Motionographer | Digital Filmmaking, Animation, Motion Graphics, Design, Film, Visual Effects and Experimental Moving Image Storytelling » Michelle Higa http://motionographer.com Motionographer shares the best in moving media, from student work to feature films. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:19:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ben Richardson & Daniel Bird: Seedhttp://motionographer.com/2012/02/06/ben-richardson-daniel-bird-seed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://motionographer.com/2012/02/06/ben-richardson-daniel-bird-seed/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:16:33 +0000 Michelle Higa http://motionographer.com/?p=44254 Posted on Motionographer

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If you haven’t watched Seed by Daniel Bird and Ben Richardson yet, I recommend setting aside ten minutes to meditate on a surreal superstructure building competition between an egg and an apple (of sorts).

The two directors have been kicking ass since winning Best Animated Short at Slamdance 2010 with Seed. Daniel Bird spent a year creating short films for Greenpeace International in Amsterdam. He is now working as a commercial director, repped by Savage.

Ben Richardson just won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for his DoP work on Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. Check out the previous Richardson/Zeitlin collaboration Glory At Sea for some non-motion-graphics, but very magical-realism, filmmaking.

More background on the film can be found at Short of the Week’s excellent review.

Thank you to Ben and Daniel for sharing the concept boards below.

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Trailer for Joseph Pierce’s new short The Pub is online. More stills and some photos from the shoot on his Flickr.

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]]> http://motionographer.com/2012/02/05/joseph-pierce-the-pub/feed/ 0 Nathan Love: Cartoon Network ID Bumpershttp://motionographer.com/2012/01/30/nathan-love-cartoon-network-id-bumpers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://motionographer.com/2012/01/30/nathan-love-cartoon-network-id-bumpers/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:18:32 +0000 Michelle Higa http://motionographer.com/?p=44036 Posted on Motionographer

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Some good ole two-becomes-one cel animation bumpers by Nathan Love for Cartoon Network.

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A perfect Monday morning treat. Scott Benson reminds us, Everything Starts Small.

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New reel from Phil Borst, designer/animator of Kyndill.

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ManvsMachine created this lovely rebrand for Channel 4′s More4. The logo morphs through a series of flips, folds and reveals, reflecting the range of content on the channel. It works as both a punchy onscreen element and as a series of “flippers” in real-world art installations.


Credits

Concept, design & direction:
ManvsMachine

Music:
Guy Connelly

Sound design:
Rich Martin

Installation design:
Jason Bruges Studio

Client:
Channel4 / 4Creative

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]]> http://motionographer.com/2012/01/26/manvsmachine-more4-rebrand/feed/ 0 Karolina Sobecka: All the Universe is Full of the Lives of Perfect Creatureshttp://motionographer.com/2012/01/19/karolina-sobecka-all-the-universe-is-full-of-the-lives-of-perfect-creatures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://motionographer.com/2012/01/19/karolina-sobecka-all-the-universe-is-full-of-the-lives-of-perfect-creatures/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:52:53 +0000 Michelle Higa http://motionographer.com/?p=43733 Posted on Motionographer

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Karolina Sobecka uses ofxFaceTracker to help us find our inner spirit animal in All the Universe is Full of the Lives of Perfect Creatures. (Hat tip to The Creators Project.)

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Barcelona-based UnitedFakes creates this cute promo for Kidzone.

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]]> http://motionographer.com/2012/01/19/unitedfakes-kidzone/feed/ 0 Dougal Wilson: Lurpak “Lightest”http://motionographer.com/2012/01/19/dougal-wilson-lurpak-lightest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://motionographer.com/2012/01/19/dougal-wilson-lurpak-lightest/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:58:38 +0000 Michelle Higa http://motionographer.com/?p=43712 Posted on Motionographer

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I’m loving this colorful, catchy reminder to eat your vegetables. Wieden+Kennedy, Blink, and director Dougal Wilson create a visceral rainbow of food and food experiences for Lurpak spreadable butter. Fantastic contributions from editor Joe Guest and art director Andy Kelly. Not to mention the essentialness of the song and sound design. The red cabbage stop-motion is stunning and the thoughtful little touches like the rainbow of products at the end hint at how much care went into the production.


Directed by: Dougal Wilson
Production Company: Blink
Executive Producer: James Bland
Produced by: Ben Link
Production Manager: Ellie Britton
DOP: Stephen Keith-Roach
Art Director: Andy Kelly
Costume Design: Michelle May
Editor: Joe Guest
Editing House: Final Cut
Post Production: Moving Picture Company
Client: Arla -Lurpak
Product: Lurpak
Agency: Wieden+Kennedy
Creative Directors: Dan Norris, Ray Shaughnessy
Agency Producer: Anna Smith
Music: Michael Russoff
Sound: Wave

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Blink’s Lynn Fox and Jung von Matt create this captivating ode to airbags for Mercedes Benz.

Also check out Fox’s Killer Moves, another experiment with time, space, and moving vehicles created for Teen Road Safety.

VFX by Electric Theater


Credits
Brand: Daimler AG
Product / Sub-Brand: Mercedes Benz
TVC Title: “Thanks, Airbag”
Duration: 45″ & 30″
Model(s): B-Class & E-Class
Advertising Agency: Jung von Matt / Alster
Account Managing: Kette Stodtmeister
Creative Director: Michael Ohanian
TV Producer: Thomas Nabbefeld
Creative Director: Jonas Keller, Michael Ohanian, Thimoteus Wagner
Art Director: Tilman Gossner
Copywriter Georg Baur, Torben Otten
Account Managing: Sven Dörrenbächer, Sonja Stockmann, Kete Stodtmeister, Knut Simons
TV Producer: Thomas Nabbefeld
Production Company: Blink Productions London & Tony Petersen Film GmbH
Producer: Nick Glendinning & Carlo Walther
Director: Lynn Fox
DOP: Lasse Frank
Editor: Joe Guest
Post-Production 1: Electric Theatre Collective
Fileld of task: Online & CGI
Artist: Giles Cheetham
Post-Production 2: MPC London
Fileld of task: Grading
Colourist: Paul Harrison

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