BBC Olympics promo spots are always a grand visual treat and this 60-second VFX extravaganza by Nexus directors Factory Fifteen is no different as it sweeps viewers into an obsessively detailed, sports-infused Tokyo. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Broadcast Design, Character Animation, Featured, VFX · Tags BBC, Factory Fifteen, Jonathan Gales, Kibwe Tavares, Nexus, Paul Nicholls, The Mill
Director CJ Cook at Meister in Portland: “We were approached by The SpingHill Company to produce a series of vignettes for CNN’s documentary “Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street.” [Watch]
Working thru California agency Butler Shine Stern & Partners, director Diego Berakha and the crew at 1stAveMachine in Buenos Aires mash together live-action and a slew of animation and design styles for this phase two promo of the ESPN app. [Watch]
LA director and architect Liam Young describes Planet City, commissioned by The National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, as both “an extraordinary image of tomorrow and an urgent examination of environmental questions facing us today.” [Watch]
Oscar-nominated director Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age x 3, Rio x 2, Ferdinand, etc.) taps fellow Brazilian Juliano Storchi and Dopo VFX studios in Sao Paulo to craft the enigmatic main titles for his Netflix series Invisible City. [Watch]
Given the rising tide of assembly-line explainer videos, finding a truly elegant and engaging project feels all the more rewarding. Case in point: this VO-free view into the tech of drone monitoring by CG artist and motion designer Sam Tato. [Watch]