Hot on the heels of their gritty and brooding titles for Silo on Apple TV+, Antibody directors Patrick Clair and Raoul Marks dial up the style and pace in this polished action sequence for the reboot of Bungie’s sci-fi shooter Marathon. [Watch]
Motion North is the Manchester-based group of motion designers, animators, filmmakers, and VFX artists who get together every quarter to hear from outstanding industry speakers and share their love of making things move. [Watch]
Working with sketches from French illustrator Florian Nicolle, gotgotneed director Adam Wells and the design/animation team at Coffee & TV in London interpret iconic cricket moments for Sky Sports’ 2023 Men’s Ashes coverage. [Watch]
Moscow studio Radugadesign wraps an exhibition stand in massive 20-foot high video screens to create an impossible-to-ignore presence for Russian oil giant Gazprom Neft at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. [Watch]
Block Inc, Jack Dorsey’s tech conglomerate behind Cash App, Square, TIDAL, etc., just announced the launch of its in-house creative studio (called Creative Studio) with this one-minute exercise in upbeat CG motion design. [Watch]
Just in case you forgot how great it felt to finally emerge from the pandemic lockdown, Iria Lopez and the Wednesday Studio crew in London made this video (with music by Tom Drew) to help us all remember how truly joyous it was. [Watch]
The long history of innovative Channel 4 branding reached an apex of sorts this week with the release of five detail-packed broadcast IDs assembled from 25 looping scenes created by 17 independent creatives, artists, and filmmakers. [Watch]
Buckle up. The animation teams at Mathematic and their game-focused division Player II launch the latest edition of “The Crew” franchise for Ubisoft Ivory Tower with a lovingly rendered and fully energized film directed by Jehan Bouazza. [Watch]
New York’s Unsaid Studio elevates the cause of blood donation to a new level of poignancy and elegance with this minimalist, type-driven campaign for the US non-profit Gift of Life thru DDB NY. [Watch]
First-time director Lucas Durkheim, who started at Paris prodco Eddy as a storyboard artist after graduating from Gobelins and CalArts, fuses 2D and 3D animation into a visceral rampage for Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. [Watch]
Director/animator Jonathan Formento and his crew at jformento in London (who crafted this cozy spot for Simba last summer) move from the bedroom to the bathroom with an elegant/ethereal brand film for Australian faucet brand Sussex. [Watch]
Porsche’s all-electric Mission X concept car (claimed to be the fastest road-legal car ever) receives an appropriately spectacular unveiling courtesy of directors Ole Peters, Axel Brötje, and the Sehsucht design and motion team. [Watch]
Fullmetal, a creative collective based in Istanbul, Turkey, assembles a series of seemingly disparate CG scenes into a striking launch film for the Fundbüro spring/summer collection from Russian streetwear brand Dissident. [Watch]
Glasgow director/AD Ross Sneddon just dropped us his newest labor of love, an epic 14-minute sci-fi short film exploring themes of isolation, loneliness, climate change, and the dangers of technology. [Watch]