A few test renders and a sneak preview of a new motion piece coming very shortly from FutureDeluxe. Shhh....

It's been up for over 6 days now and in that time managed to notch up over 8,000 hits on two combined Vimeo pages. The new HypeforType Neuforma ident. Stay tuned for part two, in the meantime let's see if we can hit 10k!

It’s been a mad first few weeks here at FutureDeluxe, however a few projects are coming to an end and slowly seeing the light of day. First up is an ident for new Type Foundry Hype for Type. The first in a series, here’s a sneak peak at some screenshots for Neuforma. Full edit to follow very shortly.

This years Flash on the Beach has drawn in a variety of creative speakers from around the world, however on day one there was only one person I was heading straight to see - Rob Chiu.

Rob has been working under his alias Ronin for over 9 years now and in that time shown us some amazing motion graphic pieces, stunning photography and more recently some of the most powerful short films and film titles around.

At FOTB he revealed secrets of his new film project Fear/Love. A story of Identity, love and self destruction amongst young people in Inner City London. Portrayed by an amazing, young and gritty cast, the film is written and directed by Rob himself. Shot on beautiful Red One cameras with The Mill providing grading and post duties. This is most definitely one to look out for when its released, and will very likely see Rob get the cinematic recognition he certainly deserves.

Beautiful new audio reactive piece from Argentinian motion graphics designer Esteban Dianco. Watch the full animation here.

Man vs Machine have created some of my favorite motion graphic pieces over the last few years. And this new collection for the SyFy channel are no exception. View them all here.

‘What would the internet look like if it was represented as a 3-Dimensional object?’ was the question Google asked several creative agencies. Imaginary Forces interpretation of this is a short film depicting a museum like piece suspended in mid air. Watch the ‘Interactive Reaction’ after the jump.
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More from colleagues at AKQA. This time its for Nike Sportswear new Livestrong range - Lunar Everday. Shot on a 1000fps Phantom camera, with amazing results. See for yourself.

If only we knew......One thing is for sure, this new short promo for MTV is the work of the one and only....Johnny Hardstaff.

See the video here.

Weiden & Kennedy’s new spot for Honda. Over 300 cars are used to create a giant LED screen.
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Spike Jonze, Spike Jonze, Spike Jonze.........two posts in as many days, someone has been busy. This time around he takes up Direction duties for the new Unkle video - Heaven. What at first seems just like another super high frame rate skate film, suddenly gets the Jonze twist.
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Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are has been rumored about for some time now. It seems there may have been problems with the original test screenings, and how they were seen to be too dark & scary for kids, and therefore requiring scripts to be re-written. Warner Brothers have since released these images and an official release date of October this year.

Update - Apple has released the trailer today, here.

Nice new spot from Puma. Constructed from a clever studio set up of layered projections, and synced dance movements revealing several virtual Puma outfits. Created by New York’s Droga5.(More...)

New trailer for Amsterdam based digital creative festival FITC 2009. Created by local outfit Addikt. Bikes, cows, lamps and whores.....! See the full animation here.

Created by young director Xavier Chassaing, this is no ordinary motion graphics spot. Constructed with over 35,000 digital photographs and combined with a mix of 3d mapped projections, this is one huge labour of love.(More...)

From the director of The Nightmare Before Christmas - Henry Selick, and animation studio Laika. The stop motion animated feature film of the childrens classic book Coraline.
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Digital filmmaker Scott Pagano has teamed up with San Fransisco based Trifonic to produce this short graphic film Parks on Fire. Watch it in full HD on Apple’s gallery.

Fallon follow up on there hugely popular Phil Collins soundtracked Gorilla ad for Cadbury’s Dairy Milk with this great new spot.
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Check this new video featuring the artwork of Shepard Fairy for new band N.A.S.A (featuring David Byrne and Chuck D).(More...)

T-Mobile’s new ‘Life’s for Sharing’ viral. (More...)

This video has recently appeared on YouTube, showing Michael Jordan in what seems to be either an Ad for a forthcoming shoe, or a trailer for a new movie. Either way it looks good.(More...)

The Mill had another amazing year in 2008, their recently released showreel shows yet again what a world leading visual effects company they are.(More...)

Directed by Matt Pyke of Universal Everything fame. An operatic film for Nokia commissioned by Wieden & Kennedy & Hi-Res - ‘Beautiful Connections’.

3d animation by Maxim Zhestkov, sound design as always by Matt’s brother Simon at Freefarm featuring opera singer Jenny Kosmowsky.

See the film here.

The new director’s cut promo film for E4’s thirds series of Skin’s. Shot by Neil Gorrindge of Moxie Pictures.

It’s a shame the actual series never quite live up to the cinematography of the promo’s themselves.

Very slow on this one I know...however....One of the most beautifully shot films I have seen in a while.

After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, he encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

www.intothewild.com

If like me your slack, go get the DVD.