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Archive for August, 2009

Helen Clemens: Eskimo Joe “Losing Friends Over Love”


Plaza Films’ Helen Clemens directs a curious odyssey for Eskimo Joe’s “Losing Friends Over Love” music video. The project’s gentle ambiance is shot through with streaks of tension, creating a compelling narrative arc within a claustrophobic world.

Animated by Pete Commins (Partizan), the video’s faux stop-motion feel, electro-mechanical props and use of room-based vignettes remind me a little of the classic Super Furry Animals “It’s Not the End of the World” video (created by David and Laurent Nicolas), but “Losing Friends” has a look-and-feel all its own, driven as it is by the innocent exploration of the lead character.

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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

HotSake.tv


HotSake.tv launches a new website, showcasing custom music, sound design and foley work!

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 | Comments Off

Fox Creative Services builds a new main title for Tiempo Final 3.

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Fox Creative Services builds a new main title for Tiempo Final 3.

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Twenty120 NYC Premiere

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One can easily say that motion graphics has become one of the most tantalizing careers for the creative minded. The opportunity to make art utilizing design, illustration, animation and sound as mixed medium is an easy sell for any artistic person. Which is why this little industry of ours has drawn some of the best creatives in the world. The only snag, this art form’s foundation is built entirely around advertising. Although the challenge of designing to sell can be a thrill, in the end, the purity of our ideas become diluted by the needs of the client and a myriad of other factors. This hurdle is one a fine artist normally does not have to overcome.

Almost as a reaction to this, festivals and collaborative projects have emerged that give the creatives in this industry an opportunity to take their artistic energy and focus it on their own personal work.

One such independent film series is Twenty120, which invites 20 filmmakers to create two minute films on a given theme.

Here at Motionographer we see a need to embrace independent film collections like Twenty120 that give all of us a venue to channel our creative desires. As a result we are excited to sponsor the NYC premiere of this years Twenty120 films to be shown on August 27th at the Art Directors Club presented by MassMarket and Click 3x.

Also, in this coming week we will be releasing limited free tickets to those who are in the neighborhood and want to come down to see the event, drink some free beer and mingle with the directors. We will also be doing an interview with Connor Swegle and Rich Rama, the two men in charge of Twenty120. Stay tuned for more details on the 3rd annual premiere of Twenty120.

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 | Comments Off

Visual FX: 100 Years of Inspiration

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Visual FX: 100 Years of Inspiration, a survey of 26 films that changed the world of visual effects.

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Jackie Lay: Tom Waits “Eggs and Sausage”

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For a class assignment at the School of Visual Arts, Jackie Lay created a clever type-driven piece set to Tom Waits’ “Eggs and Sausage”

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 | Comments Off