Longer-form marketing films unhampered by the limits of broadcast TV allow for deeper narratives which in turn often inspire forceful and innovative visuals. Here are eight brand films from 2019 we believe live up to that promise. [Watch]
The creative freedom that comes with creating trailers and titles for design conferences have established these sequences as the genre of choice for visually ambitious directors. Here are seven that kept our optic nerves tingling in 2019. [Watch]
Brighton, UK CG artist Chris Cousins examines questions of cultural ownership and commodity in the digital age by imagining a museum of the future where access to art of all kinds is strictly controlled. [Watch]
The first in-house film from Ritzy Animation in London is a rampaging holiday tale of Rudolph’s Rocky-style comeback that required two years of toil, sweat, and reindeer grooming in between the studio’s commercial work. [Watch]
Director Karin Fong and the Imaginary Forces crew weave Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty into a title sequence full of drama and disquietude for season two of “Tell Me a Story” on CBS All Access. [Watch]
Director Seb Caudron says when he first presented the storyboard for this video showcasing waterfalls emanating from buildings in Paris “the production and post teams looked at me like I was on drugs.” [Watch]
Barcelona illustration and animation studio Niceshit designs a fun cast of characters and 12 breezy Ketel One films for TV and social they describe as “One of the coolest and most humor-driven campaigns we have worked on so far.” [Watch]
Riff Raff director Finn Keenan, the VFX crew at MPC Shanghai, and actor Liu Xue Tao keep the comedy coming for the full duration of this frenzied two and a half minute epic for Nike thru the Shanghai office of Wieden+Kennedy. [Watch]
South Korean director/animator Kim G-ryun and his small team conjure an ominous and hyper-real post-media apocalypse as they create buzz for an online motion graphic exhibition scheduled to go live at asymmetry.tv in the summer of 2020. [Watch]
Art director Raj Davsi at The Mill in London led this kinetic and full-CG spot depicting the design evolution of Adidas footballs before unveiling the new E-Ball for EA Sports. [Watch]
The latest edition of The Game Awards went live today on the back of this dark and detailed CG promotional trailer based on the concept “Games Come Alive” from the crew at Panoply in London with audio by Human Robot Soul. [Watch]
Manila studio The Acid House works with agency Wunderman Thompson Philippines to fashion a distinctive open for Adobo’s 2019 Festival of Ideas and show how “different economic sectors are connecting and prioritizing collaboration over competition.” [Watch]
Berlin CG-stylists f°am Studio and Microsoft Office director of design Nando Costa unveil the new look of Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint in a pristine and tactile film launched on the new microsoft_design Instagram account. [Watch]
Passion Animation’s annual animated Christmas card takes on added weight this year doubling as a gentle holiday heart-tugger for UK charity Re-engage and their mission to fight loneliness for people over 75. [Watch]