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jsaunders — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:07:38 +0000

Adam Gault “Lives and Dies” for Stefanie Augustine

Simon Robson — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:08:11 +0000

The phones have been ringing off the hooks here at Motionographer HQ, with angry members of the motion-going public wondering why Adam Gault’s ‘Living and Dying Part 1’ wasn’t posted as a feature. So before someone burns my car out, here it is…

This latest instalment from Adam brings to life a series of striking paintings by Stefanie Augustine, all representing different aspects of the natural world. Says Adam:

“It is a personal piece. Honestly, the inspiration came mostly from Stefanie. She had made the first couple of paintings a while back, and when I saw them I thought they would be really great to animate. Luckily, she was kind enough to let me steal her work. i started making key-frames, and we further expanded on the idea, adding more scenes to make a more fully developed piece.

Stefanie’s sister, Alison, produced the great sound track. We’re planning to make several more animations based on the same theme, but each part may utilize different formats or technique.”

As far as I know this is Adam’s second personal project after the much-lauded ‘Lantern Fishes’. I’ve never made a secret of my appreciation of Adam’s work. To my mind he’s definitely one of THE directors to watch…

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Rojo launches RojoTV, featuring works from Quayola, Emanuele Kabu, Javier Longobardo and many others. Some very interesting stuff there

boca — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:37:14 +0000

Rojo launches RojoTV, featuring works from Quayola, Emanuele Kabu, Javier Longobardo and many others. Some interesting stuff there

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Drench Spring Water Advert

mutanthands — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:42:45 +0000

Thunderbird’s Brains shows us what he’s made of in this nice advert for Drench Spring Water (thanks Jonny!)

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Two from Nakd for Samsung

justin — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:08:34 +0000

Two from Nakd for Samsung: “Express Yourself” and “Toronto FC”

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Important Looking Pirates for Oscar Magnuson

justin — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:30 +0000

This is kind of a super-Quickie: In collaboration with Oscar Magnuson Spectacles, Stockholm-based Important Looking Pirates created some interesting animations for an installation. Each undersea critter is crafted from what looks like parts of glasses (an appropriate choice, given their collaborator’s business). The sound design adds a wonderful eeriness to each of the videos.

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Digital Domain for Mazda

justin — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:50:01 +0000

Digital Domain’s full gamut of skills are on display in their latest work for Mazda. The advert is nearly 100% CG, from the cityscape to the fluid simulation and everything in between, it’s all beautifully crafted, rendered and composited.

The only letdown, for me, were the live actors. The visibly caked make-up, twisted costume material and semi-android behavior kinda ruined the homogeneity upon which the spot relies. Splitting hairs? Sure, but when everything is so spot on, those things jump out at me.

Interestingly, Psyop showed their pitch boards for this same spot at Inspire 08. I wish they’d won they job, if only because their narrative was more compelling than the hints of animatronic domination laced throughout the DD version. Oh well, the customer’s always right. Right?

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Kyle Cooper at CSULB: Tuesday, May 13th 6-8PM

justin — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:46:16 +0000

Kyle Cooper at CSULB: Tuesday, May 13th 6-8PM

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DK hits NYC’s South Street Sea Port

John — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:18:58 +0000

Digital Kitchen teamed up with Wexley School for Girls to create a motion graphics infused sphere that lived on NYC’s South Street Seaport, and was there to promote both the re-launch of Microsoft Windows Live as well as the 25th anniversary of Operation Smile. Visitors of the Seaport were invited to upload their faces through kiosks, which were then deployed into the animation using a custom processing applications programed by Firstborn.

This takes me all the way back to my college Survey of New Media class, and reminds me how great it is to see motion graphics in new forms of media being shared with people who wouldn’t normally have an appreciation for the kind of work we do.

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Elegant, compelling work in the new SBS relaunch (idents.tv)

justin — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:41:27 +0000

Elegant, compelling work in the new SBS relaunch (idents.tv)

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