Jif Bunker commercial with VFX by The Mill | STASH MAGAZINE

Wayne McClammy and The Mill Dive into the “Bunker” for Jif

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]

Nike Joyride Enjoy the Ride by MPC | STASH MAGAZINE

Nike Joyride “Enjoy the Ride”

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]

Vestre Parklets 2.0 brand film by racecar | STASH MAGAZINE

Vestre “Parklets 2.0” Product Film by Racecar

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]

Sami Fitz All Waves by WeCanMake | STASH MAGAZINE

Sami Fitz “All Waves” Music Video by Ben Collier-Marsh

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]

Mashrou’ Leila Radio Romance music video by Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka | STASH MAGAZINE

Mashrou’ Leila “Radio Romance” Music Video

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]

GRID game trailer by RealtimeUK for Codemasters | STASH MAGAZINE

Up Close and Gritty in GRID Game Trailer

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]

Nola is Calling "Whodat" Music Video by Fanelie Muselier | STASH MAGAZINE

Nola is Calling “Whodat” Music Video by Fanelie Muselier

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]

Mayans Season 2 promo FX Design | STASH MAGAZINE

Mayans MC Season 2 Promo by FX Design

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]

Was ist Metaphysik? Out of Noise by Michele Durazzi | STASH MAGAZINE

Touring Michele Durazzi’s Utopian Architecture

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]

Mountain Dew Green Means Go Shark commercial | STASH MAGAZINE

Mill+ Jumps the Shark for Mountain Dew

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]

“Catastrophe” Animated Short by Jamille van Wijngaarden

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]

Netmarble The Seven Deadly Sins game trailer | STASH MAGAZINE

Netmarble “The Seven Deadly Sins” Trailer

Alfred Imageworks in Seoul, South Korea, unleashes a rampaging CG game trailer directed and edited by Yoon Hyunho for the Netmarble game based on Nakaba Suzuki’s fantasy manga series The Seven Deadly Sins. [Watch]

OPTUM : RORY MCILROY by David Holm | STASH MAGAZINE

David Holm Gets Inside the Head of Rory McIlroy

Supply & Demand’s David Holm takes on the animation, design, and editing in addition to his directing duties on this electric :60 starring golf phenom Rory McIlroy for health care company Optum thru Hill Holliday. [Watch]

Purplebricks You'll be Totally Sold stop motion commercial | STASH MAGAZINE

Purplebricks “You’ll Be Totally Sold” by Joseph Mann

Mainstream TV ads don’t get more low-key than this study in stop-motion subtlety and dry humor created by director Joseph Mann and the Blinkink animation crew for UK real-estate disruptor Purplebricks and inspired by real customer reviews. [Watch]