A word of warning: if you’re not fantastically keen on imagery of a pornographic nature then don’t watch this video. Or if you’re in a workplace with other people that aren’t necessarily as broadminded as yourself, then you should take the NSFW label seriously… But for everyone else – well, go ahead and enjoy Megaforce’s [...]
Eighteen months after his remarkable video for The Satellite Year’s implausibly titled Jelly, Jelly, How To Survive Such A Trip?, director and VFX whizz Thorsten Hary has been at it again for the German popster’s latest single, A Campus, A Heart, A Star. He’s created another video that resembles a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster, with suitably [...]
Jon Park and Grant White – aka White Rabbit – explore the joy of youthful mischief with Chad Valley and his guest, Twin Shadow. Here, a bunch of bashful teenagers break into a bowling alley late at night to have all the fun you can have with the rules in place. This includes treading on [...]
Up to now, Kristofer Ström has restricted his highly imaginative, darkly humourous, supremely violent music videos for hardcore dubstep tracks to drawn animation – like 16-bit’s Dinosaurs and Delta Heavy’s Call Me. No longer! Kristofer has now stepped up to CGI for his latest wubwub video extravaganza, for upcoming dubstep producer Xilent’s Boss Wave. In [...]
Karni and Saul return to music videos with this delightful animation for The Staves’ Winter Trees, which demonstrates how far they have come from their stop-frame animating roots. It’s a forest scene in which imaginative hybrid animals – rabbit squid and llama owls – face a deadly flood, was created in the visual style of [...]
Steven Fox aka Secret Friend found the Pew36, the South Coast-based animation studio, via Radar to make a video for his resonant tale of long-term porn addiction – with a humourously naughty end-product, thanks to Pew36 lead animator Adam Comiskey’s enthusiasm for the subject. Adam took the comic approach and kept the obscenity down – [...]
Roy Raz offers up a curious and compelling slice of erotic futurism in his promo for Monarchy’s Disintegration – with an enigmatic, subtly pulsating performance from one Dita Von Teese, who also features on vocals. Visually it’s gorgeous – with some cool art direction from Samuel David and Ben Shalom. The video oscillates between Von [...]
A series of windows invite the viewer into the private lives of city dwellers in the atmospheric video for Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family’s The Park, co-directed by filmmaker Arnaud Delord and photographer Vincent Farrané. Arnaud and Vincent shot the characters, and built a realistic CGI city around them, at Fortiche in Paris. “We [...]
Combining live action with animation and CG effects, directors Lucy Dawkins and Tom Readdy mould this hugely watchable promo for Cardiff band The School. Showcasing their illustration, animation and compositing skills, Lucy and Tom dust off a portable record player and pay homage to the classic and obscure records that have influenced their sound. The [...]
The mysteries of the universe, in glorious black and white, for French band Blind Digital Citizen’s War, by CG animation whizz Chris Dias. Chris also worked on the artwork for the band’s first EP, and was given complete freedom to make the video. The result is a different take on the wonders of outer space, [...]
