Kong Studio Traces the Unlikely Adventures of “Brummie Kong”
August 14, 2022
Yves Geleyn: Getting Smart about Power
Hornet director Yves Geleyn specializes in telling simple stories with style and charm. Witness this new :90 animated spot, the center piece of a cross-platform effort urging the good people of chilly New Brunswick to conserve electricity by switching to programmable thermostats. [Watch]
Emmanuelle & Julien “My Dear Gnome”
Chez Eddy/Hornet directors Emmanuelle & Julien (who both worked on the spectacular Supinfocom short A La Française) just dropped us their latest: a short, sweet, animated confection shedding light on the hidden lives and frustrations of garden ornaments. [Watch]
Joe Murray and Thom Blackburn launch Wondersmith
Creative industry veterans Joe Murray and Thom Blackburn launch their new design/VFX/editorial/production studio called Wondersmith in Charlotte, NC. [Watch]
Hornet Invades Shoreditch
In a reverse of the ongoing British invasion of the US post scene, New York and Brooklyn-based production company Hornet opens a studio in London’s Shoreditch district. [Watch]
Encyclopedia Pictura + Eran Hilleli: Panda Bear “Boy’s Latin”
San Francisco directing team Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch aka Encyclopedia Pictura, replace their intricate and hyper-detailed live action ways with intricate and hyper-detailed animation on the music video for Panda Bear’s “Boy’s Latin” with Hornet director Eran Hilleli on board as animation director. [Watch]
Dougal Wilson and MPC Go the Full Monty for John Lewis
UK retailer John Lewis and their agency adam&eve/DDB London team Blink director Dougal Wilson with the CG creature skills of MPC in an attempt to match the phenomenal success their 2013 holiday spot “The Bear & the Hare” (by Blinkink and Hornet directors Elliot Dear and Yves Geleyn). [Watch]
