The Light and BIEN Form Creative and Strategic Alliance
January 7, 2025
ArtClass director Paul Trillo combines AI, live-action footage, and digital motion design tools into a striking new GoFundMe campaign designed to thank donors and let them know their contributions change lives for the better. [Watch]
Using both in-camera and digital visual effects, the crew at London’s Optical Arts craft an ominous launch film for the rugged new Apple Watch Ultra. [Watch]
The Giant Ant crew joins Nike to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a taste of animated fun and fantasy in this wide-eyed story featuring Chinese sprinting star Su Bingtian. [Watch]
Director Diego Coutinho at Hi-Lo animation/motion design studio in LA experiments with dried blood as a way to add drama and an element of unpredictability to these crime documentary opening titles. [Watch]
Inspired by lunar cycles and their effect on tides, veteran motion designer/illustrator Bran Dougherty-Johnson conjures a minimalist and meditative short film from his studio on Shelter Island, NY. [Watch]
Director Danny Robashkin at Make in Minneapolis: “Procedural Light is an in-depth exploration of the sculptural quality of light, in the materials that generate, capture or reflect light and the unique gestures they create.” [Watch]
As the CG smartphone wars continue to produce a flood of clone-like videos, the team at UoU Studio in Shanghai sets out to nudge the genre’s potential with director’s cuts of two recent spots for the Xiaomi M3 and Vivo X Fold+. [Watch]
Director/animator Sava Zivkovic, whose talents for sci-fi storytelling we’ve followed for a while, walks Stash fans thru the creation of his launch trailer for the political strategy game Solium Infernum. [Watch]
Director/designer Jeremy Mansford channels his lifelong obsession with Street Fighter into an impressionist fan film powered by a VO from artist/musician Vo Williams paying tribute to Capcom’s flagship franchise. [Watch]
London-based director/3D artist Vladislav Solovjov and Steelworks Studio, whose lovely CG experiment we featured here, reteam for this dramatic product film highlighting the details of a special edition Halo gaming chair. [Watch]
3D artist Sebastian Marek in Warsaw, Poland: “The Adobe Substance 3D team approached me with a very open brief: take objects from the Substance 3D Assets library and essentially just play with them.” [Watch]
Director/founder Tony Zagoraios and his crew at Yeti Pictures in Athens, Greece say goodbye to 2022 and welcome the new year in badass style with a new Harley-riding mascot. [Watch]
From the team at Radugadesign in Moscow: “In a new joint project with Russian media agency Intention, we turn to op art, an abstract art trend of the 20th century, rethinking it in a new, digital format. [Watch]
To be heard above the constant yammer of consumer marketing, brands need production partners armed with breakthrough creative, polished execution, and the insight to ensure the results resonate emotionally. [Watch]
