Prompted Puppets: Seed Drops In On East End Santa
Directors Morgan Powell and Neil Kidney at Seed Animation in London give the AI holiday ad pot a stir with a fresh and fun blast of prompted puppetry starring East End Santa and his mate Pat Butcher (from the BBC soap opera EastEnders). [Watch]
Scholar Conjures “Mystical Magical” Holidays for Target
ECD William Campbell leads the design and animation team at Scholar through Target’s massive, feel-good holiday campaign including over 30 spots spread across all screens from mobile, to in-store, to Times Square. [Watch]
Prologue Destroys the Narrative in “The Gorge” End Credits
Carefully crafted in full-CG by Kyle Cooper and the team at Prologue Films, the end credits for Scott Derrickson’s genre-bending feature The Gorge, are a clear demonstration of design’s power to create emotion even after a film is over. [Watch]
Message in a Bottle: Martin Engh & Brikk Channel Don Bluth for Infinitum Holiday Spot
Director Martin Engh at Oslo prodco ADP and Stockholm animation house Brikk craft a sobering holiday spot for Infinitum, the Norwegian non-profit responsible for the country’s recycling system for plastic bottles and aluminum cans. [Watch]
Benoit Marzouvanlian & Swanside Stop Making Sense for Mob Links
Director Benoit Marzouvanlian and Paris prodco Soldats link up with the animation/VFX team at Swanside for a two-minute hallucinogenic escapade entitled It Will Make Sense (but it won’t) for French streetwear brand Mob Links. [Watch]
Strange Beast Signs Rudo for UK, Europe, and US Representation
Form the release: Strange Beast, a Passion Pictures company, announces its representation of Buenos Aires-based Rudo for the UK, Europe and US. [Watch]






















