In the Stash world, brand films cover a swath of commercial work appearing online, in-store, out-of-home, or on any other screen not identified as TV or cinema. Often occupying the mid-ground between short films and advertising, the best brand films offer ambitious narratives and/or bold stylistic choices. [Watch]
Prepare for a relaxing/hypnotic animated mini-trip created by former Google Creative Lab designer/director/animator Monica Eunji Kim and New York indie animator Waleed Zaiter for Jinn & Juice, a new online retailer launching soon. [Watch]
London motion masters Moth team with British art historian/broadcaster Dr. James Fox for the first in a series of monthly films for CNN called Color Scope “that explores our perception of color, it’s use across cultures, and other curiosities.”
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US designer/director Matt Smithson warms up the revolutionary (and somewhat scary) breakthroughs in mind reading technology with eccentric, light-hearted visuals for the Future of Storytelling speaker Marvin Chun, the Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology at Yale. [Watch]
The hypnotic combination of Eoin Duffy’s witty, minimalist animation with the understated confidence of narrator Addison Anderson may be the secret to helping everyone understand everything. [Watch]
If you like the “California Inspires Me” animated series from California Sunday Magazine and Google Play, you’ll love this enchanting new piece from Oscar-nominated Montreal animator/illustrator Patrick Doyon for The Red Bull Music Academy. [Watch]
