Division director Francois Rousselet and the CG animation team at Electric Theatre Collective obviously had a blast pushing the zoetrope to new levels of complexity in this ode to excess for Pharrell Williams and friends. [Watch]
Morphine, the motion studio based in Montevideo, Uruguay, which was part of the wonderful “Mate?” collaboration project, just released this luminescent explainer/brand film for Israeli autonomous technology company Seamless Vision. [Watch]
Designer/director Douglas Bowden (aka Pandayoghurt) in London: “The task was to create a short reveal film for the new Audi E-tron. We wanted to explore what happens in the moment when an object is revealed and how the process of revealing an object can inform the entire aesthetic. [Watch]
Magic: The Gathering card set releases are seismic events in the world of fantasy role-playing games, and this new trailer from CD Tosh Kodama and the Imaginary Forces crew marks the occasion with appropriate drama and gravitas. [Watch]
Nexus directors Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes return to Center Court at Wimbledon, following up their “Take On History” spot with an animated epic starring Emma Raducanu, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams. [Watch]
Director/animators Mariusz Becker and Philip Lück at WOUQ in Germany: “Tylko approached us to help them out with their new social media campaign, focusing on their custom and perfect fitting furniture made just for your personal space.” [Watch]
Best known for his VFX-emboldened commercials and music videos, star director Ian Pons Jewell corrals a team of 2D animators in a passion project for New Zealand non-profit 4 Day Week Global thru UK agency MOX. [Watch]
In their latest investigation of commonplace objects and processes, creative director Igor Sordokhonov and the Media.Work team deconstruct the elements and aesthetics of personal beauty products. [Watch]
Enigmatic, minimal, and sweeping in scale, “OXO” is the latest music video by Estonian studio Tolm for musician/composer Janek Murd and shares a certain austere playfulness with their previous collaboration ‘AVA’ from late 2021. [Watch]
Director Tom Teller and his animation and post crew at Frame 48 in LA, conjure a dystopian uprising of freerunning civilians for English rockers Muse and their track “Will of the People” off the upcoming album of the same name. [Watch]
The improbable rise of Ernie Ball, a music business empire built on guitar strings, comes to life with brisk pacing and the witty collage talents of LA-based CD/director Ariel Costa (aka BlinkMyBrain). [Watch]
All the chaos and cacophony of the mid 70’s UK punk scene come roaring back in this promo for the new FX docu-series Pistol lovingly smashed together by the crew at Block & Tackle in NY. [Watch]
In a riveting collaboration with Canadian choreographer Akira Uchida, director/animator Tom Furse (aka keyboardist for The Horrors), merges dance and machine learning for UK-based producer/DJ/vocalist HAAi. [Watch]
The blissful benefits of bald balls come to dreamy life in this comic spot for Veet Men’s Intimate Hair Removal Kit from Paris-based directors Camille + JB backed by the talents of their own VFX and post house Ravages. [Watch]