Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Bangkok-based director and VFX supervisor Julien Vanhoenacker, who created the surreal post-apocalyptic 2016 short film “A Drop”, swings the tone and palette a full 180 degrees for this bright and breezy adventure packed with beer-loving penguins. [Watch]
Dejavu director Omar Hilal and the Platige VFX crew conjure a forlorn folksinger (who also happens to be a mandrill) to prove Tajawal’s travel app can help you shake your routine-induced ennui. [Watch]
As part of their rebrand for Japan’s largest publisher Kodansha, Brooklyn design house Gretel teams with MJZ director Juan Cabral and London VFX mavens Untold Studios to create this lyrical 90-sec film to frame the new identity. [Watch]
Barcelona studio Six N. Five, who recently dropped this fabulous send-up of CG architectural visualizations, teams with Nando Costa for the latest in his series of intriguing and intricate brand films for Microsoft. [Watch]
French directors Turbo Collective take on that overwhelming feeling of helplessness many of us felt during the unrelenting torrent of bad news that was 2020 – for the Australian Red Cross thru DDB Sydney. [Watch]
Following their rebrand for Paris band Iñigo Montoya, French creatives Lolita Do Peso Diogo and Gabriel Weber (aka ZEUGL) leverage the power of emojis to create a riveting stop motion video that begs for frame by frame analysis. [Watch]
In his new passion project “0110”, South Korean 3D artist Taehoon Park sweeps us into a grim tech-ravaged future where intelligent machines threaten what remains of humanity and one survivor makes his escape. [Watch]
Grab a tissue or six, this hand-animated film directed by Joe Bluhm at Tonic DNA for charity L’Arche Canada was released to mark World Down Syndrome Day 2021 and is guaranteed to have you in tears by minute one. [Watch]
We’re betting director Ewan Jones Morris, the team at London studio Friends Electric, and agency AMV BBDO set a Guinness record of some sort creating this 372-minute, smile-inducing spot for Sheba brand cat food. [Watch]
FITC Toronto, the mother of all digital creative conferences, launched its 20th-anniversary edition virtually on Monday with this visual treat from CDs Alex Liou, PJ Richardson, and the crew at Laundry in LA. [Watch]
Blinkink director Katy Wang and the NY Times’ T Brand Studio make the case for combatting textile waste in this animated work highlighting the ongoing sustainable fashion initiatives of US apparel brand Eileen Fisher. [Watch]
Clément Soulmagnon, a director/animator repped by Eddy in Paris, brings his distinctive illustrative style to “Aurore”, a new short film documenting the watery final hours of the eponymous heroine in her fragile glass cage. [Watch]
Director Brian Williams (aka Super 68) and the crews at Ntropic London and VFX shop Playdead in Glasgow drop some serious dazzle (and robo-fireflies) into this brand film for Finnish software and data company Solita thru London agency Creature. [Watch]
Clarifying complex ideas and translating them into relatable, engaging narratives is a timeless and universally important skill whether you are a general on a battlefield or a motion designer hunkered down in your dining room. [Watch]
