Good Times Signs Director Ayse Altinok for US Representation
November 12, 2024
New on the Stash radar: an all-female animation and motion design studio based in Cape Town, South Africa called Batch. And the “The Diver” is the perfectly quirky short film that caught our eye. [Watch]
Westworld actor Jeffrey Wright transforms into three airline passengers with drastically different views of the world in this brilliant branded film for The Atlantic by O Positive director David Shane with seamless 2D VFX work by The Mill. [Watch]
Peter Tomaszewicz, 3D artist and motion designer in London: “Continuing with my current allure with brutalist architecture and concrete, I felt it was right to explore fashion designers that would enchant the ideal environment. [Watch]
In the latest of The Atlantic’s series of visual essays, writer Matthew Stewart argues, 9.9% of the population comprises America’s new aristocracy, which often “takes wealth out of productive activities and invests it in walls.” [Watch]
Director Luiz Stockler in London: “Short piece [for US chemical maker Chemours] in collaboration with Ogilvy & Mather NYC for National Inventors Month commemorating the lesser known inventors of things we use each day.” [Watch]
Belgian designer/illustrator Robin Velghe and London director/animator Andy Baker convey all the lazy, smoky, fantasy-fueled heat required in the this new music video for “Lyk Dis” by NxWorries (Anderson.Paak & Knxwledge). [Watch]
In May 2016 Blizzard launched a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter called Overwatch with a series of groundbreaking CG trailers. Now, on the game’s second anniversary, Tracer and Reaper get the stop motion treatment. [Watch]
Creative Director Duncan Elms at Elastic in LA: “The series had six episodes with the themes, Alien life, Time Travel, Space Exploration, Dark Futures, Intelligent Machines, and Monsters. [Watch]
Blinkink director Nicos Livesey and The London Embroidery Studio transform 227,000 meters of thread into 600+ frames of animated tapestry in this formidable launch spot for the BBC’s coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup from Russia. [Watch]
Melbourne visual artist Alex Popescu, nudges the boundaries of filmmaking forward crafting this enigmatic music video for Seattle artist LEViT∆TE using realtime 3D rendering technology. [Watch]
“Darrel,” the animated black comedy short by Spanish co-directors Marc Briones and Alan Carabantes, chronicles the ill-fated flirtations of two luckless chameleons waiting for the subway. [Watch]
Discover the deeper meanings of young love, meatballs, and the danger of open flames at dinner in “Grandma’s Spaghetti,” a raving piece of CG madness directed Roy Nieterau and Danny Vos at Dutch 3D animation studio Colorbleed. [Watch]
In July 2010, Stash published an 11-minute spec pilot for a kids animated TV series called “Gluko & Lennon” and I remember thinking, “this is way too insane/genius to ever get a green light.” Fortunately, I was wrong. [Watch]
Arts & Sciences director Michael Illick gives pharma ads a much-deserved poke in this bonkers parody for POM Wonderful featuring a practical dolphin with digital VFX support from Carbon. [Watch]
