Tokyo-based director Alessandro Pacciani travels to Shanghai to capture BMW’s M4 then conjures 90 seconds of vehicular adrenaline called “Factory Trailer” with the help of editor Marco Battiloro and the VFX skills of Warsaw post house Juice. [Watch]
With a brief to capture the high quality of Sony Action Cam’s slow-motion, Amsterdam director/artist duo Lernert Engleberts and Sander Plug turn to what they call the epitome of slow, “The camera is so simple to use that it could even be used by a turtle, which is how the concept came about.” [Watch]
Blinkink director Greg Barth corals the 3D printing talents of the master modelers at Propshop and the VFX chops of Framestore for a series of complex stop-motion/CG spots for Lenovo’s ‘Goodweird’ campaign thru agency MullenLowe. [Watch]
The Topix crew and Juniper Park/TBWA help international nonprofit Project Consent “combat sexual assault and rape culture” with three fun and controversial spots featuring talking CG private bits. [Watch]
Just when we zoetrope fans were despairing as to when the next hypnotic spinning confection would land, Sixty40 director Simon Robson sends us this feel-good, CG-disguised-as-cake spot (with 3D by Heckler), part of a three-spot campaign produced thru Sydney agency JOY. [Watch]
For many animation fans, Nexus director Conor Finnegan stole the show on Oscar night with this CG and live action ode to unexpected friendship for Android’s “Better together. Not the same.” campaign through Droga5 called “Rock, Paper, Scissors.” [Watch]
