The Light and BIEN Form Creative and Strategic Alliance
January 7, 2025
Carefully merging macro photography and VFX into a film he describes as “a love letter to contemplation”, French director Thomas Vanz questions the manic pace of modern life and the fragile nature of beauty. [Watch]
Hornet Director Sam Mason spins up a magical stream of dreamlike imagery for “Colors and Shapes” off the new official release of rapper and record producer Mac Miller’s Faces mixtape. [Watch]
Here’s your chance to head into Fall fully inspired! Grab a peek at the trailer for Stash 149, a phenomenal collection of design, animation, and VFX work and the newest addition to the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
The team at Clubcamping in Buenos Aires shows off their multitude of animation and post talents in this frenetic, anime-flavored work for Porsche showcasing the exploits of Mexican Grand Prix driver Pedro Rodríguez. [Watch]
Moscow CG masters Media.Work just dropped a new visual experiment looking very closely at the structural as well as the ethereal qualities of felt, an incredibly tactile and historically rich material first used over 8,500 years ago. [Watch]
Chuck Norris, the action star who launched 1,000 memes, retires from saving the environment in this cracking adventure directed by Espen Sandberg (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) for Norwegian energy giant Aker. [Watch]
For their latest in-house short, the crew at Blue Zoo in London decided to leverage the power of their animation and narrative talents to bolster the urgent message of suicide prevention charity PAPYRUS UK. [Watch]
Director Pete Candeland, his team from Partizan Studio, and new Bordeaux-based animation and VFX house LIGHT take a painterly approach to highlight the planet’s wonders and Sky’s pledge to be carbon-neutral by 2030. [Watch]
By casting a fashion-forward praying mantis, Stockholm VFX studio Swiss International adds loads of character and quirky humor to this product film for the new wireless Ear (1) earphones by London consumer technology company Nothing. [Watch]
Nintendo’s Pikachu comes to life via limited-edition Pokémon Oreos disguised as retro Gameboy pixels in this quasi-meta crossover spot from the Framestore crew celebrating Pokémon’s 25th Anniversary. [Watch]
Part of the visual treats displayed on a mammoth digital screen towering 104 feet over the AT&T Discovery District in Dallas, these three vibrant films were designed and animated by Lobster Studio to “celebrate the brand mood.” [Watch]
The latest evidence of Unreal Engine’s nascent take over of CG production (and a good chunk of live-action), this trance-inducing film is the result of director and music video innovator James Frost reteaming with Australian trio RÜFÜS DU SOL. [Watch]
Working with a track from David Teie (cellist, academic, and composer of music for felines), Strange Beast director Daniel Stankler fashions “a mega weird and hopefully relaxing music video for cats” thru AMV BBDO for Whiskas. [Watch]
Paris prodco Eddy and their sibling animation studio Brunch unite under directing collective Boddicker to hone a trailer packed with vicious style and hardboiled characters for the new PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) video game. [Watch]
