Carbon welcomes Senior Producer Daisy Schmitt
November 20, 2024
Working with director/screenwriter Kelly Marcel, CD Karin Fong and the team at Imaginary Forces close out the Venom feature film trilogy with a “beastly parade” of corrupted creatures in this main-on-end title sequence. [Watch]
The 2024 holiday ad season arrives today with UK retailer Argos mascot Trevor the dinosaur living his best life as a rock star courtesy of Partizan director Michael Gracey and the (very busy) Electric Theatre Collective animation crew. [Watch]
London’s Huge Designs (whose work we track here) answers the call to communicate the tone, setting, character, and context for the Disney+ TV series Rivals based on the 1980s novels by English author Jilly Cooper. [Watch]
Somehow both manic and thoughtful, the latest short from director Chris Boyle and Private Island playfully fuses live-action, VFX, and generative images into a peek at the fun to be had when AI questions its relationship to humans. [Watch]
The potent combination of French directing collective Megaforce and London VFX house Electric Theatre Collective (see here and here for recent collabs) deliver a guaranteed crowd pleaser and future awards magnet for Apple. [Watch]
The latest 3D motion work from Rimantas Lukavicius and the KORB team for Nike finds the Lithuania-based studio crushing symbols and icons from LeBron Jame’s career in a spot for the LeBron XXII shoes releasing this week. [Watch]
The striking quality of 3D motion design produced by students at VDAS (Visual Design & Art School) in Seoul, South Korea, continues with this intricate spec brand film for consumer electronics brand Teenage Engineering by Lee Yoonha. [Watch]
In their latest work for Apple TV+, ECD Mason Nicoll and Digital Kitchen capture themes of grief, loss, and ties to the past in this amorphous and unsettling title sequence for the psychological thriller Before starring Billy Crystal. [Watch]
You’re invited to Paradiso in fabulous Mérida, Mexico! Limited to 150 guests, this unique creative event features intimate sessions with artists like Karin Fong, Oliver Jeffers, Debbie Millman, Gmunk, Pentagram, Jessica Walsh, and many others. [Watch]
The design and animation crew at Los York merge 2D and 3D motion, live-action, and VFX “to build a world that feels both futuristic and grounded in reality” for Logitech’s Pro X Superlight 2 Dex wireless gaming mouse. [Watch]
The London studio of Ignition Creative and Bristol-based director/designer Chris Caswell set a tone of intrigue and mystery for Citadel: Diana, the latest chapter in the Russo brothers’ Citadel espionage TV universe. [Watch]
ManvsMachine’s visual adventures with website building platform Squarespace (see here and here for prime examples) continue with a masterclass in shiny pneumatics touting the brand’s collab with artist Jeff Koons. [Watch]
Executive creative director Ant Baena and the FutureDeluxe team demo the immersive audio power of the Sonos Arc Ultra sound bar in this Dune crossover with the sands of planet Arrakis in the starring role. [Watch]
Playing off Guinness’ infectious “Dancing Man” ad (an audience and industry fave from 1994), Nexus director Johnny Kelly and Yamination Studios mix live-action and stop-motion to channel the feel-good vibes of the original. [Watch]
