BUCK and Silver Sprocket Tease “Fungirl” Graphic Novel Adaptation
October 2, 2023
Guido Ekker, aka VFX supervisor and director at The Panics in Amsterdam, unveils Adidas’ new ALTS web3 loyalty concept, mixing motion-capture, hand-held cameras, and a cyber-punk vibe into a pair of gritty, neon-infused films. [Watch]
Working with a custom pipeline combining traditional animation with generative AI, ECD Matt Pyke and the crew at Universal Everything brew up a strangely captivating mix of convulsive type and alien architecture for Freefarm. [Watch]
Blinkink director Raman Djafari unpacks childhood memories of growing up in the Spandau borough of Berlin as the foundation for this dramatic and dreamy solo CG music video for DJ Piper who hails from the same part of the German capital. [Watch]
CD Vincent Ben Abdellah and the design/animation team at Blackmeal in Nantes, France, wrangle a parade of vibrant characters and styles in this brand film for French online music equipment retailer Woodbrass. [Watch]
Interesting first work out of Mother Berlin finds BWGTBLD director Jovan Todorović building an extraordinary world from mundane moments and volumetrically scanned humans for German techno icon Paul Kalkbrenner. [Watch]
London 3D artists and motion designers Peter and Christiana under TOMASZEWICZ studio spin their signature brand of light-hearted CG chaos into a bold product showcase for the launch of two new shoes for FILA Kids China. [Watch]
Mack Garrison, founder/director of content at Dash: “The Dash Bash is an annual animation and motion design festival based here in Raleigh, North Carolina. This year we had 350 creatives in attendance for the two-day event on July 20-21. [Watch]
ECD Gareth O’Brien (whose many design/animation styles can be seen here) leads the BUCK Sydney crew and a trio of expressive CG characters fearlessly into the Australian heat for Taiwan tea franchise Gong Cha. [Watch]
Hot on the heels of his surreal treatment for the 2023 Semi Permanent opening titles, CD Filipe Carvalho teams with Untold Studios to set a gritty/ominous tone for Paramount’s spy thriller “Special Ops: Lioness”. [Watch]
Taxfreefilm, the Parma-based studio that brought us the meticulous mechanics of this Omega film, switches gears to show off their comedic character skills in a spot for Italian produce brand Agricola Don Camillo. [Watch]
In the face of night bombings and blackouts, Ukrainian boutique branding/animation agency The Unicorn discovered they had a very real-world need for LucidLink’s cloud-based production software they were commissioned to explain. [Watch]
Recyclable carpet may not be a subject that gets many hearts racing, but in this film, the design/motion crew at Found in London elevates the process into an elegant, informative, and visually satisfying experience for French brand Tarkett. [Watch]
Paperman Studios, a motion design house in Kochi, India, just popped onto the Stash radar with this in-house spec spot for an eponymous smart speaker that looks and feels a lot like a full-budget, commissioned product film. [Watch]
Introducing a level of nuance to the heated debate of limiting children’s screen time, Blinkink director Sam Gainsborough and stop-motion mavens Andy Biddle and Tobias Fouracre craft an affecting new character for the BBC. [Watch]
