Longer-form marketing films unhampered by the limits of broadcast TV allow for deeper narratives which in turn often inspire forceful and innovative visuals. Here are eight brand films from 2019 we believe live up to that promise. [Watch]
Riff Raff director Finn Keenan, the VFX crew at MPC Shanghai, and actor Liu Xue Tao keep the comedy coming for the full duration of this frenzied two and a half minute epic for Nike thru the Shanghai office of Wieden+Kennedy. [Watch]
Pairing a silly (hair-raising?) concept with an earnest ballad makes for plenty of feel-good smiles in this spot for Virgin Australia called “Up, Up and Toupee” with MPC creating/grooming the unconventional lead character. [Watch]
This rousing holiday spot finds MPC in the VFX supporting role (cranking out 100 shots in four weeks) as directing collective Traktor pair the emotional gold of a father/daughter relationship with 80’s gold from Simple Minds. [Watch]
Working with Oscar-nominees Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Night at the Museum) and Will Gluck (Peter Rabbit), the MPC crew populates an all-night party at DICK’S Sporting Goods with 46 CG characters including the star Nike Air Max 270. [Watch]
Hamlet directors The Sacred Egg (aka Alex Mavor and Ed Kaye) team with the Shanghai crews of MPC and Wieden+Kennedy to create brain-enhanced students and their dreamlike training monastery for HP’s Omen gaming computers. [Watch]
