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Strangeloop + Shintaro Kago: Flying Lotus “You’re Dead!”

SoCal hyper-visualist Strangeloop whips original artwork by Japanese guro manga legend Shintaro Kago into a crazed “shamanic pilgrimage into the psychedelic unknown of the infinite afterlife” in this promo for Flying Lotus’ upcoming Warp release, a jazzified concoction featuring Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Thundercat, etc.

EPILEPTIC WARNING. [Watch]

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Lumbre: Fox Sports “Beauty in Strength”

Buenos Aires motion studio Lumbre just finished their first project for FOX Sports USA: This hardcore launch spot and toolkit for the 20th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” featuring 16 female fighters all shot on location in Vegas. [Watch]

Elastic: 9/11 Memorial Museum “The Survivor Tree”

Elastic director Andy Hall helps mark today’s anniversary of 9/11 with this understated CG treatment of a children’s poem developed by BBDO and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg for the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. [Watch]

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Prologue “Destiny: Mars” Cinematic

LA-based British ex-pat director/designer Simon Clowes, Prologue veteran Ilya V. Abulkhanov and the Prologue crew instill the characters in this opening for Bungie’s Destiny game with a believable warmth and vulnerability rarely (if ever) seen in the CG cinematic genre. [Watch]

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Mikros Image and Matthijis van Heijningen: Axe “Dark & Gold”

Cute anthropomorphic bakery products are not what I expect from an Axe spot but in the hands of MJZ director Matthijis van Heijningen and Paris VFX powerhouse Mikros Image (the team behind Canal+ “The Bear”), the unexpected casting choice works and moves Axe into new territory with “Dark & Gold.” [Watch]

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Buck and Possible: “Onward Internet”

Buck breaks out their full toolbox including “clay, spray paint, wood, lasers and a sprinkle of lolcats” to create this bright and brisk online video for onwardinternet.com (aka the internet suggestion box) thru digital agency Possible. [Watch]