Spectacular lighting and atmospheric matte paintings in almost every shot help propel the warm and simple narrative of “Home Sweet Home,” the graduation film by Supinfocom Arles students Alejandro Diaz, Pierre Clenet, Romain Mazevet and Stéphane Paccolat. [Watch]
Prolific UK animation duo The Brothers McLeod (Greg and Myles) ensnare musician/engineer/producer friend Tom Angell for another burst of nonsensical overload called Consequences#2, the latest in a series of short films they swear is “based on the old parlor game we used to play with our grandparents. [Watch]
A cautionary holiday tale of well-intentioned but flammable friends from the crew at the Hamburg and Berlin studios of Sehsucht.
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Building on the sage words of Carl Sagan reading from his 1994 book Pale Blue Dot, Stockholm digital artist and animator Erik Wernquist crafts a spectacular vision of humanity’s possible future in space. All scenes are digital recreations of real places in the Solar System built from photographs and map data where available. [Watch]
Paris 3D/VFX masters Unit Image re-team with French directing collective Andy’s (Dom, Léon, Max and Rémi) for another massive, all-CG, testosterone-fueled trailer for multiplayer racing game The Crew from Ivory Tower and Ubisoft. [Watch]
Refreshing take on the design event title sequence from director Derrick Pitts and the crew at Johannesburg creative agency Monarchy to open PromaxBDA Africa. So many fun/bizarre/random ultra-short bursts of design packed into 70 seconds all held together by the cinematography and surgical edit by Jean-Yves Martin. [Watch]
