Convert & Jon Klassen: RBC Blue Water Project
This gentle spot for RBC’s Blue Water Project directed by The Ebeling’s Group’s Convert charms me with its earthy palette and restrained animation style. Each…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
JESS3 for ESPN: TV Ratings 101
JESS3 goes old school for ESPN in TV Ratings 101. Check out their process here.
Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
FITC Hollywood: Early-bird rate ends TODAY
FITC Hollywood: Early-bird rate ends TODAY
Justin Cone • 17 years ago
There is No Such Thing as a Day Rate (in California)
According to the 1099 Dilemma conference held by the Visual Effects Society, there is no such thing as day rate under California labor law. Read the…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Foreign exchange expletives from Gringo (NSFW)
Foreign exchange expletives from Gringo (NSFW)
Justin Cone • 16 years ago
The FLV Online Converter is a nifty little tool
The FLV Online Converter is a nifty little tool
Justin Cone • 18 years ago
YouTube: Secret Higher Quality Action
At the rate this little tip has been circulating the interw3b, it won’t be considered “secret” for long. In preparation for what I hope is…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Baptiste Sola: L’échange (The Exchange)
Although the end falls just a little flat for me, I’m still in love with Baptiste Sola’s “L’échange.” It’s a brilliant testament to a kind…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Mill NY: OFFF Opening Titles
Click here to play the OFFF Opening Titles. Splicing up biological elements and reforming them to create brand new species to illustrate the beauty that…
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Jon Saunders • 14 years ago
exchange plug-in for After Effects to Cinema 4D
Rejoice AE users — you can now import After Effects 3D layers, cameras, lights, solids, nulls and footage into Cinema 4D R13. Check out the…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Buck + Cactus: C Tree
Buck recently finished an elegantly animated spot as part of the “Own Your C” campaign from agency Cactus. It’s yet another example of Buck’s prodigious…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Tom & Mark: “Muffin Man”
Tom and Mark (Nexus Productions) have outdone themselves with “Muffin Man,” a new spot for the recently rebranded Royal Bank of Canada. Although the spot…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
More LDN Prodco Shake-Ups
As this year nears an end, we have seen a lot of global change in the commercial production world. Companies have folded or closed offices.…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Nicolas Menard: CompHealth “Locum Tenens”
These days, explainer-style videos are a dime a dozen. It’s rare to come across one that stands out. When you add to that the “excitement”…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
National Wipeout
National Television’s Wipeout promo for G-rated ABC is violent CG sweetness. If the show is as fun as this spot, stupid human stunts might actually be…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
Stefan Nadelman: Ramona Falls “I Say Fever”
For Ramona Falls’ debut promo, “I Say Fever,” Stefan Nadelman directs a twisted Victorian tale of deadly poultry and mysterious exchanges in the night. Like…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Fanning the Flames (Constructively)
Not long ago I explained how I was underwhelmed by the new Sony Bravia advert. That post sparked a spirited exchange in the comments that…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Give the VW Phaeton a Hand
This is one of those great examples of a client essentially underwriting a short film in exchange for an end-tag and a product shot. As…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Stephen Panicara’s DPTV Rebrand
I came across this project by Steve Panicara over at the Motion Exchange and was very impressed by it. Immediately by the tight and energetic…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Kevin Manach: Vésuves
Vésuves. Directed by Kevin Manach. A Gobelins/CalArts exchange.
Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Making “The Wisdom of Pessimism”
For his directorial debut, Claudio Salas took on an ambitious challenge: a 2-minute visual essay for the philosopher Alain de Botton’s School of Life project. What began as…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Soul Royale: Umlala’s “My Pdf Files”
Tron cat + bionic steampunk instruments + a chorus that asks “How do you convert PDF to JPG?” = this video for Israeli indie band…
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Yotam Hadar • 13 years ago
How a husband and wife team took a startup from brand to product launch
What makes “IMANDRA” a fascinating case study in the world of explainer videos is not its intricately detailed but elegant animation (although that’s very nice),…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
First person POV + Time lapse + Stabilization = Hyperlapse
Microsoft Research shares news of the new video stabilization technology, Hyperlapse: We present a method for converting first-person videos, for example, captured with a helmet…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago