Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Starting with Diffusion MRI imagery from a brain scan, director Shane Griffin and the Psyop CG crew create an intensely complex and anatomically accurate model of the brain and its neural interactions for The Mayo Clinic thru TBWA/Chiat Day. [Watch]
Riot Games’ free multiplayer first-person shooter Valorant, which launched in June with this trailer, just dropped this sweet piece of motion madness from We Are Royale (WAR) to intro a new weapon skin line called Glitchpop. [Watch]
This enigmatic and otherworldly blend of CG, VFX, and live-action footage from Oriol Puig and the Trizz crew for English pop masters London Grammar will keep you guessing as to what’s what, and what it all means. [Watch]
FINCH director Kyra Bartley gathers an international team of animators to create 1,400 of the most emotional frames you will witness this year to convey the heartbreak of a mother whose son suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [Watch]
In April 2020, Grimes released “You’ll Miss Me When I’m Not Around” along with an invitation for fans to engage with the music video’s green screen backgrounds. Los Angeles director Brent Bonacorso took her up on the offer. [Watch]
New virtual animation studio Super Dope formed in the depths of lockdown and now, after five months of work, introduces themselves to the world with this effervescent CG character piece called “Ice Cream.” [Watch]
Although we never actually see them, I feel safe saying the three characters in Karl Poyzer and Joe Roberts’ new animated comedy “Floaters,” are some of the most endearing and clearly defined in recent memory. [Watch]
Since graduating from the UK’s National Film & Television School in 2019, Greek director/designer Fokion Xenos has watched his ambitious MA graduation film “Heatwave” selected for 137 film festivals, winning 20+ awards along the way. [Watch]
After breakout collaborations on animated game trailers for Mother Russia and My Friend Pedro, US indie game publisher Devolver Digital gives WIZZ directors CRCR carte blanche on this film for the launch of “reverse horror” title Carrion. [Watch]
Barcelona CG artisans Six N. Five sculpt a series of eccentric and elegant vignettes for Burberry’s Pocket Bag Collection, a playful twist on an archival design updated by Burberry chief creative officer Riccardo Tisci. [Watch]
Working in close collaboration with Ridley Scott, Studio AKA director Steve Small crafts a somber but somehow hopeful title sequence for “Raised by Wolves”, the new HBO Max series about androids raising human children on a distant planet. [Watch]
Passion Pictures’ stop motion maven Mark Waring, who counts Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” and Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” among his many credits, conjures a heartwarming tale of cooperation and trade for Standard Chartered bank thru TBWA/Singapore. [Watch]
Division director Francois Rousselet and the Mathematic animation team in Paris mix live-action with inky animation in this homage to Glen Keane’s Oscar-winning animated short “Dear Basketball” for Nike China thru Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai. [Watch]
Propelled by quirky hand-drawn animation and gentle humor, this new spot from the team at Buck thru R/GA for marketing automation and email platform Mailchimp, offers entrepreneurs hope and encouragement in tough times. [Watch]
