Magnum Honours Master of Music Mozart with Epic Remixed Mixed-Media Music Video.
Created by LOLA MullenLowe, produced by Final Frontier and Proppa- and directed by Le Cube and Martin Werner, the music video mixes live-action and cel-animation in a surreal journey unblocking creativity.
Final Frontier and Le Cube Join Forces to Celebrate League of Legends Mobile Version
Animation for Tencent goes inside players’ minds at critical moments
Visualising the emotions of League of Legends players at the ultimate do-or-die moments, Final Frontier and director Le Cube joined forces to celebrate the game’s mobile version with a thrilling animated piece.
Combining 2D cel-animation with in-game footage, the 45-second film is part of the mobile game’s one-year China anniversary campaign, seeking to celebrate each player by spotlighting their proudest moments to the entire gaming community.
Final Frontier and Daniel Semanas directed and designed the 2D section of a cyberpunk music video introducing Club Media’s new virtual idol, MAIE, in collaboration with PUMA.
The 2D segment sees MAIE drop through the Earth’s atmosphere, crash land on earth, and immediately find herself on a psychedelic trip through drenched cyberpunk city streets thronging with sinister robots.
The full music video consists of a 3D and a live-action segment on either side of the 2D section. To direct the 2D, Final Frontier drafted Daniel Semanas, a director, illustrator, and comic book artist known for his futuristic street-styled characters and neon-soaked worlds.
Semanas says,
“My vision was to create an environment in the cyberpunk style, a retro-futuristic, surreal, alive, grandiose world – being careful to avoid the clichés of the genre. MAIE has just been born and been abruptly inserted into this unfamiliar world, so I wanted the look and feel of the environment to reflect her various emotions.”
We have joined our talented family at Le Cube for the creation of a short film promoting Naraka: Bladepoint’s new season ‘Echelon’, and graceful new character, Justina Gu. The film is also the latest to emerge from Final Frontier’s Entertainment division.
Naraka: Bladepoint is a battle royale PC game from 24 Entertainment under technology company NetEase. Taking place against the backdrop of the battle between two ancient gods, the game tells the story of heroes coming to the legendary Morus Isle to compete for the immortal mask.
Animated in Le Cube’s signature dynamic style and fluid transitions, the action is reminiscent of anime, but choreographed with the moves and sequences distinct to Wuxia-style sword-craft. Wuxia is a term to describe all Chinese Ancient martial arts, as well as Taoism and life forces, such as Qi.
Set amid a snow blizzard on Kunlun Mountain, the narrative centres on a ferocious duel between lifelong rival blade masters, Justina Gu and Viper Ning. The pair exchange blows and curses, intercut with flashbacks to scenes from their complex history. As the drama escalates, we meet a mysterious third character, Wuchen, and learn that he too has a stake in this deadly game.
Final Frontier executive producer Chris Colman says,
“The client provided comprehensive background info on the characters and the world, and our job was to craft a story that would hint at the complexity of each character’s story, not be too literal, just drop juicy teasers to entice players to go and dig deeper into the back story.”
Niceshit teamed up with their good friends and killer brewers at Gross to create this crazy, adrenaline-fueled film along with a signature studio craft beer.
Inspired by their independent, punky-rebel essence, the team wrote this rollercoaster ride of a story, a nonstop persecution of this police dog in the endless chase for at least one last drop of this juicy, refreshing hazy IPA.
Final Frontier Europe and McCann Madrid produced an intergalactic launch film for the Movistar & Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. The multi-styled direction is brought to the mix by Le Cube, who took the idea of playing anywhere you want, and however you like, to colorful proportions.
“I’ve always been attracted to projects that mix styles and aesthetics, so it was such a great fit to have a concept that not only allowed for this approach but actually pretty much asked for it”, explains Ralph Karam, Le Cube’s Creative Director.
On the collaboration with agency McCann Madrid, Juan Manuel Freire, Le Cube, and the project’s Executive Producer, says that “we had a great connection and synergy from the start. It’s a much smoother ride when the whole team comes together around a creative idea and does its best to takes it to the next level. We couldn’t be happier with the results”.
The launch film was created for the Spanish market and airs both on television and Movistar’s on-demand platform.
Final Frontier and The Secret Little Agency collaborated to create the launch film for the new Singpass app, a palm-of-your-hand solution developed by the Singaporean government to make the lives of citizens easier.
Co-directed by Jaime Álvarez Sobreviela, widely known for his Mr. Kat universe, in collaboration with Buenos Aires-based studio, Buda.tv, the film sees the diverse cast of characters take advantage of tech solutions provided by the new Singpass digital ID to make the demands of everyday life easier and safer.
On the international aspect of the process, the Buda team highlights that “if a few years ago we had thought of a project for Singapore, directed from Buenos Aires, with production in Shanghai, art and animation from Peru & Spain, and development from Argentina, it would have seemed crazy to us. Today it has become our way of working”.
Jaime Sobreviela adds about the collaboration: “the process with Final Frontier makes the work so much easier, always feeling supported and allowing space to create while keeping every part of the production covered and on schedule. We can work in different regions of the world and yet feel like we live next door!”
Because the project needed to speak directly to Singaporeans on an everyday level, the team had to dive deep into the local culture and people. “I loved discovering about Singapore: the fabulous HDBs, the dragon playground, the colorful shophouses, gardens and so much more!”, explains Jaime.
For Buda, “the biggest challenge in this project, which was fundamental and at the same time the one we enjoyed the most, was to work alongside the agency in Singapore to get this understand of customs, forms, and daily landscape, so that each object on the scene would fit in the daily life of its inhabitants”, the team concludes.
“One On One” is a series of interviews between Nike Japan and renowned athletes, all brought to life by Daniel Semanas’ unique dynamic style.
He’s a Libra, he likes karaoke, and he can do over a thousand push-ups: he’s Captain Nimrod! This space-faring buddy-comedy follows the galaxy-wide adventures of the marvelous megalomaniac Captain Nimrod, his neurotic first officer / BFF Doctor Phishy, & the lunatic clone crew of the Flying Sea Turtle.
Hailey is Hannah’s daughter, and they’re pretty unusual. It’s always been just the two of them, and that’s precisely how they like it. After Hannah accidentally creates a bunch of magical, chaotic creatures called The Harriets, Hailey will have to learn how to mellow out while accepting her family just got a whole lot bigger.
