Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Austere compositions rendered in a playful confectioner’s palette amplify the visual impact of this launch film for Vestre’s Atlas outdoor seating system created by Racecar in Oslo. [Watch]
With their new online video for Pfizer, Buenos Aires design studio Lumbre have created a masterclass in how to turn a healthcare warning about vaccines into punchy, music-driven infotainment. [Watch]
The fervent emotion of Irish singer/songwriter James Vincent McMorrow’s “National” track finds a beguiling visual compliment in this animated treatment by the crew at Giant Ant in Vancouver. [Watch]
Few things bare witness to the continuing democratization of creative tools and talent like spec work – more specifically: spec commercials which get your blood racing as fast or faster than their full-price cousins. [Watch]
“Emoji Manifesto,” a new piece of mischievous self-promotion from Los Angeles motion studio Ranger & Fox, packs more fun into 53 seconds than “The Emoji Movie” did in 91 minutes. [Watch]
BUF, the pioneering Paris VFX house with credits on everything from “The Matrix” to the new “Twin Peaks,” amplify the visual power of the new “All The Stars” music video for Kendrick Lamar and SZA. [Watch]
Hamburg illustrator/animator Raman Djafari’s mind-altering new video for German electronic trio FJAAK takes us deep into a swirling hyper-chroma trance where nothing is permanent and everything is unexpected. [Watch]
Classic story structure and compelling execution make this knight-must-defeat-dragon-to-get-princess tale an entertaining and effective brand film for Renault’s Z.E. line of all-electric cars. [Watch]
This curious (true) story of an epileptic woman whose left hand takes on a life of it’s own after her brain surgery was animated by Giant Ant for Invisibilia, NPR’s fusion of storytelling and science. [Watch]
This title sequence by creative director Lisa Bolan and the Elastic crew sets the tone for Netflix’ gritty new sci-fi mystery series “Altered Carbon” created by Laeta Kalogridis and starring Joel Kinneman. [Watch]
Director Rikke Planeta and a team of her fellow 3rd year students at The Animation Workshop/VIA University College in Denmark capture a young woman’s brief but intense escape from the repetitive emptiness of her daily life. [Watch]
Business and financial software maker Intuit’s first Super Bowl spot was lifted from this four-minute feel-good opus directed by the masters of such things: Passion Animation directors againstallodds. [Watch]
MJZ director Nick Ball, Legacy FX, and the MPC crew reveal the single most humiliating danger of advanced AI in this merciless Sprint spot produced thru Droga5 and set to air during Super Bowl LII. [Watch]
Hanee Oh’s graduation film from the Visual Design Art School (VDAS) in Seoul, South Korea creates a compelling and enigmatic clash of brutalist architecture and complex geometric ornamentation. [Watch]
