Go Deep Sea Diving With James Morgans new spot for Ottonova

James Morgan is known for capturing the beauty of the world in his films. However this time James has you thinking about the dangers of the world with this harrowing film for German insurance firm Ottonova. In this ad for the German market, we see a scuba diver navigating through caves and finds himself surrounded by sharks. 

Accompanied by a sound design that has you at the edge of your seat this spot is a departure from his past underwater films. 

His spot for Creme De La Mer had him dive into the wonders of the deep blue ocean to promote their partnerships in ocean conservation, and his Netflix Film Jago: A Life Underwater is about an Indonesian Fisherman who runs across the bottom of the sea to hunt fish.

Who knows what part of the world James will capture next, all we know is that an incredible story will accompany it. 

Will Innes Smith Joins The Visionaries!

The fresh prince of filmmaking has joined our talented roster — please welcome Will Innes Smith to The Visionaries!

From photography to live-action, CGI to animation, Smith has created works in a range of creative mediums. Across a series of different subjects, such as youth culture, sports, food, and fashion, Smith lends his eye for detail and stylish visual approach to all that he does, creating a unique style to all his work that is undeniably his own.

A passionate multifaceted lifestyle filmmaker, Smith describes his style as focusing on the aesthetic and emotive. Smith straddles the line well, producing works that are bold yet poised; there’s a certain rawness to his work, preventing it from becoming too controlled but rather real and unique. Through experimental camera angles and compositions, Smith creates works that are bold and bright yet still capture a certain sense of emotion, character, and story that adds a feeling of sentimentality and connection to it. It is personable, innovative, and original — it is Will Innes Smith.

As a creative, Smith combines captivating images with exciting ideas, resulting in films that resonate with a modern audience. He’s written and conceived a number of viral successes, including the well renowned launch film for Sony Playstation, “4 the Players since 1995.” Furthermore, his work has been recognized by the Royal Television Society and he’s made spots for Celebrity Big Brother and Delta Airlines.

On top of directing, Smith is also a partner in the London-based creative production company, gotgotneed, leading and representing a whole new generation of talented and award-winning directors.

Will Innes Smith is a force to be reckoned with, and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for him.

Check out his reel here:

Love, Death & Jon Yeo’s Latest Work

An action-packed, catastrophic, and robot-filled future is coming — and Jon Yeo’s gonna introduce you to it.

Yeo, along with Axis Animation, has created an episode of the futuristic Netflix Original show, Love, Death & Robots. The episode, titled “Helping Hand,” is filled with hyper-realistic animations of space and humanity, thanks to the dynamic and imaginative team over at Axis Studios.

Presented as an animated anthology series, Love, Death & Robots presents a cynical technology-dependent future similar to that of Black Mirror, but with the vivid graphics of your favourite cartoons and the NSFW themes of the R-rated films your parents never let you watch.

The show is produced by Oscar-nominated director David Fincher and Deadpool director Tim Miller, which explains the show’s mature way of handling violence and sex. However, those two also add the signature dark undertone running through each episode, even as they range from nihilistic to optimistic, humorous to dreary. Like an animated, explicit, adult, and more sci-fi version of Black Mirror, the show discusses topics from alien invasions, to post-apocalyptic underground worlds, and even futuristic tech and modifications, such as a yoghurt take-over.

Yeo’s episode veers on the more realistic, and slightly optimistic. Taking place in the depths of space, just above Earth, “Helping Hand” is best-described by Wired as “a zero-G rendition of 127 Hours.” The episode centers around an astronaut named Alex, who becomes stranded in space and must decide whether she’ll make a serious sacrifice before her oxygen runs out.

To describe the episode as visually pleasing and exhilarating would be an understatement. Yeo shifts from full shots, close-ups, and point-of-view shots, allowing viewers to not just undergo Alex’s struggle with her, but also understand the true vastness and isolation of space. Coupled with Axis’ stunning CGI animation of space, “Helping Hand” highlights Yeo’s brilliance at capturing the tension and deep emotions.

Love, Death & Robots joins the list of Yeo’s collaborations with Axis, and the even-longer list of Yeo’s own work with visual effects and animation. Yeo’s background in graphic design is apparent in his work, allowing him to develop a confident visual edge and distinctive signature style. It’s that very specific style that’s resulted in Yeo working with big names such as BBC, ITV, MTV, and Disney. He’s also created commercials for Heinz, Microsoft, The Guardian, and Marvel to name a few.

With Love, Death & Robots, Yeo’s aesthetic is at the forefront. Imaginative, futuristic, and groundbreaking, “Helping Hand” evokes the same awe and wonder that films such as Gravity brought, except in animation.

To put it simply, Yeo shows us that him, and his talent, are out-of-this-world.

Check out the trailer for Love, Death & Robots below, and head over to Netflix to watch “Helping Hand”!

Johnny Han writes, directs and produces Crypt TV's 'Terra'

Creative visionary Johnny Han has added another masterpiece to his impressive and diverse repertoire.

Han, a multi-Emmy award-winning director and creator, has recently created a short horror film commissioned by Crypt TV, a well-renowned entertainment company backed by Jason Blum known for “distributing horror themed digital content.”

Han wrote, produced, and directed the short film “Terra,” about a Mother Nature incarnate that possesses the elements and takes revenge on those who have wronged the earth. Released only a little over a month ago, the video has racked up over a million views in its first week in its Facebook release, and now has over 800,000 views on YouTube.

“Terra” is just the latest addition to Han’s ever-growing list of works. Han first made a splash in the industry through his VFX work, lending his unique touch to blockbusters such as 2012, Star Trek: Into Darkness, and Pacific Rim. He’s also won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on the TV show, Heroes, as well as a Daytime Emmy last year for his work in, Lost in Oz.

In the past few years, however, Han has started to cross over into live-action directing, primarily working on commercials and the occasional music video. A few notable works include spots for Jaguar, McDonald’s, and the Ghost in the Shell game. Recently, Han shot an ad for Philips Shavers X Star Wars limited collection.

Regarding his shift into directing, Han says that while he will always love VFX work, directing has given him “a more expansive creative playing field to truly dream up stories that go beyond pixels on the screen.” To Han, all the higher stakes are “hands down worth it” when considering his “opportunity to affect people.”

Han states that commercials were perfect to dive into live-action directing since it involves the “same production professionalism” as VFX, involving the ability “to objectively understand [the] client’s intentions… [while] at the same time injecting just enough of [his] own personal creative fervour into the process.” Describing this skill as “the most valuable thing [he] learned in 18 years of VFX,” Han appears to be applying it perfectly to his current works.

A quadruple-threat, Han’s just beginning to show us all the tricks he has up his sleeve.