Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Nexus director Robertino Zambrano turns the experiences of three smokers struggling to quit into engaging animated mini-docs for the California Department of Public Health’s Tobacco Control Program thru agency Duncan Channon. [Watch]
The team at Nash in São Paulo delivers powerful VFX support in this spot celebrating both Johnnie Walker’s 200th-anniversary and the (eventual) return of humans to social normality for Iconoclast directors Ian Ruschel and Gabriel & Quemuel. [Watch]
Italian artist/animator Gianluigi Toccafondo applies his signature paint-over-live-action technique to a music video co-directed with Marco Molinelli he admits was “inspired by science fiction cinema and Japanese erotic culture.” [Watch]
The Mill team weaves both invisible and dreamlike VFX into Anorak director Sebastian Strasser’s stylish and stylized narrative of a car designer’s quest for perfection in this spot for Hyundai’s family of electrified SUVs. [Watch]
Can pickling onions and hanging your clothes to dry save the planet from a massive meteor of trash? Find out in the latest IKEA collaboration by MJZ director Tom Kuntz, VFX masters Electric Theatre Collective, and agency Mother London. [Watch]
Nomint design/directing duo Manos Gerogiannis and Yannis Zoumakis (aka Odd Bleat) celebrate the holiday season with Christian Dior by drawing inspiration from Puglia, Italy – the home region of Maria Grazia, the brand’s Executive creative director. [Watch]
Following on his ode to the Saab S9 this past summer, director/designer Ash Thorp teams with London automotive CGI artist Carlos Pecino (aka ColorSponge) to wrap a temporal composite vehicle called the Evinetta in mystery and atmosphere. [Watch]
A young girl’s disappointment at having to spend New Year’s eve with her grandma slowly turns to delight in this enchanting and richly illustrated short film from Armenian director/animator Natalia Mirzoyan. [Watch]
Solab director Romain Chassaing and Paris VFX force Digital District conjure the epic quest of a young man entrusted with a child’s beloved goldfish in this comedy adventure for venerable French retail cooperative Système U. [Watch]
While design events (live and virtual) play a crucial role in connecting and inspiring all of us in the creative industries, they also provide exceptional opportunities for the studios invited to create titles and promotional assets. [Watch]
Unchained from the run-time constraints, hefty media buys, and content rules of television, films produced for online/social distribution have matured into a brand’s most powerful weapon for telling more complex and emotional stories. [Watch]
While the explosion of scripted programming over the last five years has kept title design studios bustling, show opens have also emerged as an important showcase of choice for motion design passion projects. [Watch]
Pandemic or not, and no matter the genre or tone of the project – in 2020 characters remained the single most reliable way to ensure an audience’s emotional engagement with your work. [Watch]
Despite virus-induced production setbacks in 2020, the universe of advertising VFX continued to expand with young studios vying with venerable post facilities for the chance to create the fun and emotion of new branded realities. [Watch]
