Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Humble Signs Director Sasha Levinson
From the release: Bicoastal content studio Humble today announced that award-winning director and screenwriter Sasha Levinson has joined its roster for commercial representation. In addition to commercials, Levinson is currently working with Humble on the development of short film “Sydney Levy’s Sacred Things,” a coming of age story that will transform into a transmedia series […] [Watch]
Buck Bakes Up McDonald’s “Muffins”
Buck continues their string of character-driven charmers for McDonald’s with a 3D romp including the world’s yummiest-looking CG blueberry muffin, all fresh from ECD Ryan Honey and crew thru Cossette Chicago. [Watch]
STASH 110 Arrives Bearing Gifts
The Stash Permanent Collection keeps growing with issue 110 adding another 31 brilliant animation, VFX and motion design projects PLUS an outstanding 49 minutes of revealing behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews with the designers, directors and producers behind the work. Over 4,000 of the planet’s most innovative and interesting commercials, music videos, brand films, broadcast […] [Watch]
Buck Snaps Open the Facebook Factory
Ryan Honey and the Buck team leave no production technique or typographic trick unturned in this ADD-inducing launch film for Facebook’s new creative think tank called The Factory. [Watch]
FITC Tokyo 2015 Opens with a Glitch or Two
FITC Tokyo 2015 opened with this complex, dense and hypnotic piece of chaos created by a collaboration of designers, typographers, animators, programmers and musicians spanning three timezones to “contrast the harmonies of traditional Japanese culture against the backdrop and sensory overload of present-day Tokyo.” [Watch]
Buck’s Manic Happy Meal Montage
Back in May of 2014, McDonald’s new Happy Meal Characters were branded as “scary” by the press and the Twittersphere. Looking at this compilation of slap-schtick, minion-like, decidedly non-scary clips of Buck’s work on the character, I can only assume it must have been a very slow news week. [Watch]
