Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 New short films from director Eoin Duffy are always a treat and his latest, the emotionally complex Regular Rabbit, finds his mix of minimalist characters and surreal narrative posing the big question, “What is truth?” Eoin Duffy: “Over a period of six months, producer Jamie Hogan and I refined … Read more
Posted on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Leaning away from the stark beauty of the ongoing CG luxury watch wars, the motion team at FutureDeluxe frames the mechanical precision of Hublot’s Unico movement in time-warped and fashion-forward live-action. Ben Black, FutureDeluxe associate creative director: “As always with our Hublot projects it was an exciting challenge to … Read more
Posted on Sunday, April 14, 2024 AIM Studios apply their ample talents for narrative clarity and warmly illustrative visuals to an engaging literary journey for Rakuten Kobo, the Canadian ebook/e-reader brand thru Toronto agency The Garden. Tiago Ribeiro, producer at AIM Creative Studios in Portugal: “We were challenged by the agency to create an ad … Read more
Posted on Friday, April 12, 2024 Elastic CD Duncan Elms, whose design and motion talents we keep tabs on here, sets an optimistic tone for A Brief History Of The Future, the new PBS doc series exploring “how re-thinking tomorrow can bring long-term change”. Duncan Elms: “In a time when a lot of us have … Read more
Posted on Friday, April 12, 2024 Melbourne animation director and illustrator Kate Isobel Scott’s ambitious stop-motion epic has earned a place in pop culture history as the official music video for one of the most-played songs of all time, Pink Floyd’s “Money”. Scott, who also creates ceramics, paintings, and illustrated children’s books, counts Adobe, Amazon … Read more
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2024 In this curious and enigmatic video for “Silk Sheets” by DJ/producer Eben Tenner, German director Michael Fragstein tempers the endless possibilities of AI with a carefully curated mix of stop-motion and collage techniques. Michael Fragstein: “The main task in this project was to find the sweet spot, where you … Read more
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Undeterred by the sudden death of a job in the middle of R&D, the motion crew at Alchemy in London pivoted their efforts into this spec spot for sporting goods brand Salomon, designed to “showcase the team’s conceptual, edit, and technical skills in one place.” Andrew Milner, EP at … Read more
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2024 From the release: Production company Dress Code is thrilled to welcome animation director Limbert Fabian to its roster for commercial representation across the United States and Canada. Hailing from New York City with roots in the Dominican Republic, Limbert brings a wealth of experience as an illustrator and Emmy … Read more
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2024 The team at London studio Art&Graft just dropped us the trailer for their latest in-house short film In Pursuit of Magic, an intriguing mix of 2D and 3D characters and techniques underscored with a sense mystery by Zelig Sound. The four-minute film, which the studio says is their most … Read more
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2024 Launched in 2016 by animator/CDs Martin Dasnoy and Dalmiro Buigues, Buenos Aires studio Buda.tv celebrates eight years with an anthem film stating the creative importance of anatomical intelligence in the age of artificial intelligence. Ignacio Godoy, EP at Buda: “We wanted to celebrate our journey as a studio with … Read more