Rascally Raccoons Light Up the Holidays for Ambient Press

To celebrate an eventful year, directing duo Jake Wegesin and Frankie Principe at Ambient Press release a pair of mischievous raccoons into a wintery night for some lighthearted electrical adventures. [Watch]

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Drift Away into Moon Juryeong’s Short Film “Heaven is a Library”

If you’re in need of a little calm before the holiday storm, Korean motion designer Moon Juryeong has just the thing – a dreamy and ambient CG short film inspired by a lovely quote about libraries from British author Neil Gaiman. [Watch]

Political Spin: King+Country Opens “Death by Lightning” With a Sinister Zoetrope

Stash has covered our share of ambitious and intricate zoetrope-inspired films but these opening titles for the Netflix historical drama miniseries Death by Lightning is the first we’ve seen to use the device for an era-appropriate project. [Watch]

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Scholar Conjures “Mystical Magical” Holidays for Target

ECD William Campbell leads the design and animation team at Scholar through Target’s massive, feel-good holiday campaign including over 30 spots spread across all screens from mobile, to in-store, to Times Square. [Watch]

Prologue Destroys the Narrative in “The Gorge” End Credits

Carefully crafted in full-CG by Kyle Cooper and the team at Prologue Films, the end credits for Scott Derrickson’s genre-bending feature The Gorge, are a clear demonstration of design’s power to create emotion even after a film is over. [Watch]

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Benoit Marzouvanlian & Swanside Stop Making Sense for Mob Links

Director Benoit Marzouvanlian and Paris prodco Soldats link up with the animation/VFX team at Swanside for a two-minute hallucinogenic escapade entitled It Will Make Sense (but it won’t) for French streetwear brand Mob Links. [Watch]