Purple “Animals” Spot by Parallel Studio (Director’s Cut)
September 16, 2021
Carefully merging macro photography and VFX into a film he describes as “a love letter to contemplation”, French director Thomas Vanz questions the manic pace of modern life and the fragile nature of beauty. [Read more]
Two of China’s rising CG talents, Somei Sun and Chiu Ho, combine talents to create action on a grand scale with extraordinary attention to detail in this trailer for NetEase Games’ action shooter Super Mecha Champions. [Read more]
Oscar-nominated French directing collective Illogic leverages their many talents to elevate this spot for a non-carbonated soft drink above the fray with careful blocking, snappy pacing, and fabulous character work. [Read more]
Director/animator John Likens at Method Studios in New York: “In 2020, when the pandemic hit hard and sent every VFX and design company scrambling to find solutions for working remotely, I got a call from Alcon Entertainment to pitch on a Blade Runner project.” [Read more]
After 13 years of working in traditional 3D animation, Serbian director Sava Zivkovic explores the real-time motion and lighting possibilities of Unreal Engine in his latest personal project, a dark psychological trip called “Irradiation”. [Read more]
Fueled by a VO from actor/filmmaker Edward Norton, this film for Texas-based biodiversity charity Re:wild keeps the subject of wildlife rangers engaging by leveraging the collage skills of Brazilian motion designer Fernao Spadotto. [Read more]
Culver City studio JAMM and Motif Studios in Cape Town, South Africa, deliver the respective VFX and animation exclamation points for Radical Media director Dave Meyers’ ode to the inspirational powers of Jif peanut butter. [Read more]
Director Elyse Kelly brings a thoughtful approach and painterly touch to Barbra Streisand’s “Be Aware”, a song written and recorded in the 1970s to address homelessness and hunger and the first track on a new album of previously unreleased material. [Read more]
Important Looking Pirates, the Stockholm VFX crew who count credits on The Mandalorian, Westworld, and Watchmen, recently dropped their first cinematic for the game industry, an insanely ambitious nine-minute epic for Battlefield 2042. [Read more]
