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Buck: HGTV Home “Global Spice”
Says Buck: In the second of our Sherwin Williams HGTV spots in partnership with McKinney, our inspiration goes global. Spices, slippers, masks and maps from… Read more
Mikey Please: Marilyn Myller Trailer
The trailer for Marilyn Myller from director Mikey Please looks as bewitching and magical as his work to date. Time-lapse making of here.
Aaron Stewart: VH1 Classic “Jingle Bells”
Ex-Hornet friends Mixtape Club and director Aaron Stewart teamed up to create this twisted take on “Jingle Bells” for Vh1 Classic.
Special Guest/Aaron Duffy: McDonald’s “Wake Up”
Special Guest’s Aaron Duffy directs this lively bean-centric spot for McDonald’s and Leo Burnett
Looking Thru the B-Sides
Looking Thru the B-Sides is a stop-action trip down the rabbit hole that is Golden Lucky’s collective brain. Just watching this short film feels like… Read more
Hayley Morris for Joker’s Daughter
Lovely hand-made visuals in this music video for Joker’s Daughter from Curious Pictures’ Hayley Morris
Santa Maria: Ronald McDonald House
Hornet Inc.’s Santa Maria built a mixed media playground for the Ronald McDonald House and agency Leo Burnett in this 2’38” spot. 2D, 3D, stop-action,… Read more
Valerie Pirson : Coca-Cola “Two Guys”
Partizan’s Valerie Pirson (commercial reel) put her analogue sensibilities to good use in this chuckle-worthy spot for Coca-Cola and agency Weiden+Kennedy Portland. Using a grab-bag… Read morePazit Harnoy-Cohen: “Thoughts”
For Pazit Harnoy-Cohen’s final project at the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel, she created “Thoughts,” a stream-of-consciousness daydream worked out in mixed media. Reminiscent… Read more
Head Gear Animation: Milk Dots
What better to accompany our previous post about cookies than a post about milk? Way back in 2007, we posted a Quickie for Head Gear… Read more
Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection
Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection (Thanks, Juan Breton!)
Apt Studio: 4th Estate “This Is Where We Live”
Incredible set design in this stop-action promo for 4th Estate books from Apt Studio
Coraline: Secret Keys
Long-time reader and black belt tipster Seth Gantman dropped a juicy note in our inboxes a while ago, but for some strange reason, I never… Read more
Coraline Trailer #2
Coraline, directed by Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas) and based on the book by Neil Gaiman, looks like it’s going to be fantasticPES’s yule log screensaver… for free!
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Saiman Chow, Sean Dougherty and Chad Colby are Golden Lucky
Saiman Chow, Sean Dougherty and Chad Colby are Golden Lucky (Thanks, Bran!)
Bent Image Lab: Must Drink More Milk
We’ve posted a couple of these quirky pro-milk spots from Bent Image Lab for the British Columbia Dairy Foundation as Quickies, but with some new… Read more
The Wilderness for Passion Pit
The Wilderness takes you for a spin in Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” music video
Hornet’s Peter Sluszka for SimCity Creator
Hornet’s Peter Sluszka created a wonderous mixed media ride through a child’s imagination in this spot for SimCity Creator. The playful interaction between live action… Read more
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,… Read more
Tom & Mark: “Muffin Man”
Tom and Mark (Nexus Productions) have outdone themselves with “Muffin Man,” a new spot for the recently rebranded Royal Bank of Canada. Although the spot… Read more