Masters & Savant Makes Sure Apple Gets the Message
Director Chris Lockhart and the motion crew at South African studio Masters & Savant craft a sleek and cheeky product film parody as part of Google’s (ultimately successful) campaign urging Apple to update their iMessage platform. [Watch]
Buck Delivers FedEx Heroes in New “Tall Tales” Campaign
ECD Kevin Walker and CDs Fernando Bittar & Janice Ahn lead the BUCK team as they conjure a kinetic mix of 3D and 2D animation for a series of real-life “Tall Tales of True Deliveries” for FedEx thru BBDO. [Watch]
“Ad Bronco” Game Trailer Offers Total Retro Character Fun
Buenos Aires director/animator Gabriel H Fermanelli just dropped us this giddy exercise in low-res character design and animation inspired by the point and click games of the nineties like Zak McKracken and Alien Mindbenders. [Watch]
ManvsMachine Hits the Runway in Comfort for PTSB
Leaving their signature CG skills aside for a moment, ManvsMachine take a seat in the director’s chair on this one-shot, all in-camera road trip (with post and rig removal via Framestore) for Irish Bank PTSB thru Publicis. [Watch]
MOUVO, Prague’s Annual Digital Art Conference, Tackles Design, Motion, and AI March 1-2
The Mouvo Conference brings together a selection of the most fascinating speakers from the global audiovisual culture scene whose work oscillates at the intersection of graphic design, animation, film, and interactive technologies. [Watch]
Aspect Wraps “The Color Purple” in Warmth and Emotion
Crafting a dramatic landscape of quilted illustrations, the motion design team at Aspect captures the poignancy of key moments in director Blitz Bazawule’s feature film musical version of The Color Purple with these end titles. [Watch]