Anonymous Content: Benmayor Helms ~ Schick Hydro

Anonymous Content director Daniel Benmayor recently directed these two :30 spots for Schick Hydro.

Leythum ~ Absolute Comfort: Lennox

TEG has inked Leythum to their roster, after completing a series of spots at the helm – for Lennox, Inc. Leythum is headed up by Abdelkareem Abonamous, who started by writing code for animation software, evolving to become a director of his own. His talent is obvious, have a look at his Absolute […]

A Day in Paris

A Day in Paris; Don’t know much about this project other than it was beautifully shot on a canon 7D with CG in Maya, but it does make me long for OFFF.

Crash Karma – Fight

Yurie Rocha and Joel Tellier bring soviet propaganda to life in Fight.

Nike Sister One

Colaboration of AKQA with I Love Dust for the new Sister One range from Nike.
Nice japanese style look 🙂

Seagulls Fly for Adobe CS5 Production Premium

Start off the week right with UFO cow abduction, samurai swords, and wild car chases, courtesy of Brazil-based Seagulls Fly and Adobe CS5 Production Premium. It’s a fun ride that takes you from flip books to nostalgic home-grown filmmaking to big budget space ships.

FlavioMac and Seagulls Fly were kind enough to answer some questions about the spot. Check out the interview and some behind-the-scenes videos and production stills after the jump.

Q&A with Seagulls Fly

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Yowser Yowser Yowser

Like his namelike metal fetishist, Tetsuo wakes up to discover that his body and his world are undergoing creepy and irreversible transformations in the music video for Yowser Yowser Yowser, directed by Alex de Campi.

Polynoid: New work and reel

Polynoid updated with a new site, several new projects including their latest short Mem, and a reel for 2010. Polynoid was recently added to the impressive list of directors at Blacklist.

Not To Scale/Ubik: LateRooms.com “Bubbles”

London-based production company Not To Scale and director Ubik mustered their talents for agency BMB and discount hotel booking service LateRooms.com in “Bubbles.” The :30 advert presents the world’s vacation destinations as microcosmic scenes contained in bubbles that drift lazily through a sun-drenched kitchen.

The soft lighting, stylized modeling and texturing of the CG elements and cheery soundtrack all combine for a subtly nostalgic effect, channeling just the right mixture of whimsy and wonder.

We caught up with Not To Scale for a little behind-the-scenes info and backstory on the project. Check it out here.

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Grand: Hail The Villain

Theres a new Interactive force in Toronto — Grand, who recently launched this site for local band Hail the Villain. Have a look at their making-of and press release.