Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
South Korean animator/illustrator Seoro Oh burst onto the Stash radar in 2017 with his short film “Afternoon Class.” Later that year he promised more hilarity in the trailer for “(OO).” And now, happily, that promise is fulfilled. [Watch]
Los Angeles post house Scissor Films provides plenty of surreal VFX enhancement for Jonah Hill’s post-party-apocalypse treatment of “Wake Up,” the latest single from Travis Scott’s third album Astroworld. [Watch]
If you’ve ever wondered how ordinary Japanese citizens deal with the constant barrage of Tokusatsu monsters battling it out in their cities, Six Gobelins students finally reveal the answer in “Tokyo Apocalypse”. [Watch]
In his titles for the new Netflix doc “The Great Hack,” director/designer Ash Thorp asks “How do you show data being bought, sold, and weaponized in an artful and meaningful way? [Watch]
Working with a tiny budget and super-tight two-week deadline, Swiss studio YK Animation grabbed some friends and dove face-first into this short film commissioned for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. [Watch]
Cool up your summer with a two-minute peek at the stellar motion design, animation, and VFX included in STASH 136 – the latest (and possibly coolest) issue of the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
Back in 2010 (in Stash 73), we proudly featured Charles De Meyer’s groundbreaking video for Amon Tobin’s “Esther’s” track. Happily, the pair recently re-teamed for another atmospheric VFX opus called “Vipers Follow You.” [Watch]
London designer/director James Brocklebank complements the fine bespoke craftsmanship of UK furniture designers and makers Koop with two films featuring his own talents for immaculate and tasteful CG animation. [Watch]
Originally intended as a live-action project, Found Studio in London suggested the ambitious scale of this film for Scottish whiskey maker Ballantine’s would be better served with a full-CG treatment. [Watch]
Co-directors Lia Bertels and Marion Castéra at French prodco Temple Caché create the perfect summer video for a perfect summer song called “You Got Me” by Gerald Toto, a composer, performer, and one-third of the band Toto Bono Lokua. [Watch]
Munich designer/artist/director Florian Renner blends his talents for graphic and 3D design into a striking promotional film for Analog Algorithm, a new design book by German illustrator and designer Christoph Grünberger. [Watch]
Passion Animation directors Mark Waring and Anna Mantzaris collaborate on a warm and fuzzy hand-crafted stop motion short for Honest Tea “encouraging people to look at the impact of the decisions we make every day.” [Watch]
Inspired by an exhibition of Danish chair design at Designmuseum Danmark in København, Brighton motion designer Marius Vaitkevicius committed the next nine months to further research and crafting these three films. [Watch]
Director Marvin Koppejan and a small crew at Woodwork in Amsterdam help mark the Fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a powerful all-CG labor-of-love recreating the event’s most iconic moments. [Watch]
