Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Beijing’s B-O-D studio, whose animation talents range from anime action to sleek 3D design, shows off an additional flurry of styles in this new work for a conference staged by Chinese design platform ZCOOL. [Watch]
The late-night stress of an overworked agency creative takes on new dimensions with the full-on hallucination of a triple-threat cracker named Crumbles – courtesy of Skin and Bones director Edward Andrews and Tantrum Studio in Toronto. [Watch]
Fueled by a track from rapper and Run-DMC co-founder Darryl McDaniels, this ambitious spot/music video by director Paulo Garcia and Zombie Studios in São Paulo helps raise awareness of the dietary dangers of sugar for non-profit Hip Hop Public Health. [Watch]
Inspired by a dream, director/animator Cassie Shao mixes animation and live-action with paper cut-outs and 3D elements to conjure this whimsical and disorienting musical adventure for Los Angeles duo Maggie Dave. [Watch]
Polish pop band and YouTube stars Ekipa and their dinosaur doppelgangers are launched on a post-apocalypse romp in this animated frenzy by director Rafał Blecharz and Studio Pigeon in Kraków, Poland. [Watch]
Creative directors Igor Sordokhonov, Maxim Zhestkov, and the team at Media.Work are back with their latest in-house project “dedicated to the research of how plastic waste could be reclaimed and turned into new items.” [Watch]
Created as part of Sony’s experimental Floating Habitat project anticipating how future climate refugees may live at sea, You or You is based on a story by science fiction writer Haruka Mugihara and directed by Takashi Ohashi. [Watch]
Creative director Benjamin Woodlock and the design and animation team at Elastic in Los Angeles capture a gritty, punk zine attitude in their titles for Jon Stewart’s new current affairs/talk show on Apple TV+. [Watch]
Working with Stink directors Traktor and DDB Paris, Stockholm CG and VFX powerhouse Important Looking Pirates starts a revolution with a punked-up rooster and beautiful/chaotic cinematography in this romp for Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6. [Watch]
Julie Delpy’s new Netflix series On the Verge opens with these carefully composed stop-motion titles crafted by a small team at production and VFX studio Fugu in Paris and set to a jaunty tune by Chilly Gonzales. [Watch]
CD Hao Chen and his animation team at Linetest in Vancouver just dropped this rousing spot, powered by a heartfelt spoken word performance, for The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s initiative to end youth homelessness. [Watch]
In an act of true selfless courage, directors Ricard Badia, Russ Etheridge, and Milo Targett (sometimes disguised as “Plank Studio” in London) take us behind the scenes in this shocking exposé of how CG short films are actually made. [Watch]
Foundation, the massive new Apple TV+ series based on Isaac Asimov’s landmark sci-fi trilogy opens with these “galactic dreamscape” titles from creative director Ronnie Koff and the team at Imaginary Forces. [Watch]
A calming mix of live-action and CG imagery contrasted with the VO of a modern mom creates a refreshing take on the traditional beauty product pitch for L’Occitane en Provence – courtesy of directing collective Dvein with post by Sauvage.TV in Barcelona. [Watch]
