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Headbanging and Assorted Chaos in Eindhoven
Toronto video artist Nick DenBoer smears his talent for the silly and surreal all over these titles for the Playgrounds the Art Department festival in The Netherlands, creating both the CG and the...
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From Nothing to Something: A Collective Investigation of Inspiration
Director Andrew Vucko: “Why is the creative act so at the core of being human? And how does something come from nothing? This film is born from a collective investigation into the transformative magic...
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Brawl Stars “Brawlimation” by This Thing of Ours
London digital agency Waste Collective and its new design and animation studio This Thing of Ours created the base animation for this rollicking Brawl Stars spot then invited the Reddit community to...
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ManvsMachine vs ESPN Monday Night Football
From ManvsMachine: “We worked closely with ESPN to create a new brand identity and creative direction for NFL on ESPN. “The project called upon a range of creative capabilities; from redesigning the...
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Mads Broni Directs Apex Legends “Forever Family”
Swedish director Mads Broni, who hit the Stash radar in late 2017 with his atmospheric animated short “7th Aeon”, ramps up the sci-fi thriller action here in new work for Respawn’s Apex Legends thru...
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Casumo Rebrand Case Study by NŌBL
From NŌBL in France: “NŌBL redefined Casumo’s whole image in order to reflect the fundamental values of this welcoming, reassuring and original brand. “These new visual and sonic signatures bring the...
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Required Reading: 2019 Motion Design Survey Results
The School of Motion crew recently interviewed 1,000+ working motion designers from 95 countries to “identify and dissect key trends” in the industry including income differences based on gender,...
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Slack “State of Work” by Giant Ant
Giant Ant: “We worked with our main squeezes at Slack to bring their State of Work report to life with a series of stills, animated loops, and this 90-second summary video. “Here’s what we learned:...
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Juliet Tierney Joins Nexus Studios in LA as EP for Commercials and Branded...
From the release: Nexus Studios are delighted to welcome acclaimed producer Juliet Tierney, who joins a growing team in Los Angeles as Executive Producer for Commercials and Branded Content. Over the...
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ASN Bank “The Shadybug” by Ambassadors
For their latest animated commercial for ASN Bank thru Amsterdam agency Selmore, the Ambassadors crew mix miniature sets and CG characters to make a serious (and timely) point about how the back...
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It’s Raining Games: “Playstation Now” by Mischa Rozema
Nexus director (and PostPanic founder/CD) Mischa Rozema makes it rain for Sony Interactive’s PlayStation Now cloud gaming subscription service in this action blockbuster spot thru adam&eveDDB in...
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Ron Artis II “In My heart” Music Video
Directed by Brazilian animators Pedro Conti and Fernando Peque (alumni of Disney’s Moana and multiple DreamWorks projects), the video for “In My Heart” by American singer-songwriter Ron Artis II is a...
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Strange Beast and Hive Re-up their VOW to End Child Marriage
Strange Beast keeps the positive momentum generated by their first spot for UK charity VOW going strong by placing Parallel Teeth (aka Robert Wallace) into the director’s chair for this second film in...
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Mikros MPC Ask What Makes a Ghost?
The latest Ubisoft work from Mikros MPC for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a feature-level, five-minute live-action thriller (packing 80 VFX shots plus three more in full CG) in collaboration...
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Not Real and David Luepschen Join Jelly
From the release: New York and London animation production company and illustration agency Jelly recently signed craft & comedy Director David Luepschen to their UK roster and the multidisciplinary...
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2,328 Firearms Later Patrick Smith Releases “Gun Shop”
Director/animator Patrick Smith in Montauk, NY: “This film shows 2,328 firearms, out of the 393 million currently in the US. Arranged in a dizzying 24 frames per second progression, from handguns to...
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Pedro Allevato Remembers the “Dark Room”
In Pedro Allevato’s stark and personal new animated short film “Dark Room”, the discovery of a roll of old film triggers a young man’s reflection on past relationships as the ghost of his ex-girlfriend...
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SPARKED Connections Panel Hosted at MPC NY Addresses Diversity and Inclusion
From the release: “If you have to count the number of black faces in your office, then you’ve got a problem because no one’s counting the white people.” So said Wunderman Thompson’s Keni Thacker at a...
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NOMINT Adds 3D Designer/Animator Jonathan Lindgren to Directing Roster
From the release: Jonathan is a sought-after 3D Designer and Animation Director, originally from a small town in Sweden but has been enjoying life in London for three years now. From plain geometrical...
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Birds Records: Saving Birds with Birdsong
Like they did for their Moscow Coat of Arms project, Russian animation studio Petrick united a cast of illustration and animation talent to craft this brand film/music video to launch Yandex.Music’s...
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