Somehow both manic and thoughtful, the latest short from director Chris Boyle and Private Island playfully fuses live-action, VFX, and generative images into a peek at the fun to be had when AI questions its relationship to humans. [Watch]
The potent combination of French directing collective Megaforce and London VFX house Electric Theatre Collective (see here and here for recent collabs) deliver a guaranteed crowd pleaser and future awards magnet for Apple. [Watch]
Playing off Guinness’ infectious “Dancing Man” ad (an audience and industry fave from 1994), Nexus director Johnny Kelly and Yamination Studios mix live-action and stop-motion to channel the feel-good vibes of the original. [Watch]
Toronto VFX and post house The Vanity (whose best work we track here), supplies the visual fun in this spot directed by Oscar-winner Joachim Back thru Partners Film and agency Broken Heart Love Affair for The Rec Room. [Watch]
Captured entirely in camera with no VFX or post production, Optical Arts’ newest in-house visual experiment Ignis considers the beauty of combustion and “the complex relationship humanity has with fire”. [Watch]
Channeling his many years creating corporate brand films, motion designer/AD Waldemar Borth takes a satirical poke at the tropes of the genre by fusing his design and post experience with an array of AI tools. [Watch]
