Directors CRCR and the animation team at Wizz in Paris let loose with a frenetic visual anthem to mark the second edition of Riot Games’ Valorant Champions esports tournament, the culmination of the game’s 2022 competitive tour. [Watch]
Working with Pulse Films director Colin Read, CD Will Johnson and the Scholar crew return to the Made on iPad pipeline with this hand-animated guide to the three phases of a breakup as experienced by singer-songwriter Maren Morris. [Watch]
K-hip hop meets iPad in this fully psychoactive music video for artist Jay Park directed by Kyu Ha Kim and based on illustrations by Korean webtoon artist Namon thru TBWA\Media Arts Lab Seoul. [Watch]
From the design and animation team at Le Cube: “‘Mozart by Magnum’ honors the great Master by presenting the first music video for a remix of his 25th Symphony’s first movement (G minor, KV. 183). The film translates the dynamics and power of the music into images that captivate and draw the viewer directly into Mozart’s creative process. [Watch]
Formed in 1998, Gorillaz were not the first virtual band (see Alvin and the Chipmunks, 1958) but certainly the coolest and now, almost 25 years later, the quartet moves into a new phase with this mix of 3D and live-action directed by co-founder Jamie Hewlett and Nexus Studios’ Fx Goby. [Watch]
Working in tandem with Somesuch directing duo Cliqua as CDs, animation director Jocelyn Charles creates a sinister, genre-bending music video for The Weeknd that pulls influences from horror, fantasy, and disaster films. [Watch]
