Trollbäck + Company: Nike Golf ~ Black friday

Creative studio Trollbäck + Company recently teamed up with Nike to create a movie trailer inspired video for the brand?s new SQ Machspeed Black driver launching on Black Friday, November 26, 2010. “To build suspense and anticipation, we focused on powerful, ominous imagery and didn?t reveal the driver until the end,” says Christina Rüegg, Trollbäck […]

Welcome to The Mill’s blog; a short film

Welcome to The Mill’s blog; “An intro film welcoming users to visual effects studio The Mill’s new blog. Features a selection of The Mill’s latest work including gaming, motion graphics, Doctor Who, Merlin and commercials.”

Something Lurking

Something Lurking: from Psyop, an indoor rendition of Jaws.

Egyptrixx – Start from the Beginning

Dark, hypnotic animated short by Berlin artist A. N. Fischer, Egyptrixx – Start from the Beginning … “The video examines the relationship between the simulated image and its physical manifestation. The landscape appearing in the video references one of Fischer´s relief sculptures.” Love the track.

GOLEM Teaser

Here’s a sneek peek at the animated short GOLEM, based on the short story GOLEM XIV by Stanislaw Lem … music by Cliff Martinez (Solaris, Traffic), sound design by Gavin Little.

Alex Roman: Silestone “Above Everything Else”

When we first shared Alex Roman’s The Third&Seventh over a year ago, everyone was stunned by the photorealism of his CG worlds. With his latest commercial work, a spot for Grupo Cosentino’s Silestone brand countertops, Roman once again shows his passion for cinematography, lighting and texture.

Although this spot is 100% CG, the beauty of the shots distract the viewer from this amazing fact. Each composition is elegantly balanced: light counterweights dark, chaos challenges order. The sparse soundtrack creates a sense of lightness and wonder, and we are invited into a world that seems so real, so tangible, that we fully accept the glass-like shattering of grapes and peppers.

It almost doesn’t matter that the spot is purely digital. Sure, it’s an eyebrow-raising footnote, but Roman is simply using the tools he knows best to tell his story. He just happens to be pushing the envelope of commercial CG production while he’s doing it.

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Resin: MAC ‘Body Paint’

Resin is an Australian based boutique visual effects, animation & live action studio. Their most recent project for the Motor Accident Commission: MAC ‘Body Paint’, looks at educating motorcycle riders on the importance of wearing the right safety gear. There is a perception out there that if you have you’re helmet on you’ll be […]

Statless – Ariel, music video

Really impressed with this; Official music video for Stateless‘ new single “Ariel” to be released on Ninja Tune Nov 22; A digital dance exploring the eternal struggle of good and evil. Animated in Houdini by FIELD.
Have a look at the making of at vimeo.com/?16619572. More info at field.io/?project/?stateless-ariel
via: Cpluv

Daihei Shibata: The Light of Life

The Light of Life is an experimental short driected by Daihei Shibata, a Japanese visual artist currently working at WOW.

Chemical Brothers – Salmon Dance

Questo video ha già qualche anno, ma è sempre un piacere riguardarselo.
E’ stato realizzato dal duo di registi Dom&Nic e da Framestore CFC per il pezzo Salmon Dance dei Chemical Brothers.