Director and motion designer Giovanni Bucci took on the cross-disciplinary role of director, editor, cinematographer, and co-composer for a calling-card short, "Addiction," about the sometimes dangerous relationship between people and technology.... »
Montreal-based visual effects studio Modus FX delivered a surreal dream sequence for Immortals, the stereo 3D feature film released in theaters on Nov. 11.... »
The Wilderness is a New York-based facility known for its commercial, music video and film title work. Co-founders Gabe Imlay and Juliet Rios have directed a range of campaigns heavy on animation, motion graphics and live-action. But Imlay is also a composer, which may explain why SoundCloud, a social network where composers and the audibly obsessed can post their works in progress, recently came calling for a short film that delivered an even richer message with its soundtrack.... »
More dimensions means more deliverables — editing and finishing facilities are commonly adding stereo 3D to their versioning checklist. London editorial house Preditors handled post-production on Kylie: Aphrodite — Les Folies Tour 2011 by leaning on the SGO Mistika post-production system to maintain color and stereo-3D decisions across a raft of deliverables that included a two-hour 3D digital cinema version, a 3D Blu-ray, a seven-part version for Sky 3D and a 2D HD version for broadcast on Sky HD.... »
Corporations trying to be hip can come across as tone-deaf when they try to co-opt pop culture to send a branding message. But burrito-monger Chipotle is doing it right, commissioning haunting, sentimental genre-bending music videos to promote its Chipotle Cultivate Foundation, seeking to raise awareness about sustainable agriculture.... »
Canadian band Timber Timbre, who some first heard during an episode of AMC's Breaking Bad last season, is hard to categorize. Carlos de Carvalho directs this new video for the song "Do I Have Power" off the band's latest record, Creep on Creepin' On.... »
The talented folks at Psyop, via the creative direction of Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam, have given their well-known Coca-Cola "Happiness Factory" spots a decidedly Glee- and Mamma Mia-inspired twist.... »
The Melbourne Skydive Centre's skydiving team is back in free-fall form once again in this follow-up video to "Experience Human Flight," which debuted online last April.... »
On the eve of the September 16 reissue of The Lion King in a 3D version, watch this short excerpt from the Blu-ray extras featuring producer Don Hahn and supervising animators Andreas Deja (Scar) and Tony Bancroft (Pumbaa) recalling their work on the landmark Disney film.... »
Bicoastal/London-based Park Pictures has signed directing team Terri Timely for commercial representation in the U.S., U.K. and select European markets. The duo will continue to be represented by Big Productions in Paris and Soft Citizen in Canada.... »
Sometimes it's the little things that sell a spot — like the quick composite that establishes the expansive fantasy setting for this spot. We checked in with lead VFX artist Chris Sonia to see what's new in the compositing suite.... »
Director Spike Jonze puts Hov and Yeezy in a sweet customized ride for this deliberately laid-back music video that eschews bombast in favor of a deliberately (and probably deceptively) relaxed, loose-limbed performance.... »
Director Nicholas Winding Refn, whose Pusher trilogy was one of the grimmest cinematic achievements of the last decade, brings his sensibility to this crime thriller about a stunt driver starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and ... Albert Brooks?... »
