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Aladino Debert: Beauty in Engineering

Individuals and companies often create spec spots to showcase their talents and capabilities. Though without the support of a paying client (and a media buy) these works often fall flat and rocket straight into obscurity despite their inspiration and effort. Not so with this exceptional spec spot for Audi from director Aladino Debert and Radium.

“I wanted to treat it as photographically as possible,” says Debert, “and to design the lighting and choreography to mimic what we could have done in live action if resources had been available. If the reaction is ‘what a cool CG spot’ I would feel that we failed.”

Then I’ll say it: this is so not just a cool CG spot. And one I’d like to see more of. On air.

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Vote for AdWeek’s Best Non-Super Bowl Commercial of the 2000′s

AdWeek's Best of the 2000's
Today’s impossible task: vote for just one spot in AdWeek’s poll of the Best Commercials of the 2000′s that did not run during a Super Bowl.

Monday, November 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

(Geek Alert!) The Esquire AR Issue

EsquireARWhile many other motion studios try to find their way to the interactive future, Psyop teamed up with the digital aces at The Barbarian Group and went there.

The Esquire Augmented Reality issue hit US newsstands Tuesday with a raft of interactive vignettes that employ augmented reality (AR) to bring classic Psyopian illustrations up from the printed page.

The Barbarian Group conceived of the project and it’s their custom nerd voodoo that powers the Psyop-made content featuring cover boy Robert Downey Jr., actor Jeremy Renner and hottie Gillian Jacobs.

Do you read, view or play with the issue? All of the above. It’s like print, motion and interactive media got a little loose together and – bow chicka wow wow! – birthed this futuristic love child.

The experience requires a download from the Esquire site and a physical copy of the December 2009 issue. Or does it? Some clever Googling may get you to at least some of the AR markers.

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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