Golden Signs Director/CD Jamie Webster
September 27, 2023
Originally commissioned by La Liga de la Animación Iberoamericana for a 10-second logo loop, CDs Martin Dasnoy and Dalmiro Buigues at Buda.tv in Buenos Aires got carried away and ended up with a full minute of frenzied cartoon action. [Watch]
With a nod to the original 2005 Nickelodeon animated series, Imaginary Forces CDs Anthony Gibbs and Tosh Kodama hint at the drama and conflict underlying the new Netflix live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender. [Watch]
The debate about the use of AI in the film and motion industry just reached its first official boiling point with headlines on multiple continents and a wave of anger on social media over the titles of Marvel’s Secret Invasion series. [Watch]
London director/artist and AI advocate Markos Kay, who recently dropped this standout short film, marks the northern hemisphere’s maximum tilt toward the sun with a new experiment he describes as, “An ode to the sweet dreaminess of summer.” [Watch]
Hot on the heels of their gritty and brooding titles for Silo on Apple TV+, Antibody directors Patrick Clair and Raoul Marks dial up the style and pace in this polished action sequence for the reboot of Bungie’s sci-fi shooter Marathon. [Watch]
Motion North is the Manchester-based group of motion designers, animators, filmmakers, and VFX artists who get together every quarter to hear from outstanding industry speakers and share their love of making things move. [Watch]
Working with sketches from French illustrator Florian Nicolle, gotgotneed director Adam Wells and the design/animation team at Coffee & TV in London interpret iconic cricket moments for Sky Sports’ 2023 Men’s Ashes coverage. [Watch]
Moscow studio Radugadesign wraps an exhibition stand in massive 20-foot high video screens to create an impossible-to-ignore presence for Russian oil giant Gazprom Neft at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. [Watch]
Block Inc, Jack Dorsey’s tech conglomerate behind Cash App, Square, TIDAL, etc., just announced the launch of its in-house creative studio (called Creative Studio) with this one-minute exercise in upbeat CG motion design. [Watch]
Just in case you forgot how great it felt to finally emerge from the pandemic lockdown, Iria Lopez and the Wednesday Studio crew in London made this video (with music by Tom Drew) to help us all remember how truly joyous it was. [Watch]
The long history of innovative Channel 4 branding reached an apex of sorts this week with the release of five detail-packed broadcast IDs assembled from 25 looping scenes created by 17 independent creatives, artists, and filmmakers. [Watch]
Buckle up. The animation teams at Mathematic and their game-focused division Player II launch the latest edition of “The Crew” franchise for Ubisoft Ivory Tower with a lovingly rendered and fully energized film directed by Jehan Bouazza. [Watch]
New York’s Unsaid Studio elevates the cause of blood donation to a new level of poignancy and elegance with this minimalist, type-driven campaign for the US non-profit Gift of Life thru DDB NY. [Watch]
First-time director Lucas Durkheim, who started at Paris prodco Eddy as a storyboard artist after graduating from Gobelins and CalArts, fuses 2D and 3D animation into a visceral rampage for Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. [Watch]
