Director Chris Ullens, who recently signed with Friends Electric, embraces all the imperfections of lo-fi stop-motion in this splash of dark comedy for American pop singer GAYLE and her ode to conflicted emotions and nightmare neighbors. [Watch]
From the team at Fern in Atlanta: “Twitter’s Safety Mode helps fight online harassment, an issue that impacts a small but highly-visible group of people (including celebrities, athletes, female journalists, and marginalized communities) by giving them a tool to automatically block spammy, uninvited, harassing, or abusive replies. [Watch]
Toronto director/animator Jordan Clarke reverses the usual process of creating AI-generated films by manually animating visuals to a narrative generated by OpenAI in response to his prompt. [Watch]
Director and designer Somei Sun in Shanghai, China: “In 2019, Chinese video sharing website Bilbili launched the Small Universe Project to encourage students and independent animators to submit domestic animation short films. In order to discover more outstanding creators, this year, they announced that it would upgrade the project to a broader Light-Seeking plan for groups.” [Watch]
From the team at Buck: “Together with Coda, we dreamed up arresting combinations of animals, plants, and tools that represent the powerful mash-ups of productivity possible within a Coda doc.” [Watch]
LA director and visual innovator Brent Bonacorso (who created this stunner for Grimes during lockdown) tackles the intricacies of merging two icons of Americana in this spot for a Disney-themed trim level for Chevy. [Watch]
