Nexus created concert visuals for Camila Cabello, originally designed for her appearance on Saturday Night Live. The set was an LED cube with one wall removed, placing Camila inside a forced-perspective digital room that twisted and warped with camera movement. The challenge? We had little time, barely any measurements, and a complex stage setup that had to hold up in real space. Aligning 3D animation to physical LED panels requires precise visual math. We pulled all-nighters, rendered on the fly, and even slept on the studio floor between export passes.

When Camila arrived on set, she decided to scrap the LED cube and keep the classic SNL stage visible for her performance. But that’s showbiz. While that particular moment didn’t make it to air, the work found a second life. She used the visuals in later performances where the surreal, high-contrast illusion took center stage and delivered exactly the energy we built it for.

Sometimes concert visuals don’t make curtain. But when they do, they turn a stage into something unforgettable.

For multiple years, Nexus has teamed up with MadMan on Premio Lo Nuestro, Univision’s annual music awards show that celebrates the biggest names in Latin music. These performances demand visuals that go beyond decoration. They need to enhance the music, support the stage design, and bring energy to both the audience in the arena and the viewers at home. Our job was to make each act feel immersive, unified, and cinematic through custom motion content tailored to the show’s ever-changing lineup. One of the highlights was the collaborative visual environment for El Alfa and Prince Royce. Their performance featured a physical set of arches and palm trees, and our visuals were designed to blend into that architecture. We extended the arches in the LED content and added depth with animated lighting, shadows, and stylized tropical textures. This allowed the real and digital worlds to merge, helping the stage feel expansive without physically building more. These kinds of visuals are more than just motion graphics. They're digital scenery, custom-tailored for the camera and the choreography. Our approach is spatial and intentional. We consider how the visuals will be seen from various angles, how they’ll interact with lighting and camera movement, and how they’ll feel when played live. Concert visuals help bring structure and identity to a stage. Whether it’s framing the talent with digital architecture, building atmosphere with ambient motion, or driving the moment with bold animated accents, these elements give each act its own world. When done well, they don’t steal attention... they create focus. For Premio Lo Nuestro, we were proud to support multiple performances with custom content, each one carefully crafted to match the mood, the music, and the artist’s vision. It's this mix of design, timing, and collaboration that brings a live production to life.

For this collaboration with The Hiller Companies, Nexus was tasked with illustrating the invisible systems that save lives. Hiller is a leader in fire protection engineering and safety systems, serving everything from offshore rigs to aircraft carriers. Our goal was to help bring their work to life through cinematic visual effects and storytelling.

To do this, we created a series of technically driven CG shots that visualize how a fire safety response system activates in an emergency. The spot opens with a fire alarm being pulled. From there, we follow a signal through the walls via animated wire simulations, down the hall, through water pipes, and out to a CG ship battling a large oil rig fire.

Using pyro simulations, particle dynamics, and fluid simulations, we created:

• A stylized “wire travel” shot to show the signal’s path.

• A fully CG firefighting vessel with high-speed water cannons activated in sync with the alarm.

• A particle-driven journey through pressurized pipes to visualize water rushing through a building’s internal suppression system.

• Detailed smoke and fire simulations for the oil rig disaster.

Every shot required a mix of realism, physics accuracy, and cinematic style. We used a combination of Cinema4D and Octane Render to bring the visuals to life while staying true to the integrity of Hiller’s brand and mission.

This project is a great example of how motion design and visual effects can communicate technical systems in a way that’s both dramatic and easy to understand. For companies like Hiller, that balance of clarity and emotional storytelling is key.

We’re proud to have helped visualize the life-saving systems Hiller installs every day.

Nexus created an exciting projection mapping project for Premier Illuminations at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA. As part of the park’s Summer Nights event, the show transforms the village facade into an animated pinball machine, lighting up every night after dark in 15-minute intervals. This wasn’t our first collaboration with Premier Illuminations. We also created holiday and Halloween versions of the same show, bringing year-round magic to this central courtyard in the Germany section of the park. What is Projection Mapping? Projection mapping is the art of turning real-world objects like buildings or stages into dynamic video displays. Instead of using a flat screen, you’re using architecture as your canvas. This requires careful spatial planning, 3D modeling, and alignment of multiple projectors to match every corner, window, and ledge. When done right, it creates the illusion that the building is moving, transforming, or reacting to music and story beats. Behind the Scenes: Collaboration and Craft Premier’s owner, David Hare, handled event coordination, installation, and provided the gear for the show. Nexus brought in Convergence Production Group, led by Jared Bueng, to manage all technical aspects of the projection setup. Jared and his team calculated throw distances, lensing, and mapped out twelve double-stacked 30k lumen projectors. They also built a custom server to power the system and merge all content into a seamless visual experience. To match the building exactly, Nexus captured photogrammetry scans using drones, and reconstructed a precise 3D model of the space. We then used that model along with Jared’s measurements to previs the entire show in advance. This allowed us to align animation and lighting effects perfectly with the physical structure before even setting foot on site. Our team handled animation, compositing, and projection mapping content. The show is a stylized, energetic mix of lighting effects, animated graphics, and playful pinball nods designed to work with the building’s architecture.

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For Super Bowl LIV in 2019, Nexus contributed to the immersive experience inside the world's largest projection dome, constructed by Lumen & Forge in downtown Miami. This massive structure, measuring 225 by 175 feet, hosted over 60,000 attendees during a multi-day event featuring performances from renowned artists like Future, Cardi B, and Gucci Mane.

Our role involved producing custom 4K, 60p, dome content tailored to the dome's unique geometry. This project exemplifies our expertise in delivering high-quality, immersive content for large-scale events, showcasing our ability to adapt to unconventional formats and collaborate effectively with partners to bring ambitious visions to life.

For this high-end internal presentation, we created a polished 3D animation using KFC’s iconic bucket for their brand strategy. Each segment of the lid revealed a different pillar of their global approach, helping the team visualize abstract concepts in a clear and engaging way.

The animation combines clean design, sharp timing, and a premium look that aligns with corporate messaging at the executive level. Everything was modeled, textured, and animated from scratch, providing KFC with a unique asset for communicating strategy across teams.

Madden '24 MUT Pack Animations

This piece combined elegant motion design with clean 3D animation to highlight RealPage’s values of innovation, data, and delivery. Using their signature orange spheres as a brand motif, we built out a fully CG world where movement and messaging align.

Each animated moment was timed to reinforce key brand statements like "INSIGHTS," "EXPERIENCES," and "DELIVER," with kinetic text and minimal visual distractions. The floating spheres mimic the RealPage logo and served as a visual through-line, offering cohesion and polish while keeping the piece engaging from start to finish.

The project was built to be flexible for various screen formats. Whether it's looping on a trade show display or used internally for onboarding and presentations, this kinetic video delivers high-end motion with a refined corporate aesthetic.

Nexus has partnered with Mount Paran Church for several years, crafting immersive visuals for their annual Christmas production. Each year, we create custom content tailored to their uniquely configured LED and projection stage setup. With multiple screens wrapping the space in both horizontal and vertical planes, the design demands more than standard visuals. It requires spatial awareness, technical precision, and an understanding of how to create compelling visuals that translate beautifully in a live setting. Thanks to our deep experience in the live events industry, we understand the inner workings of large-scale productions. We design for projection lines, LED pixel pitch, and stage sightlines. That background lets us engineer content that works with unusual display arrangements, complex resolutions, and layered scenic environments. These examples from past Christmas concerts show our ability to adapt animation styles across stage pieces. From cozy, snow-drenched village scenes that match the music’s tone, to fun and stylized sequences built for kid-friendly performances, every visual was created with a specific moment in the show in mind. Whether we’re delivering subtle scenic backdrops or larger-than-life animated characters dancing across multiple screens, Nexus brings a performance-driven mindset to every show. Our goal is always the same... to amplify the moment without ever distracting from it.

Happy Caps Wellness offers a line of natural supplements focused on mental health and overall well-being. To support their brand launch, we created a series of calming, photorealistic 3D animations that capture the earthy, grounded aesthetic behind their products.

Each item in the lineup was custom-modeled, textured, and rendered using Octane. We used a modular approach to the scenes, which allowed us to showcase all three products efficiently within the same environment. This approach also allowed for us to easily create properly formatted versions for social media reels and stories. Warm lighting, soft movement, and carefully selected audio were added to reflect the peaceful and intentional tone of the brand.

This type of visualization gives Happy Caps a polished way to communicate their identity through packaging, environment, and mood. The final result is a marketing asset that feels as thoughtful as the products themselves.

Nexus has worked with Joel Zimmerman, also known as Deadmau5, on multiple occasions, but his New Year's event in Los Angeles was something different. For this show, Joel wanted a "Time Bomb" to detonate exactly at midnight, while Rick and Morty scrambled to disarm it in front of the audience. We had already been creating animations and perspective-driven graphics for his cube setup to simulate layered depth using forced perspective. This project used the same visual technique. Instead of relying on traditional character animation, which would have taken more time and budget, Joel connected with Justin Roiland, the original voice of both Rick and Morty. Together, they quickly developed a script and recorded voice-over that we used as the base for production. From there, we jumped into VR to bring the performance to life. Joel reached out to the team at VR Chat, who offered access to a virtual greenscreen studio and official Rick and Morty avatars. With the voice-over track loaded in, we all entered VR together to act out the scene live. The avatars responded to the audio in real time, with accurate mouth movement that matched the dialogue. Matt Milstead captured the session using screen recording and composited the footage into a 3D environment in After Effects. Once the animation was ready, we tested the visuals on Joel’s mini cube at his studio to ensure the angle and timing were spot on. After a final sync, Joel integrated the animation into his live show, and the bomb went off right at midnight.

This concept brings the thrill of the Cliffhanger coaster to life by imagining what it would look like if screams could be bottled. We began with green and blue screen footage of guests reacting on the ride, then composited their faces into custom-built 3D potion bottles to represent “captured screams.” Every bottle was modeled, textured, and lit in Octane to create a stylized lab environment with a mysterious and almost steampunk vibe. The opening coaster footage came from a separate production company. We carefully matched the tone and motion to bridge their live-action content into our full 3D world. As the camera pulls into the cabinet, each animated bottle pulses and glows with eerie green light while the trapped faces shift and react from within the glass. The result is a surreal mix of practical performance and digital world-building.