Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Working with Toronto prodco Impossible Studios, director/CD Alon Isocianu and Reactiv weave together live-action with delicate floral VFX in a striking piece for the Canadian Cancer Society that he calls “a real labor of love for a great cause.” [Watch]
Director Matt von Trott and the team at Assembly in Auckland craft an emotionally resonant animated odyssey inspired by the challenges experienced by hospitalized children for the Australian charity Hospitals United for Sick Kids. [Watch]
Following up on their retro-print inspired Crocs spot from last fall, the CG motion crew at Bark&Bite in Leeds slip into a new look based on the casual footwear brand’s partnership with the NBA. [Watch]
Andrew Pope, a partner and principal Flame artist at Hero Post in Atlanta, captures the inherent calm and satisfaction of fine joinery in this minimalist and mesmerizing CG short film called Dovetail. [Watch]
I’ll bet dental tech product videos are not what come to mind when you think of visual excitement but the motion crew at Aydream in Seoul saw this project for Korean digital healthcare startup Arcreal in a different light. [Watch]
After a glory-filled rampage thru the festival circuit, Tiny Little Cartoons (aka Eric Paperth and Tyler March) let loose their interplanetary musical comedy about the moon’s quest for a celestial body that appreciates him on adult swim SMALLS. [Watch]
The importance of in-house passion projects for boosting studio skills, moral, and visibility continues to grow exponentially as demonstrated in this dramatic film by the Norway-based design and motion team at Futhark Studios. [Watch]
Finding a muse in his six-year-old daughter, Spanish mixed media specialist Antoni Sendra hand-paints 2,000 printed video frames to create a sweet and heartfelt ode to the magic of childhood and family in his short film “Joana”. [Watch]
Working thru prodco Friend London and agency Publicis Conseil, ManvsMachine takes the director’s chair in this complex mix of live-action and photo-real VFX for the EV reboot of the Renault 5 with post handled by Electric Theatre Collective. [Watch]
London CG specialists Zünc Studio, who we first featured last summer for this SkinCeuticals work, are back with a verdant and tactile product film for British luxury goods brand Smythson introducing a new colorway for the spring 2024 collection. [Watch]
Director Tony Zagoraios and his CG animation team at Yeti Pictures in Athens, Greece, just dropped their latest in-house mini comedy-adventure, and like their previous short film Summertime, it is full of playful details and irreverent attitude. [Watch]
Working with London agency MultiAdaptor, the 3D motion team at someform Studio in Berlin build a versatile branding app designed to empower the in-house team at Google DeepMind to “effortlessly craft 3D imagery in a cohesive visual language.” [Watch]
Exhilarating new in-house work from directors Blvckstance and Nikolay Okolita at Stance studio for Swiss racing brand Suter that demonstrates the power of CG design when motion is restricted almost entirely to the camera and lighting. [Watch]
No stranger to bringing CG excitement to sports brands (see here and here), the motion crew at Bolder Creative in Brighton stitch up a steamy spot for the features and benefits of X-Bionic’s Thermosyphon fabric in this director’s cut. [Watch]
