Dvein + Trizz: Alagoas “Ghosts”

The Dvein directing crew teams with fellow Barcelonians and CG/VFX specialists Trizz, plus Madrid VFX shop Lanczos to explore the dangers of drinking extraterrestrial psychotropic fluids in this new music video for “Ghosts” from Brooklyn band Alagoas. [Watch]

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Swinging with Ultimate Spider-Man for Disney XD

London animation prodco Golden Wolf plays fast and loose with the planet’s favorite spider-bite victim and amorphous extraterrestrial parasite (aka Venom) in this frenetic blast for “Ultimate Spiderman” running on Disney XD. [Watch]

Youth Experimental Studio: Kool A.D. “Hickory”

Youth Experimental Studio, a multidisciplinary graphic design firm based in Lima, Peru, roto’s up a fluid and sunny treatment for “Hickory” (Featuring Talib Kweli and Boots Riley) by San Francisco musician/author/artist Kool A.D. [Watch]

Patrick Clair Interview: True Detective Season 2 Titles

Turns out HBO’s critically acclaimed and relentlessly gritty True Detective series is an anthology. So if the cast, location and narrative arcs all change each season, how do you handle the titles – especially if you won the Outstanding Main Title Design Emmy for the first season? [Watch]

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CANAL+ “L’expérience Cube S” by Antoine Bardou Jacquet

Partizan director Antoine Bardou Jacquet, Paris VFX masters Mathematic and agency BETC exploit your expectations of well-worn sci-fi tropes to jolt the Cube S set-top box from Canal+ into your consciousness. [Watch]

Moth Collective: HIAS “For the Refugee”

London animation and illustration studio Moth Collective combines both those talents into a powerful promo for the 130-year old American charity HIAS who work “to address the global refugee crisis by protecting refugees and displaced persons throughout the world and helping them to build new lives in safety and with dignity.” [Watch]

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Ghost Recon Wildlands E3 Trailer

Every E3 event produces a swarm of 3D game trailers but this violence-packed opus for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Wildlands stands apart for closing the gap between pre-rendered cinematic and real-time gameplay footage to a significant degree. [Watch]

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Elevating the Art of the PSA: Buck for AA

If you’ve seen their work for Childline, you know Buck has a particular talent for animated PSAs. The latest evidence: This touching, low-key piece for Alcoholics Anonymous from ECD Orion Tait and crew held together by AA members’ narratives, a muted palette plus clever and organic transitions. [Watch]

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Behind the Scenes: Sydney Opera House “Lighting the Sails”

Matt Pyke and the Universal Everything crew gather 20 animation studios from around the planet to collaborate on 31 spirited living murals commissioned by, and projected onto, Jørn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House for the VIVID 2015 festival. [Watch]

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Sony PlayStation Vue Protects You Against Phone Zombies

MJZ director Frederik Bond and The Mill crew in LA help Sony launch its PlayStation Vue streaming TV service with a snappy, VFX-fueled :60 tempting their built in audience of PS3 and PS4 users to try the cable alternative which promises users will be able to purchase only the channels they want. Agency: Johannes Leonardo. [Watch]

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Taichi Kimura and Rapparu: Grades “King”

Meet Laika Takasu, Japanese school girl turned anime monster-blasting, smile-inducing, dance sensation. Shot in Chichibu, Japan by London-based director Taichi Kimura with animation by Rapparu for the ultra-poppy Grades track “King.” [Watch]

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Finlandia “1000 Years of Less Ordinary Wisdom”

Riveting 2.5 minute centerpiece for the new Finlandia “1000 Years of Less Ordinary Wisdom” campaign by Knucklehead Director Siri Bunford thru Wieden+Kennedy London. Killer cut by Xavier Perkins (Lucky Cat) and Adam Marshall (Whitehouse Post) with MPC providing Flame work and grade. [Watch]

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Steve Carell, Omelet and Royale Urge LA to “Save the Drop”

Anchored by the low-key tones of usually-funny-man Steve Carell, this easy-going spot rendered in an unfussy 2D style by motion shop Royale thru Omelet, challenges Angelenos to “Save the Drop” as the California drought just keeps getting worse. [Watch]

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BTS with MPC Paris on Perrier “Balloons”

The new MPC Paris studio takes the lead on this serious VFX effort called “Balloons,” collaborating with Les Télécréateurs’ directors Fleur & Manu and Ogilvy Paris, for Perrier. [Watch]

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