A kinetic and emotional animated take on the power of fear as a motivator, this :60 from director Dom Bartolo and the crew at Flutter (the motion arm of international talent reps The Jacky Winter Group), swirls through singer/songwriter Megan Washington’s feelings of shame, distress, pride and triumph. [Watch]
In stark contrast to last year’s darkly elegant vibe, the Elastic crew opened the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards this evening with this crazed poke-in-the-eye packed with glitchy, irreverent, ultra-GIF-able chaos plus a bonus Donald cameo. [Watch]
Delightfully detailed, non-sensical new poster and motion work from Vienna design and animation studio LWZ, called “At Home” from the “Sounds Like” series for Austrian national radio station FM4. [Watch]
Quick shot of classic squash-and-stretchy character love from the Golden Wolf crew for Craig McCracken’s Wander over Yonder series on Disney XD featuring intergalactic optimist Wander, his loyal steed Sylvia, Lord Hater and one his Watchdogs dancin’ to a remix of the show theme by Wevie. [Watch]
Once in a while Monty Python’s segue “and now for something completely different” rings very true in life or in art. Case in point: Project Gooseberry aka “Cosmos Laundromat,” the sixth film from open source CG pioneers Blender Institute helmed by French director Mathieu Auvray. [Watch]
The Buck crew help Wieden+Kennedy break Nike out of the footwear industry’s recent (and spectacular) CG habit with these two short blasts of extreme 2D action for Hypervenom soccer boots as worn by Brazil’s captain Neymar Jr. and Poland’s captain Robert Lewandowski. [Watch]
