The Light and BIEN Form Creative and Strategic Alliance
January 7, 2025
Snappy pacing and animation combined with a concise script and densely packed design keep the energy and engagement high in this film introducing Magnati, a new payment platform serving the Middle East and Africa. [Watch]
Axis director Dana Dorian cranks the neon-tinged action dial to 11 in this snarky and rollicking trailer for the upcoming reboot of Saints Row, the action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ and Deep Silver. [Watch]
Director Balázs Simon, who gave us the stunning Bronson “Heart Attack” video in 2020 and signed with Blinkink this year, spins up a whirlwind of digital fantasy in this gravity-free adventure for Bastille’s new single “Thelma & Louise”. [Watch]
Los Angeles director/designer and artist Fons Schiedon boils up a heady mix of disorientation and quasi-psychedelics in this new work – laced with CG and low-fi VFX – for Brooklyn band Geese. [Watch]
South Korean studio Super Very More pulls together a multi-faceted production including live-action, motion capture, and 2D animation by Studio Pivote for this music video promoting the world championship of Summoners War, an online fantasy RPG with over 100 million players. [Watch]
The second season of See, the Apple TV+ sci-fi drama set in a post-virus world where humans are left sightless, opens with this sinuous and sinister sequence crafted by director John Likens and the crew at Method Studios. [Watch]
Director Ilya Abulkhanov and The Mill conjure a grand and atmospheric intro of the Witch Queen for the next expansion of Bungie’s free-to-play online multiplayer first-person shooter Destiny 2 launching February 2022. [Watch]
In their latest series title sequence, Patrick Clair and Raoul Marks at Antibody deploy machine learning software to visualize “a sticky, insidious paradise where shimmering sunshine seduces you into a world of dark hearts and exploitation.” [Watch]
UK train operator Avanti West Coast welcomes passengers back with a pixel-perfect rollerblading turtle courtesy of MJZ director Tom Kuntz and London VFX force Untold Studios (the creative pairing who brought us this comedy epic for Hornbach). [Watch]
Conceived as a data visualization research project by the Media.Work team, Bots soon evolved into an “exploration of evolution in a digital environment” complete with minimalist robots interacting with each other and the environment. [Watch]
Canadian artist/photographer/model and director Petra Collins’ second video for actress and pop phenom Olivia Rodrigo features a flurry of animated AR masks created by the Scholar crew that keep the teen angst vibe on the light side. [Watch]
Two of China’s rising CG talents, Somei Sun and Chiu Ho, combine talents to create action on a grand scale with extraordinary attention to detail in this trailer for NetEase Games’ action shooter Super Mecha Champions. [Watch]
Oscar-nominated French directing collective Illogic leverages their many talents to elevate this spot for a non-carbonated soft drink above the fray with careful blocking, snappy pacing, and fabulous character work. [Watch]
Director/animator John Likens at Method Studios in New York: “In 2020, when the pandemic hit hard and sent every VFX and design company scrambling to find solutions for working remotely, I got a call from Alcon Entertainment to pitch on a Blade Runner project.” [Watch]
