From the team at Gunner: “Our friends at Duolingo let us off the rails in this non-stop thrill ride. The idea was to use the phone/app as a portal into countries whose language you don’t yet speak.” [Watch]
UK train operator Avanti West Coast welcomes passengers back with a pixel-perfect rollerblading turtle courtesy of MJZ director Tom Kuntz and London VFX force Untold Studios (the creative pairing who brought us this comedy epic for Hornbach). [Watch]
Canadian artist/photographer/model and director Petra Collins’ second video for actress and pop phenom Olivia Rodrigo features a flurry of animated AR masks created by the Scholar crew that keep the teen angst vibe on the light side. [Watch]
Two of China’s rising CG talents, Somei Sun and Chiu Ho, combine talents to create action on a grand scale with extraordinary attention to detail in this trailer for NetEase Games’ action shooter Super Mecha Champions. [Watch]
Oscar-nominated French directing collective Illogic leverages their many talents to elevate this spot for a non-carbonated soft drink above the fray with careful blocking, snappy pacing, and fabulous character work. [Watch]
Director/animator John Likens at Method Studios in New York: “In 2020, when the pandemic hit hard and sent every VFX and design company scrambling to find solutions for working remotely, I got a call from Alcon Entertainment to pitch on a Blade Runner project.” [Watch]
