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July 4, 2009 It’s the 4th of July Candy Fireworks Show by Pes! (QT) No Comments This short film directed by Marc Ruhl is a meditation on death, but it put a big smile on my face. (And I’m sure it will do the same for you). Find out why, here. No Comments RGB6 for J&B. No Comments July 2, 2009 Good General is back with another impressive lo-fi piece that requires massive pre-planning. All shot with macbook pro cams of the band’s fanbase around the world. Directed by: Masashi Kawamura + Hal Kirkland + Magico Nakamura + Masayoshi Nakamura No Comments Maxim Zhestkov updates. 1 Comment Call for entries: Animarte International Animation Festival No Comments Ever wondered what goes on in those cute little wooden dwellings? Andy McLeod from London-based Rattling Stick gives us a very adorable insight peek! 4 Comments July 1, 2009 Motion Theory crafts some beautiful moments for W+K Amsterdam and Tanqueray in this deceptively simple spot No Comments Makeswell, Megan McGinley’s new site No Comments Marco Mucig’s trailer for the Bicycle Film Festival No Comments Check out the Cannes Lions 2009 Winners. Philips Carousel takes the Grand Prix. 1 Comment June 30, 2009 Digital Kitchen gets creative with these 2 new MGD Spots. “One and the Same” and “Fresh.” Have a look below at some very interesting behind the scenes shots: Blocking move :: PoolTake :: TapFromOnSet :: CG ICE Breakdown 2 Comments etapes interview with Aaron Koblin: a Data Visualization Artist No Comments More tactile music visualization goodness in this lovely student piece for HP by Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth from the Kingston University in the UK. 2 Comments The Wagglemax Zombocalypse Survival Kit 2 Comments Fun transitions in this reel for interactive studio Code. Illustrations by Andrew Rae, music by Radium Audio Ltd. No Comments Call for entries: Tweak No Comments Call for entries: Toronto Urban Film Festival No Comments June 29, 2009 Trailer of the gorgeous new short by Malcolm Sutherland. Checkout the quirky characters which include this Aztec/Mayan-looking giant robot! No Comments Playful yet powerful showreel by 3d generalist Per Bergsten. 1 Comment



Articles and Interviews Blood Trail Interview Motionographer’s Lauren Indovina goes deep with Nathan Love about their ultra-violent masterpiece, “Blood Trail.” Go! Interview with $9.99’s Tatia Rosenthal Motionographer’s Matt Lambert chats with director Tatia Rosenthal about her feature length stop-motion debut, $9.99. Go! Encoding Video for the Web with QuickTime Pro Darwin Dion Ignacio shares some tips on compressing video using the H.264 codec and QuickTime Pro. Go! Chatting with The Action Cats GSP’s in-house motion design team chats with Motionographer’s Justin Cone about working in an agency and creating inspiring work.Go! Interview: Garson Yu of yU+co Garson Yu tells us about the genesis of yU+co and shares his insight on the business of movie title design. Go! Shilo: Winning the War Jos Saunders interviews Andre Stringer and Jose Gomez of Shilo about their company’s beginnings and its future.Go! Interview: Troika Design Group for MHD Justin Cone interviews Troika Design Group about their ambitious rebrand of MHD.Go! Interview: 72andSunny and Fulltank Jon Saunders interviews agency 72andSunny and Fulltank Studios about “Dogfight,” a hybrid animation project for the Zune Arts Films series.Go! An Interview with Quayola Babe Elliott Baker interviews Italian based graphic design/DJ/multimedia artist extraordinaire, Quayola.Go! An Interview with nailgun* We chat with Michael Waldron and Erik van der Wilden, co-founders of NYC-based nailgun* to get an in-depth look at some of their projects and learn how their brains work.Go! Not to Scale Brings the Volvo Vox Popular to Life Volvo’s new C30 isn’t for everyone. What happens when an ad agency and a team of clever directors embrace this fact instead of brushing it under the rug? Go! Perception: More Than Meets the Eye Jeremy Lasky and Danny Gonzalez of Perception share the creative process behind a series of promos they created for ESPN’s coverage of the Major League Baseball playoffs. Go! Interview: Lobo Does Dupont Mateus de Paula Santos, Creative Director at Lobo, answered some questions about the creative process behind his studio’s amazing work for Dupont Go! Interview: Freestyle Collective on Trends We chatted with Freestyle Collective about the good, the bad and the ugly sides of trends in motion graphics. Go! Inside SIGGRAPH 2006 John Jenkins gives us a look inside SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston. Go! Interview: LAMBO Brings the RAD Justin Harder of LAMBO tells us all about being a STILLIONaire, building PSYCOVEs, and of course, bringing the RAD. Go! Interview: Kylie Matulick and Todd Mueller of Psyop Motionographer interviews two of the great creative forces behind Psyop’s “Happiness Factory” spot. Go! Promax/BDA From the Inside Out Justin’s perspective on the 2006 Promax/BDA conference in New York City, where he presented a panel with Brett Ashy of The Ashy Agency. Go!