Is It Really All Stop-Motion?
Watch “Building” | Watch “Contents” | Watch “Motor” When I first watched these three commercials by Australian director Liz Murphy and TAXI for RAC Insurance,…
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Boca Ceravolo • 16 years ago
Darren Walsh & Passion for National Express Trains
The Legendary Darren Walsh (Passion Pictures) just dropped these two new spots for the National Express entitled Edinburgh and London. These modest, yet entertaining little…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Rebus Farms Gets Off To A Running Start
Rebus Farms has just officially opened their doors. Keep a look out for this mini-powerhouse headed up by Dan Bryant, Ian Prior, and Erin Sarofsky.…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Convert & Jon Klassen: RBC Blue Water Project
This gentle spot for RBC’s Blue Water Project directed by The Ebeling’s Group’s Convert charms me with its earthy palette and restrained animation style. Each…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Barnaby Barford’s Damaged Goods
Fine artist Barnaby Barford teamed up with the good folks at Nexus to direct this classic boy meets girl tale. The interesting thing about it…
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Mate Steinforth • 16 years ago
PSST! Pass it on…for Over the Rhine
Democratic moving image project “PSST! Pass it on” have just created their first music promo for the Cincinnati, Ohio-based band, Over The Rhine. The “PSST!”…
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Simon Robson • 16 years ago
Fugslig & The Mill for Acura
Behold the latest little gems from current DGA Commercial Director of the Year, Nicolai Fugslig, for Acura (via RPA). This collaboration with the Mill NY…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Passion Pictures/Pete Candeland for Rock Band 2
UPDATE: High-res QuickTime here Building on their previous success working with Passion Pictures’ Pete Candeland, Harmonix invited the director to helm the trailer for Rock…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Motion Theory Deconstructs Accord
Mathew Cullen and Jesus de Francisco of Motion Theory recently directed this whimsical spot for Honda. Following their recent stint of beautifully choreographed cinematography, this…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Encoding Video for the Web with QuickTime Pro
One of the things we get asked about all the time is how to properly compress video for the web. Dozens of books and technical…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Encoding Video for the Web with QuickTime Pro
One of the things we get asked about all the time is how to properly compress video for the web. Dozens of books and technical…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Psyop Sprints to the End Zone
NOTE: This project was Originally posted on October 3rd, but was removed at the agency’s request. It has now been officially released. Psyop’s latest work…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Gaelle Denis and MassMarket for DuPont
I read an essay once by Steven Millhauser that explained why miniatures are so engaging. In a nutshell, he says that miniatures enchant us by…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Wade Shotter – Fujiya & Miyagi Knickerbocker
By no means a new piece, but I’ll really loving the simpleness of this music video from Draw Pictures director, Wade Shotter. Takes me back…
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James Wignall • 16 years ago
Boolab Steps Over to the Dark Side
Spanish production company boolab was chosen by Road agency to create a series of five short films for the Black Thinking website, an initiative of…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Richard Fenwick Joins Passion Pictures [Press Release]
Independent film maker and director Richard Fenwick has joined Passion Pictures for commercial representation. Fenwick is well known for the versatility of his work which…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Dougal Wilson Gives Coldplay the Punch & Judy Treatment
Dougal Wilson, who has spent the last few years solidifying himself as one of London’s most interesting directors, recently released this video for Coldplay’s Life…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
DUCK/Jamie Caliri: The United States of Tara
Jamie Caliri can always be counted on to imbue a project with hand-made charm and incredible attention to detail. Ever since seeing the 2006 “Dragon”…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Ro Rao: Nike Women
Curious Pictures’ Ro Rao created an ambitious series of shorts for Nike Women’s “Be Transformed” campaign running in the Asia/Pacific region, masterminded by digital agency…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Adam Berg/Stink Digital for Philips
Created for Tribal DDB, Amsterdam, Stink Digital and Director Adam Berg deliver this interactive campaign for Philips’ new CINEMA 21:9 TV. The cinematic proportions of…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
May/June Events Roundup
Photo by Victoria Peckham There’s a lot going over the next month. I’ll try to round up a few of the relevant events here. Stay…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Psyop: HP / Garnett
Psyop follows up their HP Maestro work with another cinematic, refined look from their LA shop starring Kevin Garnett. Though visually much simpler, this piece…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Soy Tu Aire
This used to be a quickie, but I feel it touches on something that is important for this industry. One of the biggest talking points…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Europride: “Pufff”
Sometimes a great project comes your way, and you know you’ve just got to do it—budgets and deadlines be damned. That’s how London studio The…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago