Movie

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Designer: Yetong Xin and Muwen Li Work: Animation Classification: Movie

Nomad

Nomad is a science fiction animated short film about the future of the Amazon rainforest. The film shows a moving city that can carry Amazonian tribes to new habitable areas when a location can no longer support human life. The machines in Nomad keep a mechanical structure but are built mainly from natural materials instead of metal. This nature inspired approach avoids the coldness of traditional machinery and gives the city a sense of vitality. Sketches and storyboards were made first, followed by modeling, animation, rendering and compositing. Motion capture was used for the characters.

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Designer: Jin Jeon Work: 3D Animation Classification: Movie

Alignment to Air

As for the creative letter animation, Jin started with the alphabet "A". And, when it comes to the concept step, he tried to see more vigorous moods reflecting on his philosophy which is quite active but organizing at the same time. Along the way, he came up with the conflicting words thoroughly standing for his idea in some way such as align to air which is the title of this project. With that in mind, the animation presents more precise and delicate moments on the first word. On the other hand, this ends up with a rather flexible and loose vibe to manifest the last letter.

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Designer: Hannah Sun and Jesseter Wang Work: Animated Short Classification: Movie

Once Upon a Rabbit

Once Upon a Rabbit is an animated design project inspired by cultural details of the Lantern Festival and childhood visual memory. The work establishes a soft, expressive visual language through a hybrid of dimensional form and hand drawn sensibility, creating imagery that feels both structured and playful. Recurring motifs such as the rabbit and Tangyuan, rice balls, are used as visual anchors, while motion, rhythm, and composition emphasize atmosphere and continuity, resulting in a cohesive design experience rooted in warmth, familiarity, and cultural resonance.

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Designer: Olivier Felix Isselin Work: Television Series Classification: Movie

Iconic Designs

Iconic Designs is a short format television series dedicated to the analysis of form. Each episode focuses on a single emblematic object, examining its origin, structure, and impact on everyday life. Through a controlled cinematic approach and minimalist staging, the series reveals design as a discipline of precision. By articulating historical context with formal reading, it transforms perception into understanding, making design accessible without simplification. Each sequence isolates essential lines, proportions, and functions, offering a clear reading of the object.

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Designer: Mateus Morgan Work: 3D Product Animation Classification: Movie

Freeway Loud

Freeway Loud is a three-dimensional product animation created for a footwear brand. The animation presents a shoe inside industrial environments, where machines appear to bring the product to life. The shoe was modeled with hard surface techniques in 3ds Max, using photographs as reference. Textures were built from leather images and digital brushes, and the scenes were rendered with Vray at 1920 by 1080 pixels. The animation was made for online use, and the aim is to attract attention through images alone, without explanatory text.

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Designer: Lanhua Ma Work: Feature Film Classification: Movie

Hello Spring

Hello Spring is a feature film about a young student and her journey with creative writing. The film runs for 87 minutes and was shot on location in Nanjing, China. Hello Spring combines live action with hand-drawn animation to create an experimental visual language. The story unfolds in three chapters, and each chapter uses a different visual approach. The color palette shifts from desaturated to vibrant as the student finds her own voice. Adapted from a graphic novel, the film uses comedy to look at education in East Asia and invites viewers of all ages to reflect on learning.

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Designer: Fong Lok Kee Rocky Work: Animation Classification: Movie

Eggshell Montage

Eggshell Montage is an animated video that brings together a series of looping motion artworks. Each scene is built around ambience and a sense of flowing movement, similar to running water in a river. The looping motion is smooth and continuous, and it creates a calm atmosphere for the viewer. Most shots are very wide, and the objects are small and distant, so the audience can feel placed inside the scene. The artworks were illustrated in Photoshop on a tablet and animated in After Effects. Projection on a wall increases the impact of the viewing experience.

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Designer: Bruno Cintra Work: Beer Classification: Movie

Moose Piss

Moose Piss is a promotional animation created as the main part of a beer launch campaign. The animation is 40 seconds long, runs at 12 frames per second and is produced in 4K resolution. Manual drawing was combined with illustration and digital painting, and graphic software was used for composition and sound editing. An irreverent and humorous style was selected to match the character of the beer brand. Natural elements were restyled to build a surreal world. The animation is intended for online video and social media platforms.

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Designer: Chenxin Yang Work: Animation Classification: Movie

Sea of Ink

Sea of Ink is an animated short film about an artist who struggles with a creative block and travels under the sea. The film shows how the artist breaks through barriers during the creative process. A visual aesthetic of three-dimensional hand-drawn watercolor ink gives the story a distinct look. The work combines 2D animation, 3D animation, live-action footage, hand-drawn illustrations and motion graphics. The live-action scenes were filmed with a DSLR camera. Sea of Ink runs for two minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

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Designer: Mateus Morgan Work: 3D Product Animation Classification: Movie

Nunn Bush

The project was made to show all the features of the product in a fun way by being informative but without being annoying. The purpose was to show the construction of the shoe. The inspiration came through the research about elements that could represent the product, like nature with all the colors and moods. The shoe was modeled using photographs as a reference and hard surface 3D modeling techniques. For modeling, designers used the software C4D. All the textures were made using leather texture and some photoshop brushes. Vray was used for rendering and Houdini for Simulations.

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Designer: 27 Design Work: Ceremony Promo Video Classification: Movie

The 31st Golden Melody Awards Trailer

The Golden Melody Awards trailer begins with a melting trophy, symbolizing the constant evolution and transformation of the prestigious music event. With each passing generation, the awards break away from tradition and reinvent themselves, exploring endless possibilities. Much like water, the awards flow into different parts of the world, bringing new life and energy to the cycle of rebirth. Its impact is intangible yet profound, spreading like a ripple and leaving a lasting impression on all those it touches.

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Designer: Mengchao Wu Work: Explanatory Motion Graphics Classification: Movie

Future of Banking

Ms. Wu created this video for Julius Baer to explain the working method of their new digital product for their potential investor. From concepting, storyboard, style frames design to animation, she figured out how to visualize the difference between heavy workflow, digitalization and new era. She added visual metaphors to increase uniqueness. Creative thinking and techniques were utilized to create a video with a clear story narrative and visual attractions. This video showed the beautiful future the new digital product will bring.

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