Posted on December 29, 2015
Dutch director Matthijs Van Heijningen hit superstar status in 2011 via his brilliant Canal+ “The Bear” spot with Mikros Image supplying the beat-perfect VFX. In early 2015, Van Heijningen and the Mikros crew re-teamed for another smart, funny, animal-centric Canal+ effort called “Unicorns.” [Watch]
Posted on December 26, 2015
Seamless and surprisingly extensive VFX from The Mill in this much-loved Snickers Super Bowl spot from O Positive director Jim Jenkins thru BBDO, New York starring Danny Trejo as a royally pissed Marcia Brady and a surprise guest star as Jan. [Watch]
Posted on December 25, 2015
Director Patrick Clair and the Elastic crew team with agency 72andSunny to compile a convincing news montage stretching 50 years into the future creating an unnerving back story for Activision’s Call of Duty franchise in prep for the release of “Black Ops III” in the fall of 2015. [Watch]
Posted on December 23, 2015
Inspired by a life-threatening family tragedy, New York director/writer/cinematographer Vincent Peone (who co-founded the video team at collegehumor.com) leads a stellar crew on a seven-month, stop-motion and CG journey to reveal the magical story behind just why The Sea is Blue. [Watch]
Posted on December 17, 2015
We suspect some of the praise SyFy is enjoying for their new space drama series “The Expanse” (based on the novels by James S. A. Corey, aka writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck), is a direct result of how well the show’s tone is set by this sweeping and ominous title sequence by Australian studio Breeder. [Watch]
Posted on December 14, 2015
Slip into this enigmatic and disorienting dream conjured by Stuttgart director Michael Fragstein for a track by Berlin alt-indie group Dan Freeman And The Serious called “Dagner.” [Watch]