Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Plains Of Yonder directors Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore gather the forces of London prodco Nexus Studios and Barcelona motion house Makmac for a project they call “one giant science experiment.” [Watch]
The rebrand of Montreal digital agency Locomotive® buzzes to life in this multi-media manifesto film from local branding/motion house Baillat Studio, with custom font by typographer Mathieu Desjardins and bespoke music and sound design by DJ/producer The Holy. [Watch]
Seattle animator/illustrator Zack Lydon joins forces with the team at local micro press Zine Hug for a quick blast of Risograph-printed, heart-shaped attitude powered by a track from British producer/composer Danny L Harle. [Watch]
FLATMIND, a full-service prodco with studios in Italy and China, just danced onto the Stash radar with this massive LED installation for The Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai called “A World of Beauty”. [Watch]
Australian director/animator/cartoonist and musician Felix Colgrave just unleashed his latest test of your cranial integrity, a whimsical and musical exploration of “ocean plastic, avatars, and adaptive bottom feeders”. [Watch]
Radical Media director Tarsem Singh and Framestore’s NY VFX crew added a hint of Monty Python to Super Bowl LVII with the debut spot for US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike (seen here in the extended 60-second version). [Watch]
Maciej Kuciara and Emily Yang (aka pplpleasr), cofounders and artists at web3 content studio Shibuya take the lead in directing this riveting visual amalgam of anime and AI for the Linkin Park track “Lost”. [Watch]
Nexus Studios director Fx Goby and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett are back at it with a new music video that merges the animated quartet with pyrotechnics and prosthetics into a creepy/comic slice of fun. [Watch]
Smuggler director Aoife McArdle and London VFX/post house Black Kite Studios help a confused Adam Driver figure out “The Singularity” in this extended 90-second version of Squarespace’s 2023 Super Bowl spot. [Watch]
EA’s new monster-hunting role-playing game Wild Hearts launches with this spectacular full-throttle CG trailer, a massive effort from Mill+ director Morten Vinther and the animation and creature crews at The Mill studios in Shanghai, Bangalore, London, and LA. [Watch]
The Buenos Aires duo of director/animator Bruno Persico and graphic designer/writer Clara Fernández look back at the unexpected consequences of the pandemic shutdown on our closest relationships in their short film Aire. [Watch]
London VFX/animation studio Factory Fifteen stages a series of high-octane action tableaux in this single-shot, full-CG sequence showcasing the music and sound design cues available in Spitfire Audio’s Albion Colossus library. [Watch]
Ordinary Folk animator and motion designer Manuel Neto takes over the director’s chair for this concise and charming story of one intrepid character’s heroic response to the threat of rain. [Watch]
With the goal of making filing your taxes “look and feel as comfortable as AF”, CD Alexandre Torres and the Tendril design/animation crew float a series of plush visuals for the finance app Cash App. [Watch]
