Hasta La Motion!

Design and VFX team Elastic/A52 rock out for Honda Accord in this highly colorful CG jazz spot, as they show off how much hidden space the new Accord Crosstour really offers.

Appealing to a younger, musically-minded target market, its aesthetic and general concept hits a home run. Design-wise, the palette is alive with energy and pop and the beautifully animated characters have a unique look that works an interesting transitional device.

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Dublin-based directing team, D.A.D.D.Y., has once again laid there quirky hand on an unlikely brand. In association with Mother, London and Blink Ink, they’ve created four fake, animated PSAs for the “British Biscuit Advisory Board” (Rocky Biscuits) to promote safe biscuit-eating practices.

Both the characters and copy are rendered with a classic, dry British wit. Here’s all four of the films: Temp Storage, Quality Control, Opening Education & Meal Health.

Client: Rocky
Agency: Mother, London
Production Company: Blinkink, London
Director: D.A.D.D.Y
Producer: James Bretton
Editor: D.A.D.D.Y
Audio Post-Production: Factory Studios

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This massive 8-minute offering from four Supinfocom Arles students may be the most ambitious student piece I have ever seen—and it’s my favorite to date.

Amazing attention to detail, exquisite lighting, and epic matte paintings are just the beginning of this oil rigging adventure gone wrong.  The suspense follows 2 futuristic oil riggers, one barring a remarkably close resemblance to Romain Jouandeau himself, as they square off against what they are looking for in the first place. Unfortunately for their sake, it finds them.

Created in 10 months by Romain Jouandeau, Adrien Chartie, Gilles Mazières and Fabien Thareau, this project has some truly beautiful moments.  It also boasts a very high level of skill in the technical department, with an awesome combined use of Realflow and the 3D Max plug-in, Dreamscape.

For a behind the scenes look at the making of Oceansize and other delectable goodies, be sure to look here at the official site.  For even more excellent sketches, concept art and matte painting work, have a look at Romain’s personal site.

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The Three Legged Legs have been busy the past few months as they drop two spots for Wrigley’s: Evolution and Universe. Although the evolution concept is nothing new (see Saturn and Guinness) the Legs brought the humor and unique aesthetic flavor that we’ve come to know and love. Their attention to detail, from miniature environments to CG characters, is worth a second watch.

However, the thing that all of us at Motionographer HQ can’t get enough of is Three Legged Leg’s amazing behind-the-scenes pages. Like most of their projects, they share every step of their creative and technical process. So, if you’ve got some time to kill or are a student looking to demystify some inspiring work — get lost in it.

Credits

CLIENT – Wrigleys

“Evolution”
DIRECTOR – Three Legged Legs
PRODUCTION COMPANY – Green Dot Films
MANAGING DIRECTOR – Rick Fishbein
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Darren Foldes, Rich Pring
PRODUCER – Steven Steiner
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – Tim Angulo

AGENCY – DDB Chicago
CHIEF CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Susan Pranica
ART DIRECTOR – Nikki Baker
COPYWRITER -Travis Parr
CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Dick Tracy
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Marion Lange
PRODUCER – Melissa Barany

POST PRODUCTION – Three Legged Legs
CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Greg Gunn, Casey Hunt, Reza Rasoli
POST PRODUCER – Mary Ann Cabrera
DESIGN – Tuna Bora, Monica Grue, Matt Nava, Thomas Yamaoka
CG ARTISTS – Grace Lee, Dan Qureshi
COMPOSITING – Thoma Horne, Tyler Nathan, Yanko Sanchez
CHARACTER ANIMATORS – Jameson Baltes, Regev Gamliel, Matt Nava, Robin Steele
LIGHTING/FUR – Bill Dorais
FAITHFUL INTERNS – Anne Her, Max Song
MINIATURE FABRICATION – Merritt Productions
EDITORIAL – Three Legged Legs

“Universe”
DIRECTOR – Three Legged Legs
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – Rebecca Baehler, Nathan Nebeker
PRODUCTION COMPANY – Green Dot Films
MANAGING DIRECTOR – Rick Fishbein
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – Darren Foldes, Rich Pring
PRODUCER – Steven Steiner

AGENCY – DDB Chicago
CHIEF CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Dick Tracy
ART DIRECTOR – Alex Zamiar
PRODUCER – Marion Lange
COPYWRITER – Jonathan Richman

POST PRODUCTION – Three Legged Legs
CREATIVE DIRECTOR – Greg Gunn, Casey Hunt, Reza Rasoli
POST PRODUCER – Rebecca Blankenship, Mary Ann Cabrera
ANIMATION – Marco Campobasso, Chin Fu, Matt Nava, Tyler Nathan
DESIGN – Tuna Bora, George Fuentes, Mark Kulakoff
CG ARTISTS – Grace Lee
PHOTOGRAPHY – Teri Fisher, Christine Peters
FAITHFUL INTERNS – Anne Her, Max Song
EDITORIAL – Three Legged Legs

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