Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Entertainment and clarity merge perfectly in this vibrant and upbeat :30 from Buck’s Sydney studio introducing the Halo ring for Bankwest which allows you to fist-bump the payment terminal to complete your transaction. [Watch]
Fresh off the festival circuit, Shane Beam’s animated short film “Conditioner” provides a wonderfully strange and floaty kind of escape for a summer Friday afternoon. [Watch]
London motion designer, director, and lecturer Nicola Gastaldi (aka Gasta) merges his talent for GIFs with enigmatic poetry in this graphically striking short film. [Watch]
Meanwhile, back in The Amazing World of Gumball on Cartoon Network, New York 3D artist Julian Glander bestows his signature CG whimsy to this crazed sequence from a season six episode called “The Transformation.” [Watch]
Brooklyn studio MoSoMoS combine their many animation/production talents (including stop motion and motion control) into a delightful promo for NBC’s summer competition series called “Making it” starring Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler. [Watch]
Have a look at how the Mill Design and Emerging Technology teams blurred the borders of motion graphics and design by generating a live title sequence during the 2018 AICP Next Awards. [Watch]
The hard news about demo reels is very few actually accomplish their goal of triggering emotion in viewers. Over the last 14 years Stash has featured only a handful of reels but we believe this new one from LA studio STATE is worth your time. [Watch]
Steve Viola, SVP of Design at FX Networks: “For the launch of our Sons of Anarchy spin-off, Mayans MC, we created a piece introducing the cultural tones of the series while bringing back the intensity and the rawness of Sons of Anarchy. [Watch]
Mill+ directors Aidan Gibbons and Ergin Kuke help UK luxury performance car maker Bentley celebrate its 100th anniversary with a grand look at the company’s history of “innovation, achievement and craftsmanship.” [Watch]
From Buck: “How can you say no to working with 36 x (2560 x 1800) = 165,888,000 pixels of fun?? Teaming up with our friends at Google, we had a blast wrangling pixels for this installation. [Watch]
SCAD Motion Media student Aishwarya Sadasivan describes her animated allegory “Cayona” as “a personal dedication to the wonderful immigrants who have found their happy kingdom – America.” [Watch]
The crew at Gentleman Scholar pay tribute to the 2018 World Cup with this animated in-house project dedicated to “not just the event itself, but also to the unifying nature of this sport in general.” [Watch]
Vasil Hnatiuk, an American designer/director based in Vietnam, explores his fascination with the potential of synthetic biology in this ambitious scifi-flavored personal project. [Watch]
UK director Oscar Hudson’s quest for completely fresh ways to capture your attention continues with this left field music video called “Holy Ghost” for Scottish trio Young Fathers – shot with an ultra long range military grade thermal surveillance camera. [Watch]
