Cozy up to what's new at C&C

Hello Friends, Family and Fans, 

It's Fall!  Let's put on a sweater, pick some apples, grab a pumpkin latte, and cozy up to what's new at Claire & Company.  2016 is going down as the year of transformation... with new clients and pivoting to keep it fresh and relevant.  Enjoy the work and when in Manhattan Beach, stop by for a pressed juice 😉

Cheers, Claire

New Client | Derby Content

Meet Derby

We are celebrating the addition of Derby Content.  Derby is a full service production company helmed by industry veteran/EP, Mary Crosse.  The evolving roster includes award-winning directors Lucas Borras, Nickolas Duarte, John Poliquin, and the directing-shooting-editing duo The Bozzwicks.  Proud to have Derby in the house!  

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NEW Work

Picasso Pictures Honored at AOC Awards

The venerable and talented Picasso Pictures has been honored x2 at the first-ever Art Of Creativity Awards!  Judges from esteemed institutions, LACMA, MOCA London, The Hammer Museum, and Saatchi Gallery London, gave two nods to Picasso. First for Spectacular Animation for Smart Energy GB “Out of Control” by directing duo Gold Cactus.  First of a trio of spots which include “Freezer” and “Hairdryer”.  

 A second nod for Best Music Video for James ”Dear John" by Peter Vacz.  All winners will be on exhibit at MOCA London starting this week.

More…Picasso added the multitalented Hungarian collective, Umbrella.

Flavor Meets the Challenge 

A team of Flavor artists lead by CD, Jason Cook, met the challenge to create an entirely CG desert playground and vehicle for the new 2017 Ford F150 Raptor replete with deconstructing truck and the visceral experience of tasting dust and dirt in your face.

Opus Orange "Let You Down"

Fresh from their NYC tour, Emoto Music artist, Opus Orange, released their music video for “Let You Down”.  Paul Bessenbacher, composer/ owner Emoto, spoke on a panel for TuneCore at Mondo.NYC festival hosted by NYU.  Also, Emoto Music lent it’s talents to frequent collaborators, The Muir Project, for their latest release NOATAK: Return to the Arctic.

Olympic Year for Tax Free Films

Tax Free Films celebrates their enduring relationship with Omega Timepieces while Michael Phelps celebrates a double triumph after winning his 20th and 21st Olympic gold medals with a poster signing featuring Phelps' CG mechanical double from Tax Free's epic Omega Co-Axial World spot.

Once again, Milestone asked Tax Free to produce a spot entirely in CG for the Ride2 Game Trailer.  As always, the wizards at Tax Free delivered!

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Spring Brings New Additions to the Roster

April showers bring May flowers, and at C&C, spring has welcomed us with fresh ideas and visual stimulation, by the way of new clients Flavor, Traction, and StarBeast. Please say hello to excellent people, inventive work, and true professionals!

Click, view & enjoy, Claire

New Client Alert

Meet Traction Avenue Films + StarBeast

Introducing Traction Avenue FIlms + StarBeast Digital ...sister companies brought together by industry vets, Scott Gemmell, Nick Losq, Lloyd D'Souza and Chris Clyne.

Traction, the live action moniker hosts directors fluent across live, digital and integrated production. They offer a fresh take on commercials, branded & online content with a specialty in creative problem solving. Traction Directors

StarBeast is a multi-disciplinary visual media company. The core group of talent provides decades of experience in Feature Film, Television and Commercial Production. StarBeast Digital

Together, they provide a seemless Live Action + VFX solution under-one-roof in the coolest part of the LA's Arts District...Traction Ave, of course!

Meet Flavor

Meet Flavor, a global collective of designers and visual artists delighting in experimentation and thriving on collaboration. Flavor creates interactive, live action, illustration, VFX and design content.

At the helm is Darren Jaffe, Executive Producer, and Jason Cook, Creative Director, both alumni of an impressive list of Los Angeles studios. To round out the team, VFX Supervisor, Blake Huber recently came on board. 

Arrow Electronics identified eight areas where they guide product evolution. Flavor used an array of design styles and animation techniques to produce eight innovative spots that artfully convey Arrow's "Five Years Out" brand messaging and watch how they pulled it off with Arrow: Behind the Scenes.

Sample Flavor's visual storytelling magic for Target's curated gift packages. Joy and wonder perfectly designed and captured! Take a look how they made it work with Wonder Factory: Behind the Scenes.  

New Work

Take a Sip with Picasso Pictures

Picasso Pictures' Jens & Anna directed 4 spots for Tropicana's "Little Glass" campaign. Inspired by their short film, "Don't Swim After Lunch", Jens Blank and Anna Benner exude charm and humor through their fresh and quirky 2D character design and 3D motion composition. Animating in 3D gives their design an additional qulaity and freedom, they also utilize stop-motion to great effect, combining technology and creativity.

Picasso Pictures' Gold Cactus created characters Gaz and Leccy for Smart Energy. The Smart Energy Cinema Takeover experience was Gaz and Leccy's big public outing to a huge success. Picasso continues to work on the integrated campaign in broadcast, online and print.

Watch the Tax Free Wizards at Work

Tax Free Films, the creators of elegant and beautiful CG just finished production for the launch of Italy's The Paramount Channel.

Italians are known for creating beauty and Tax Free Films is no exception as shown in their 2016 Luxury Montage.

Listen to EMOTO Music's Jams

EMOTO Music's featured artist, OPUS ORANGE, licensed their song, "Almost There" for Leo Burnett Chicago's Marshalls spot.

Want to see them live...it's a hat trick, Opus Orange opening EAT SEE HEAR on May 28 at 7pm! 

Can't get to the studio? Emoto is always ready for a cybersession. More EMOTO news.