The London five-piece rock’n’roll outfit known as Dead Pirates just dropped this retro-subversive (and not all-together SFW) video for “UGO” from their upcoming album HIGHMARE animated by their co-founder McBess, the French illustrator extraordinaire and one half of Passion directing duo McBess & Simon. [Watch]
Passion director Jon Saunders follows up his epic Nike “The Last Game” World Cup spot with another massive CG romp. The :60 spot is one of 14 produced thru Ogilvy & Mather, Paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of arguably the most recognizable package design all time. [Watch]
Saschka Unseld, the director behind the Pixar short “The Blue Umbrella” and cinematographer on “Toy Story 3,” “Cars 2” and “Brave” joins Passion as CD in the New York office. [Watch]
Paris directing collective PLANKTOON (aka Sun, Alban, Fabrice, Alexandre and Sebastien) step outside their usual realm of fun/colorful 3D character work for this powerful monochrome fundraising appeal created for French AIDS charity Sidaction thru Passion Paris and Leo Burnett. If you have kids of any age, it’s hard not to get caught up in the drama of the vignettes. [Watch]
