Stop Handgun Violence (SHV) launched a public awareness campaign this week to drive home the dangers of 3D printed firearms. In a newly released video, still 3D images of students holding backpacks and books as they enter their high school turn haunting as teenagers are shown trying to barricade a door and climb through windows to escape an active shooter. Following horrifying scenes of a mass shooting at a nondescript high school that could be anywhere, the video concludes with a rallying cry for people to contact their congresspeople to drive forward national legislative action.
Ad agency Arnold–with the help of production and design studio LOBO and directors Mateus de Paula Santos and Aron Matschulat Aguiar–created the poignant video alongside SHV, the non-profit organization that has been the lead advocate in Massachusetts, the state with the lowest gun death rate and the most effective gun violence prevention laws in the continental United States. While real progress has been made in the Commonwealth through educating and activating concerned citizens, community groups and legislators, violence in schools remains a real threat. This PSA eerily illustrates the unique and preventable dangers of printing 3D guns.
“The fact that 3D printed guns are becoming more accessible and untraceable is terrifying,” said Arnold chief creative officer Icaro Doria. “This simply can’t become the new normal.”
With high-quality 3D printers becoming more accessible, so are the weapons of mass destruction they are able to create. While, thankfully, no real incidents from 3D guns have yet materialized, SHV aims to be more proactive than reactive. “While 3D printers were billed as tech for good, the sad reality is that they are proving that they can also be a deadly path toward imminent danger,” added Doria. “With 3D printers in homes, offices, and even at some local public libraries, ill-intentioned people have high-tech tools to make deadly weapons at their disposal without detection by law enforcement.”
Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit organization committed to the prevention of gun violence through education, public awareness, effective law enforcement and common-sense gun laws. The organization does not seek to restrict Constitutional rights, but advocates only for common sense legislation that will help save lives.
CreditsClient Stop Handgun Violence Agency Arnold Icaro Doria, chief creative officer; Max Geraldo, Fred Saldanha, James Bray, executive creative directors; Guilherme Rácz, Lucas Casão, creative directors; Rafael Beretta, associate creative director; Dan Hlvika, Jason Gan, art directors; Clark Chamberlin, copywriter; Zamile Vilakazi, director of integrated production; Pat Carney, producer; Ma’Ayan Castel sr. UX designer; Rebecca Chaplick, director of digital production; Steve Hallman, principal software engineer. Production Lobo Mateus de Paula Santos, Aron Matschulat Aguiar, directors; Luis Ribeiro, exec producer; Clara Morelli, head of production; Rosangela Gomes, coordinator; Marcos Samia, CG director, lighting & render, previs; Ale Barbosa, lighting & render; Marcel Fukuwara, Milton Dias, 3D modeling; Bruno Ferrari, lead compositing; Jose Ambrosio, Carlos Campos, compositing. Audio Studio Tesis
FOUR PAWS Teams With Catsnake, Animation Studio Bewilder To “Be Their Voice”
Global animal welfare organization FOUR PAWS has launched the “Be Their Voice” campaign. Partnering with specialist creative agency Catsnake and South African production and animation company Bewilder, the campaign sheds light on a cruel practice called live lamb cutting. The film aims to raise awareness and inspire international action, urging fashion brands and policymakers to ban this inhumane practice by 2030.
The stop-motion “Be Their Voice” film follows a PhD student, Jesse, as he tries to perfect his sheep translation software with the help of a young sheep called Sunny. The initially heartwarming story takes an unsettling turn as Sunny discovers what is soon to happen to her on the farm.
Catsnake felt that the best way to capture the true horror of live lamb cutting was to focus on storytelling that would engage the audience emotionally. Catsnake creative director Rowena Wyles said, “A lot of animal rights campaigns rely on sharing shocking visuals of cruelty, but we know that tends to stop a wider audience from engaging with the issue. Instead, we wanted to draw people in with humor and heart before delivering the shocking truth of the practice.”
Working collaboratively with Bewilder, the film was brought to life with a mixed-media approach; recreating the look and feel of stop-motion with the flexibility of 3D animation. The sets, props and lighting were all made in Bewilder’s in-house studio, and the 3D characters were placed in afterwards.
Ruan Vermeulen, creative director at Bewilder, explained the process: “We built a ‘realistic’ miniature farm setting with stylized and lovable CGI characters. Combining a vast range of skill sets, with a multitalented creative team, our goal was to create an animation... Read More