Best of Stash 2019: Music Videos
If you wade deep enough into the mind-numbing tide of the music video genre, you will eventually find passionate, talented, and cynicism-free people producing innovative films for interesting musicians, cool events, and good causes. [Read more]
Beardyman “6am (Ready To Write)” ft Joe Rogan
The first third of this music video by director Ian Pons Jewell (for UK musician/comedian Beardyman) is good fun but then at the 1:40 mark – thanks to the VFX crew at ETC – it turns into one of the most intense Pinocchio parodies of all time. [Read more]
Virgin Media “Unlimiting” TV Spot by Time Based Arts
Strong concept and note-perfect execution led by Academy director Ian Pons Jewell elevate this spot for Virgin Media above the Telco rabble with post/VFX by London’s Time Based Arts and CG branding by C A T K in Berlin. [Read more]
“Phones Are Good,” Just Look at History…
UK mobile provider Three pushes back against the growing wave of “phones are bad” haters with some speculative history lessons courtesy of Friend director Ian Pons Jewell and the VFX crew at Time Based Arts thru W+K London. [Read more]
Hornbach “Your Project Only Belongs to You”
At the PromaxBDA conference in June, I lead off my annual State of Design session with a 60-second mini-masterpiece of character and VFX called “You’re alive. Do you remember?” created by Berlin agency Heimat for European DIY superstore chain Hornbach. [Read more]
