Inspired by 90's video games and bridging the gap from the origins of cinema to present day, here's another great ride with Bluna.
 

Here we have Bluna firing on all cylinders to produce CG motion-graphics for VH1.
 

Bluna created 3 amazing idents for MTV in Argentina, with a kaleidoscopic neon gloss to it all. Made in 3D with a plethora of cute Japanese-inspired characters, the idents are themed on Fun, Friendship and Dreams. They each take us from a dull regular cartoon world in to the souped-up, high-octane world of MTV.

Director: Bluna

Commission: [...]

Matthias Hoegg's elegant, subtle and poetic short 'August' drops us in a caravan park where ants busy themselves beneath boozed-up sun-worshippers and reddened hedonists. The two worlds reflect one another as all the while the summertime passes slowly. Hoegg's stylistic use of 2D and 3D design, his strong, structured framing, and sumptuous colouring, add up [...]

These British Animation Award, and Annecy Crystal winning spots for Russian kids channel Bibigon, were directed by Steve Smith. A team of six 3D animators worked hard to realise each spot in just 2 weeks. Commissioned by Red Bee Media you can watch a further set of 2D animated clips here.

Eel

Elephant

Mosquito

Pencil

Snowflake

Sunrays

Here is an immensely exciting sneak preview of the new short in development at Beakus. It's being designed and directed by Steve Smith and takes our 3D visualisation on to another plane. The stylistic, dark and yet humorous film follows the breakdown of a family in the far-reaches of the windswept Norfolk countryside. With ambition [...]

Steve Smith created two emotional spots for Greek channel ET1's rebranding, via Red Bee Media. Based on "Humour" and "Astonishment" the two clips needed quite seperate thinking, despite both being realised in 3D. Mixed through both clips are high-resolution ultra-slow-motion live-action shots of exploding glitter, water jets and bouncing marbles!

Director: Steve Smith

Producer: Richard Barnett for [...]

Working with Red Bee Media, Steve created a series of lyrical emotive idents for Ren TV. Emotions included Astonishment, Fear and Excitement. Created in 3D they extrapolate on the idea that colour and line can express any emotion.

Director: Steve Smith

Producer: Richard Barnett for Trunk

Commission: Red Bee Media

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Beakus director Steve Smith was commissioned to make a 1-minute short for MTV's 'Load' mobile platform. 'Leap of Faith' follows the perils of being a box-headed robot in a post-apocalyptic cityscape.. Made entirely in 3D it features music accompaniement by Julian Wilson, and was actually used by BAFTA as an example of how to make [...]

The insanely popular Mitchell & Webb approached animators (via the BBC of course) to visualise some of their radio sketches. Beakus director Steve Smith designed and animated 'Pit Ponies' about a couple of old nags down a mine who realise life isn't all it's cracked up to be…

Director: Steve Smith

Producer: Richard Barnett for Trunk

Commission: BBC [...]

To promote and bookend a documentary about Toyota's F1 team on the Discovery Channel, Steve directed a small team of 3D animators to create 4×50-sec spots. Uniquely rendered in outline, the CG car was stripped down from the actual engineer's model.
Conceptually, commissioner Andy Fowler from Brothers & Sisters wanted each spot to follow a specific [...]

Leo Bridle put together a typographic musing on the practicalities of being a Nudist, following the excellent advice on wikHow.com. Just remember – close all curtains!

Director: Leo Bridle

Text from WikiHow.com

All 5 episodes of Steve Smith's irreverent comedy 'Stuffed' are online at the BBC Comedy portal! To make your browsing easier we've collected them here – but be warned, they are downright rude and quite vulgar..!
Featuring the voice behind Aleksander the Meerkat, 'Stuffed' is an animated series following chipper young deviant Brat and his victim [...]

Drops morph into various aquatic lifeforms on their way through the watercycle in this elegaic hand-drawn animation by Matthias Hoegg. The film was awarded 1st Place for Screen-based Design at the Norwegian Association for Visual Communication, 'Grafill', in 2006.

These British Animation Award, and Annecy Crystal winning spots for Russian kids channel Bibigon, were directed by Steve Smith. Crafted by an eighteen-strong team of gifted 2D animators, with two weeks per clip, the process was fun and furious. Each clip illustrates a bizarre fact, making science and education fun for children. Commissioned by Red [...]

Leigh Hodgkinson's zany, energetic, and foul rendering of Kayvan Novak's 'Fonejacker' sketch 'Talented Mouse' is hilarious. Created using a myriad of photographs and some clever compositing it was the standout skit from Series 1, gaining Leigh an Annecy Crystal (and Kayvan a BAFTA!)

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Channel 4, Hat Trick

Catnip

Pest Control

Cheese

Oasis

'Brat & Bear' is a 3-part mini-series created by Steve Smith for Channel 4. It stars a vindictive, experimental spike-headed kid and his set-upon yet optimistic toy bear. The action takes place each night in the shed at the bottom of the garden, where Bear lives. Inanimate yet cursed with strong cognitive emotions, Bear is [...]

Joe and Mary live in a fish & chip shop on the south coast. When Mary falls unexpectedly pregnant on a stormy night, Joe thinks their may be something fishy going on with Him upstairs… This is Steve Smith's funny and intelligent 3-minute hand-drawn film commissioned for Channel 4 through it's AIR scheme. It was [...]

The title sequence for 'Bringing Up Baby', a documentary showing how rearing a child has changed over the decades.

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Talkback Thames, Channel 4

Beakus director Steve Smith took on the challenge to create the visuals for Issue 7 of 'specialten' magazine, including all the menus, the cover, and this introductory animation. Taking a graphic approach, each menu boiled with flickering light and scattered imagery from the collection of films on offer. Highly regarded by Marcus and Fabio at [...]

Title sequence to 'Twiggy's Frock Exchange', a series in which wardrobe makeovers take centre stage, fronted by the fashionista model. The cut and paste attitude of the show was complemented by the punch-out kit graphics.

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Silver River

An unusual project flew over from Melbourne – animate an interactive web-book illustrating the story of Save The Children. Beakus director Steve Smith and Trunk worked together to quickly animate the scenes, transitions and interactive elements needed, which were pre-designed in Australia. Take a look at the interactive movie HERE>.

Director: Steve Smith, Trunk

Producer: Richard Barnett [...]

Leo Bridle entered Dorito's competition to make the most beguiling ad for their new campaign. Typically thinking outside the box, or jar, Leo and fellow directors Ben Thomas and Joe Dennis cooked up this sensual – even a touch erotic – hot tub scenario. Shot on a tight budget in live-action and blue-screen stop-motion, the [...]

New director Leo Bridle created this masterpiece of stop-frame animation with fellow graduate Ben Thomas. Made almost entirely from paper and using a steady-handed cut-out technique, the film traces the journey of a solitary man seeking his partner through his thoughts. Selected for the British Animation Awards 2010, the London Film Festival, Stuttgart and Anima [...]

'Je Suis Jalouse' is the title of Leo Bridle's music video for French artiste Emily Loizeau. Shooting on blue-screen and then fabricating an entire world from photographs and collaged materials, Leo deftly tells the story of our green-eyed chanteuse and her circus-man.

Director: Leo Bridle

Commission: Narcisse Films

Two spots for 7Eleven in Australia, commissioned by Clemenger and animated using traditional puppet stop-motion.

Director: Steve Smith

Producer: Richard Barnett for Trunk

Commission: Leo Burnett, Melbourne

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Leigh Hodgkinson's dark, atmospheric and texturous puppet animation 'Stalk' was created for the Pulse Scheme. Deftly weaving model animation of the director's favourite and well-loved childhood bunny (who gratiously had her stuffing replaced by armature for the shoot…) with composited photographs and delicate lighting and smoke effects, the film plays out like a modern urban [...]

As a reward for their diligence and outstanding Million-plus hits on You Tube, Leo Bridle and Leo Powell were invited to make a second viral for online media mag 'First Post'. On a similar theme to 'Web 2.0' they take us headlong in to the heart of a PC to see what makes it tick. [...]

Nominated for a D&AD Award, and with over a million hits on You Tube, Web 2.0 is a viral for online media magazine 'First Post'. It was created by Leo Bridle and Leo Powell and takes us in to an interesting world where your lowly grey-box PC delivers everything you need to digest the day's [...]

A charming music video for Domino Records' two-piece electronica band 'Psapp'. Shot in and around the director's garden and featuring a bouncing mix of pixillated objects, puppetry and clever compositing a story unfolds between a grown-up girl and her cutlery…

Director Steve Smith was asked to put together a title sequence for a documentary about the 40-year anniversary get-together of the seminal Beatles' Sgt.Pepper album. Bands such as Kaiser Chiefs and Magic Numbers recorded all the track afresh, which is echoed in these titles, put together with After Effects.

Director: Steve Smith

Producer: Richard Barnett for Trunk

Commission: [...]

Leigh Hodgkinson's series of Greene King sponsorship idents to bumper Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV. Can you guess the name of each pub?

Director: Leigh Hodgkinson

Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky

Commission: Greene King

Old Cock

Blue Anchor

Blue Pig

A short 15" spot for Whiskas, via TBWA in Netherlands. Following the success of Trunk's campaign for Whiskas, TBWA wanted to re-visit the cloth-puppet fishes from an earlier spot "Taffy". Trouble is, there was no fish anymore… So, 3D artist Darragh Mason had to re-create the fabric fish in 3D CGI, and duly animate it [...]