Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Aimed at teens struggling with body image, gender identity, and mental health issues, this disarming spot by Rowdy Films director Catherine Prowse and stop-motion veterans Tim Allen and Tobias Fouracre assures kids that “Nobody is Normal”. [Watch]
Strange Beast director Anna Ginsburg conveys the vast array of emotions women experience in relation to their breasts and how they’re perceived by themselves and others for UK charity Breast Cancer Now thru agency Weber Shandwick. [Watch]
HBO’s new “Equal” docuseries, covering the history of LGBTQ civil rights, opens with this brisk and fiery collage of imagery by design director Allison Brownmoore and the crew at London design and VFX house Blue Spill. [Watch]
After releasing two standout personal films (“Vincent” and “The Journey”) in early 2020, Shanghai director and motion artist Axl Le looks to close out the year with a mind-bending and meditative CG opus called “The Funeral”. [Watch]
The team of Biscuit director Jeff Low and master puppet maker Andy Gent (Fantastic Mr Fox, Isle of Dogs), who brought us Sipsmith’s Mr Swan in 2019, are back with more stop-motion fun in this breakout holiday spot for Greenies dog treats. [Watch]
Taiwanese director Muh Chen and the crew at Grass Jelly Studio in Taipei up the ante in the zoetrope genre with this ambitious, intricate (and surprisingly emotional) mix of live-action and VFX for singer Hebe Tien. [Watch]
Fresh off his brooding tribute to Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation”, London CG master Fernando Lazzari brightens the mood in this transcendent work for The Practice, Seth Godin’s new book on making and sharing creative work. [Watch]
This ambitious and highly personal new short film by Helsinki director and video artist Louis Crevier “explores the inner struggles of the artist; the fears, anxieties, and thought patterns that, to some extent, drive their existence.” [Watch]
Parisian artist, art director, and illustrator Ugo Gattoni works his line art magic for French parfumerie maison Diptyque in this holiday charmer highlighting the brand’s Marvelous Beasts collection. [Watch]
Director/animator Troy Browne, a freelancer based in Nottingham, UK, creates a spirited collage-style film for Accenture’s “Black Is” video series, part of an in-house inclusion and diversity initiative. [Watch]
Even if you weren’t a fan of Vince Gilligan’s seminal and multi-award-winning AMC series Breaking Bad, you will appreciate the obsessive detail and meticulous rendering Luke Penry invested in his passion project “Superlab”. [Watch]
Milan motion designer Gabriele Calvi summons a constantly shifting graphic dream for the Danish rock trio Town Portal in his enigmatic new music video for the track “Vanitas”. [Watch]
The 2020 hybrid edition of the Animario animation festival in Madrid opened with this fresh and quirky 90-second sequence animated by hand on a tabletop by Spanish directors and CG pioneers Dvein. [Watch]
With over 318,000 absentee ballots rejected in the 2016 US election, luggage brand Away urges you to travel to your registered place of voting and make certain your voice is heard in 2020. [Watch]
