ManvsMachine (with production help from Neon and audio by David Kamp) conjures a crazed mix of live action and CG for this impossible-to-ignore refresh of ITV2, the naughty sibling of the ITV family aimed at 16-34s. [Watch]
Director Mark Lindner at London studio Panoply says the studio’s sleek and fractured new CG opus “Genesis” draws “heavily on a visual currency distilled from the subconscious and the psychology of self [and] dares us to fleetingly glimpse our own origins, our civilization and the known universe.” Audio by Echoic. [Watch]
For a curator, few things compare to the jolt of excitement when you stumble upon promising talent, especially if their work is still very personal and not yet burdened with the harsh realities of the design business [Watch]
The frustration of slow mobile downloads perfectly expressed in three over-the-top metaphor-dramadies courtesy of the all-Buenos Aries team of director Jonathan Gurvit, VFX house La Posta and agency Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi for the BGH G4 LTE smartphone. [Watch]
If you were wondering why Baymax in Big Hero 6 looked so good (or you just want a primer in CG rendering), check this 10-min film from Walt Disney Animation Studios explaining how path tracing works and how their Hyperion renderer makes it possible to, for example, render vast city scenes with out the use of matte painting extensions. [Watch]
The crew at Aixsponza in Munich show off their collective skills for surreality in this startling full-CG in-house project called “Seed,” a hyper-detailed trip deep into photoscanning territory. [Watch]
