Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Director Michael Lomas and the GRAMM design and animation crew in Melbourne, Australia, elevate this film for the government of Victoria above the rising flood of explainer videos with a charming mix of 2D and 3D animation styles. [Watch]
Paris motion designer Matthieu Braccini recently created 15 tasty GIFs to promote Mcdonalds’ Egg McMuffin for TBWA then assembled all his visual experiments for the project into the planet’s most poetic interpretation of a breakfast sandwich. [Watch]
Fin Design + Effects’ Sydney studio jolts this spot for the updated Adidas Ozweego into the future with CG enhancements surrounding C-pop idol Jackson Yee, Japanese influencer Lala Takahashi, and American music producer Doughboy.
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The Mill VFX team provides the ominous alien invasion backdrop for Hungry Man director Wayne McClammy’s over-the-top story of a young woman’s post-apocalypse priorities in this :60 spot for Jif peanut butter through Publicis, New York. [Watch]
Mexican-Born directing duo Santiago & Mauricio Sierra team with the VFX crew at MPC to unleash an appropriately joyful ode to running comfort in this spot for Nike’s new Joyride shoe, aka “high-tech bean bags for your feet.” [Watch]
The Racecar crew in Oslo elevates outdoor furniture manufacturer Vestre’s Parklets 2.0 modular urban flooring system into an abstract work of art in this whimsical yet informative product film. [Watch]
WeCanMake creative director Ben Collier-Marsh just released the third piece in the rich and enigmatic triptych of music videos he began in 2017 for London based musician Sami Fitz. [Watch]
Paris-based director Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka weaves rotoscoped dancers into a surreal and “tender metaphor of a city and a world, where many love stories remain prohibited because of homophobia, xenophobia and any form of racism.” [Watch]
Midlands CG maestros RealtimeUK will have you picking shredded rubber out of your teeth as they drop you inches from the mayhem of tearing metal and scraping paint in their newest trailer for the Codemasters’ GRID racing franchise. [Watch]
In this video for “Whodat” by New Orleans band Nola is Calling, French graphic designer/illustrator/director Fanelie Muselier uses a loose and low-fi marker technique to slip between pure abstraction and rotoscoped footage of the band’s hometown. [Watch]
In 2018, FX Networks intro’d their Mayans MC drama series with a testosterone-fueled CG promo we featured in Stash 130. For season 2, the crew at FX Design extends the signature chrome aesthetic and ups the danger with a lethal pair of serpents. [Watch]
Michele Durazzi’s d-Arkroom project started during his days in the architecture department of the University of Florence and has evolved into a portfolio of surreal CG experiments in illustration and animation. [Watch]
Following a stunt-heavy shoot in Argentina, The Mill VFX team created fully-CG environments, sky and water effects, plus the shark for Mountain Dew’s latest spot in the Green Means Go campaign thru BBDO Guerrero. [Watch]
Amsterdam director Jamille van Wijngaarden makes the move from live-action to animation with “Catastrophe,” her perfectly paced and carefully blocked twist on Sylvester and Tweetie – a two-minute ode to innocent characters making things worse. [Watch]
