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Jacob Ferguson, Adrian Pumarejo Reveal “The Invisible Truth”

Completed over the course of four months as their senior thesis film, Ringling College Motion Design students Jacob Ferguson and Adrian Pumarejo capture the mind-altering terror of child abuse in this atmospheric and visceral jolt of stylized CG called “The Invisible Truth.” [Watch]

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Simon Russell Explores Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”

75 years ago this month, French composer, organist and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen premiered “Quartet for the End of Time” while held captive in a WWII prisoner-of-war camp. [Watch]

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Ben Hibon: League of Legends Mind of the Virtuoso

New work from Axis director Ben Hibon always promises atmospheric drama and lots of very cool frames. Latest evidence: this CG trailer for League of Legends: Mind of the Virtuoso for Riot Games. [Watch]

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Anthony Schepperd: Boots “C.U.R.E.”

Fans of Anthony Schepperd‘s psychotropic animated insanity will not be disappointed by his latest effort, a video for BOOTS (aka American producer/rapper/musician Jordan Asher) which begins with a dystopian narrative thread but soon devolves into the torrent of hand-drawn chaos we love so much. [Watch]

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Smellegendary: Old Spice “Rocket Car”

The first spot in Wieden+Kennedy’s Smellegendary campaign for Old Spice combines a fun script (see below), French actor/heart-throb Axel Kiener, and beat-perfect supporting VFX from The Mill – all pulled together by Biscuit director Steve Rogers. [Watch]

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“Branded Dreams: The Future of Advertising”

Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels and Béla Zsigmond (aka Studio Smack in the Netherlands), who brought us this piece of low-budget magic, are back with an in-house animated short to ask what would happen if brands could place their advertising in our dreams. [Watch]