Framestore: M&S “Paddington & The Christmas Visitor”
The holiday ad season launches this year with Framestore translating their feature work with Paddington into a snowy and heart-warming 90-second romp for M&S called “Paddington and The Christmas Visitor.” [Watch]
Maxx Burman Launches KitBash3d Asset Store For VFX Artists
The KitBash3d store launched today delivering the first four in a series of 3D architectural asset libraries for CG artists and designers. [Watch]
The Making of Gatorade G Active “Water Made Active”
Unit9 director Cole Paviour and cinematographer James Medcraft combine motion capture, motion control, and a unique multi-plane liquid printer to create the planet’s first animated liquid human all in camera. [Watch]
Ash Thorp and Anthony Scott Burns Unleash “LOST BOY”
The creative power-duo of Ash Thorp and Anthony Scott Burns team with venerable Amsterdam post and production company PostPanic to take you deep into their stark a-punk-alyptic future in this ominous proof of concept short film called “LOST BOY.” [Watch]
Behind the Scenes of Sainsbury’s “The Greatest Gift Is Me”
Oscar-nominated Passion Animation director Sam Fell updates traditional stop-motion characters with 3D-printed expressions for this year’s Sainsbury holiday film thru AMV BBDO complete with the voice talents of James Corden and a track by Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie. [Watch]
Ash Thorp’s Title Design Course via Learn Squared
Through his education venture Learn Squared, title design phenom Ash Thorp demonstrates how to “craft detailed and thoughtful main title designs” while students “learn the core principles of successful titles, and are challenged to put these concepts to work by creating multiple examples of their own.” [Watch]