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Cozy up to what's new at C&C

October 6, 2016

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!

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

May 18, 2016

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.

A Feast for your Eyes

November 18, 2015

Hello Dear Friends -

October found Esther and I in Austin, Dallas and San Francisco for the learned panels and to visit pals at AICP & NEXT. Also traveling with EMOTO Music's featured artist Opus Orange for in-agency concerts. At The Richards Group, we met THE Stan Richards, an advertising icon & professional banjo player, who was smitten with the uber talented EMOTO Partner/Composer, Paul Bessenbacher.

November brought wonderful work from our C&C partners to our door: a feast of sophisticated & fantastical photoreal CG to a dash of whimsical & heartfelt 2D & a meme-worthy music video.

Give Thanks for Family & Friends!

Picasso Pictures - Cosatto
Breakfast of Champions, a director duo at Picasso Pictures, creates stunning design with a 100% CG spot for stylish Cosatto prams. Totally fooled us!

World Famous - Alexis's Wish
Make-a-Wish Alaska & WA asked World Famous to grant a 6 yr. old cancer survivor's wish with her very own cartoon...and so they did, thoughtfully with love.
P.S. Alexis's Wish was picked up by Upworthy!

Picasso Pictures - Spring Chicken
Leave it to Jerry Hibbert, Picasso Pictures' director & former Bill Clinton impersonator, to enliven an explainer piece with a 2D quick-witted chicken (voiced by UK Comedian Harry Enfield).

Smith - Hotline Bling
Smith (an S8 company) completed post duties for Drake's latest music video, directed by the infamous Director X. Naturally, it went viral on the Internet and has garnered just over 62 million views!
Which is your favorite Hotline Bling meme?

Tax Free Films - Tic Tac
Need beautiful storytelling with CG visuals? Check out the multi-talented Tax Free Films artists who continue to blow us away with beauty and innovation.

Dates to remember

December 10 - AICP West Holiday Party

December 18 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens releases

January 21 - Sundance Film Festival 2016 at Park City, UT

February 7 - Super Bowl XIX at Levi's Stadium

March 11 - SXSW at Austin, TX

Take us back to the Lone Star State

October 20, 2015

YWe've been busy bees traveling across the country to visit the kind people at GSD&M, The Richards Group and Moroch just in time for Austin AICP Next.

Hands down, it was a great success in 3 days! We had an opportunity to meet great agency folks (like Victor Camozzi GSD&M & the one and only Stan Richards TRG) and catch up with dear pals Gene Brenek, Scott McAfee and Kelly Wood over dinner.

Now that we are fully recovered from TX, we are gearing up for great things in San Francisco.

If you're in town Tues or Wed for AICP, hit us up!

Beat summer heat with cool work

August 4, 2015

Hello Friends!

The thermometer has been topping out in the West. We are keeping our cool and enjoying award season. July unveiled the new Claire & Company website designed by Esther with an unflappable eye for detail, and August doesn't slow our partners down. Fall is fast approaching: Back to School, Holidays, Super Bowl...give us a call and let's get started!

Enjoy, Claire

Sweet Honey from HouseSpecial
HouseSpecial (formerly LAIKA/house), the masters of animation, and stewards of beloved and newly loved characters. In Honey Nut Cheerios' latest spot, animated Buzz the bee visits the Farmer's Market...love PDX!

Bubble Shooter Monsters from Picasso Pictures
Picasso Pictures' Jens and Anna launched a new, fun game app filled with adorable animation and handcrafted graphics! Now available for Android and iOS.

Smith Roars in Cannes
Smith (aka Call Me Smith Toronto) teamed up with Director X to create original and experiential content for the Opening/Closing Galas and the Cannes Playground attracting an audience of over 12k. Such a success, it was shown at the Palais throughout the week.

Tax Free: CG Foodies
Ham, cheese, sweets and Campari...delicious photo-real design with animation whimsy from Tax Free Films' laboratory of digital aesthetics.

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