week, 16 hour-a-day fever dream.” [Watch]

Clandestina Music Video Filv & Edmofo feat Emma Peters by Diego Coutinho | STASH MAGAZINE

Diego Coutinho Dreams a Music Video for “Clandestina”

LA-based Brazilian director/animator Diego Coutinho reworks an abandoned commercial project as an opportunity for weaving traditional motion techniques with AI tools to explore “a blend of machine capability and human sensitivity”. [Watch]

Dogstar Rebrand for Stellar by DIESTRO and Makmac | STASH MAGAZINE

DIESTRO and Makmac Hunt Down a Rebrand for Dogstar

The design and motion crew at DIESTRO teams with their fellow Barcelonins at Makmac for an over-the-top, character-heavy rebrand of Dogstar, a play-and-learn platform that gamifies the crypto experience. [Watch]

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João Vaz Oliveira Revisits “Ripley” Title Sequence

Motion designer/director João Vaz Oliveira explores how AI tools fit into the creative pipeline by reworking his original pitch boards for the Netflix series Ripley into a spec title sequence full of shadows and intrigue. [Watch]