Berlin animation/VFX house dondon nudge the crash-test dummy genre forward by motion-capturing the actor’s finest details then hand-crafting facial tweaks in this charmer directed by Josh Dawson for German automobile club ACV. [Watch]
Time to put aside the privacy vs convenience argument for 60 seconds and just enjoy MPC’s flurry of VFX work on Dougal Wilson’s spot for Apple’s FaceID feature which uses facial recognition to unlock the iPhone X. [Watch]
Director/designer Reuben McNaughton and the Passion Pictures animation team launch a gentle three-minute film called “Together Again” for Dementia UK highlighting the one-to-one support provided by its Admiral Nurses. [Watch]
What do two hours of motion brilliance look like hyper-compressed into just two minutes? Correct, exactly like this trailer for Stash 128. [Watch]
The meticulous illustration work of artist Ugo Gattoni comes to life via the animation talents of French creative collective (and fellow Parisians) CRCR in this brand film for Hennessy’s limited edition Master Blender’s Selection N°2. [Watch]
Penguin teases their audiobook of physicist Carlo Rovelli’s novel “The Order of Time,” as read by Benedict Cumberbatch, with an elegant 60-second promo co-directed by the Berlin duo of animator Sam Aldridge and designer Joseph Botcherby. [Watch]
