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October 2, 2024
Naghmeh Farzaneh’s “Scent of Geranium”
Naghmeh Farzaneh, an Iranian filmmaker and animator based in Chicago, captures the overwhelming emotion and surprising details involved in her immigration to the US in this starkly rendered and deeply personal film. [Watch]
ZOIC STUDIOS PROMOTES JOHN KILSHAW TO CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Zoic Studios has promoted John Kilshaw to Creative Director. Kilshaw joined Zoic’s New York studio in 2016 as VFX Supervisor and has rapidly shifted to lead the creative direction of projects out of the East Coast office, spanning television, feature film and commercial work. Kilshaw has nearly 15 years of experience in visual effects and has established himself as a highly sought-after VFX Supervisor known for his collaborative creative approach. [Watch]
Tulips and Chimneys: Cerebos “Snow”
South African directors Tulips and Chimneys (formerly Shy the Sun) re-team with Cape Town animation/VFX house BlackGinger to meld CG with stop motion miniatures in this spot for Cerebos salt thru FCB Durban. [Watch]
Mainframe’s “BASH” Dynamic Experiments
To celebrate the release of the MASH Dynamics node in Maya 2018, UK 3D masters Mainframe “set out to create a selection of experimental, dynamic scenes using simple primitive shapes as the base objects.” [Watch]
Hulk Hammers Satellite for Renault (Director’s Cut)
The Framestore Film team in London and Integrated Advertising team in Los Angeles extend the studio’s big screen experience with the Hulk into director Jonathan Gurvit’s slammin’ new “Renault KWID” spot. [Watch]
New Chris Hopewell Video for Father John Misty
UK designer/director Chris Hopewell (Radiohead’s “Burn the Witch”) brings his talents for carefully lit and obsessively detailed stop motion to this video for former Fleet Fox, Father John Misty. [Watch]
