From the design and animation team at Le Cube: “‘Mozart by Magnum’ honors the great Master by presenting the first music video for a remix of his 25th Symphony’s first movement (G minor, KV. 183). The film translates the dynamics and power of the music into images that captivate and draw the viewer directly into Mozart’s creative process. [Watch]
Formed in 1998, Gorillaz were not the first virtual band (see Alvin and the Chipmunks, 1958) but certainly the coolest and now, almost 25 years later, the quartet moves into a new phase with this mix of 3D and live-action directed by co-founder Jamie Hewlett and Nexus Studios’ Fx Goby. [Watch]
Working in tandem with Somesuch directing duo Cliqua as CDs, animation director Jocelyn Charles creates a sinister, genre-bending music video for The Weeknd that pulls influences from horror, fantasy, and disaster films. [Watch]
Category Animation, Character Animation, Featured, Music Video · Tags Cliqua, Jocelyn Charles, Raphaël Ajuelos, Remembers, Republic Records, Somesuch LA, The Weeknd, UMG Recordings
Ilia Anufrienko, founder/creative director at Bickerstaff in Kyiv: “To call on the crypto community to keep supporting Ukraine, Everstake cooperated with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and Bickerstaff.734 to create our very first rap video. [Watch]
Merging motion capture, live-action, and 3D animation with painterly algorithmic 2D rendering, Blinkink director Balázs Simon conjures an impressionist and surprisingly emotional journey for American electronic music duo ODESZA. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Motion Capture, Music Video · Tags Balázs Simon, BlinkInk, GYAR, Jumpcut, ODESZA, Sunnyside Animation, Umbrella
With a nod to title design master Saul Bass, creative director Alex Popkin and the animation team at Ingenuity Studios in LA craft a lyric music video adventure for Imagine Dragons new release “Sharks”. [Watch]