Posted on December 29, 2016
Most often fueled by passion rather than proper budgets, music videos are the wild west of media genres – a place where passion and promise more than compensate for a director’s lack of experience or connections, or both. Have a look at the nine most intriguing examples Stash published this year. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Music Video, Rotoscope, VFX · Tags Brunch, Carlín Díaz, Chezeddy, Coldplay, Cub Studio, Dom Nic, Fraser Davidson, Gerhard Human, Gloria FX, OK Go, Prettybird, The Chemical Brothers, The Mill, Trish Sie, Vania Heymann
Posted on December 28, 2016
In the Stash world, brand films cover a swath of commercial work appearing online, in-store, out-of-home, or on any other screen not identified as TV or cinema. Often occupying the mid-ground between short films and advertising, the best brand films offer ambitious narratives and/or bold stylistic choices. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Brand film, Branded Content, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Motion Design · Tags buck, Lobo, ManvsMachine, Moonbot, Noma Bar, Passion Pictures, SUPERFICTION
Posted on December 26, 2016
As ad campaigns expand and blur across a growing number of platforms, the most coveted bragging rights (and budgets) most often remain with work intended for television and cinema screens. So let’s kick off the Best of Stash 2016 with 10 stand out commercials everyone needs to see. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Featured, VFX · Tags Angus Wall, Audi, Blink, Daniels, Dougal Wilson, John Lewis, ManvsMachine, Marcio Leitão, Martin Stirling, MPC, Nike, Partizan, Prettybird, Psyop, Rattling Stick, Ringan Ledwidge, Rock Paper Scissors, Sehsucht, Stink, The Mill
Posted on December 22, 2016
Here’s a good study in contrasts: The sheer quantity of fun animation styles found in the maximalist holiday mashup known as Yule Log versus the minimalist strangeness of Eoin Duffy’s look at strange strangers entering the room of another stranger. [Watch]
Posted on December 21, 2016
Here’s a fresh idea from Amsterdam studio Woodwork to replace that tired ambient fireplace video running on your living room TV: a warm, two-minute animated loop with just enough detail and narrative to warrant your attention but also gentle enough to blend into your holiday coziness. [Watch]
Posted on December 20, 2016
Three fun holiday bits from Passion Animation Studios, one of the many tentacles of Passion Pictures which has grown since its founding in London in 1987 into a multi-continent media machine creating everything from advertising to feature documentaries and winning every possible award along the way. [Watch]