A robin perched on a leafy branch looks toward a National Lottery reindeer, with more reindeer from Framestore visible in the blurred mountain background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Framestore’s Reindeer Takes Flight for The National Lottery

Working with Arts and Sciences director Tim McNaughton, the deeply experienced (and awarded) CG creature team at Framestore in London imbue a brave reindeer with quiet but unflagging determination for the UK’s National Lottery. [Watch]

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It’s the Good Life: Dave Scanlon Finds “Me Time” for Meerkats

Seventeen years after meerkats first invaded pop culture in VCCP’s spots for UK price comparison website Compare the Market, Passion director Dave Scanlon refreshes the franchise with a peek at what happens when they’re off the clock. [Watch]

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Best of Stash 2024: VFX!

The suspension of disbelief (also known as poetic faith) provides a welcome escape for today’s stressed audiences and these VFX-heavy motion projects deliver that relief in ambitious quantities. [Watch]

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Untold Studios and Andreas Nilsson Wind Up Virgin Media Campaign With a Walrus Whizzer

London VFX force Untold Studios and agency VCCP, whose previous work for Virgin Media includes this cruising cow and this gliding goat, caps the “To Better and Beyond” campaign trilogy with a joy-riding walrus. [Watch]

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Sam Gainsborough Shops Co-op and Keeps “The Receipt”

Blinkink director Sam Gainsborough reteams with animator Andy Biddle on this innovative spot for British retailer Co-op thru agency VCCP, printing 900 2D frames onto individual shop receipts and then animating them in stop-motion. [Watch]

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VCCP’s AI Creative Agency Experiments on Itself in New Short Film “finding faith”

To celebrate their first birthday, the team at AI creative agency faith used themselves as the guinea pig to explore practical uses of Gen-AI and test the tools’ abilities “to create films within a consistent brand world.” [Watch]