It’s business time; Blackfish for HEC
Not so long back, commercials for seats of higher learning were composed of shots of the less scruffy bits of a campus, where clean-cut bright…
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Simon Robson • 15 years ago
Encyclopedia Pictura Asks, How Will You Create The Universe?
Encyclopedia Pictura has struck again! The directing trio recently finished a personal animation entitled, “How Will You Create the Universe?”, inspired by the creature evolution…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Halogen: Branding a Network from the Ground Up
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Halogen-IDs2.mov 785 441] It’s not every day that a new network is launched. And it’s not every day that the network has a strong social…
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Dominique Elliott • 15 years ago
Bavaria Beer “Drop”
Amsterdam-based agency Selmore selected Matthijs van Heijningen (Bonkers) to direct this epic tale of a water drop’s lifelong mission to join his breathren as a…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Meindbender Duplicates for Cartoon Network
Meindbender Animation Studio in Sweden has really done a nice job for Cartoon Network. They’ve reproduced stop motion-like animation with a real clay feeling—but with…
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Harm van Zon • 14 years ago
Rebranding by Scott Benson Q&A:
Questions: What inspired you to make this particular piece? Hey, thanks so much for asking. The concept of questioning of how passive creatives in this…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
VFX Townhall Recap and Links
Lee Stranahan’s Monday night VFX Townhall: The State of The Industry was a big success. Not in providing a solution, but in starting a discussion,…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Pixels Q&A with Patrick Jean
With over 2,026,435 views of the official film on Dailymotion in the six days since its release, Pixels has really spread far and wide very…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Reach Out Full Campaign
Some of the 11 films made for Reach Out by Steve May, Boolab, Cal Brunker, Jo Lawrence, Lesley Barnes, and Adam Pierce. Anger Directed and…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Contest Policy
Motionographer makes a distinction between speculative work contests and showcase contests. Speculative Work Contests For speculative work contests, contestants are asked to create an original…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
89th Annual ADC Awards
The 89th Annual ADC Awards have just come to a successful close. Held at SVA’s theater in NYC, it was hosted some of the industry…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
BIF: Russian Dolls
And yet another spot for Amnesty from a powerhouse French directing-collective brings us “Russian Dolls” from BIF, produced by Rods. Despite the lack of CG…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
The Klaxons: Twin Flames and the rise of the NSFW video
1989 was a big year. It marked the fall of the Berlin wall, the year of the first ever liver transplant, and the release of…
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David Wilson • 13 years ago
CANADA: Scissor Sisters Invisible Light (NSFW)
Barcelona-based directing collective CANADA have been rocking quite a lot of people’s worlds for the past few months, with their breakthrough music video for El…
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David Wilson • 13 years ago
HAPPY F5 – FINAL SPEAKERS AND FULL LINE-UP/SCHEDULE
Happy F5 April 15 – 16 2011 by Hi-Sim from F5 on Vimeo. If you’ve been patiently awaiting this post, thank you. To clue you…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Elastic: Arrowhead Nature’s Fix
[pro-player width=’468′ height=’300′ image=’https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/raid.jpg’ type=’video’]https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Arrowhead_Nature_s_Fix__The_Raid_.mov[/pro-player] What’s more illicit than bottling water and shipping it across state lines? Just about everything. But that didn’t stop Elastic…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Siggraph 2011: Damian Nenow “Paths of Hate”‘ Interview
The trailer for Paths of Hate showcased its effortless combination of comic book visual style with dynamic dogfighting camera motion and kinetic editing. The film…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Kristoffer Borgli and the symbolism of stuffed animals
Why does some art get under your skin? Why do certain pieces leave you with a distinct feeling of dread? Seeing Kristoffer Borgli’s clip for…
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Brandon Walter Irvine • 13 years ago
Nathan Love for Sweet N’ Low
Sweet’N Low Cloud Rainbow from Nathan Love on Vimeo. Sweet’N Low Sun Moon from Nathan Love on Vimeo. Nathan Love never fails to deliver. In…
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Brandon Lori • 12 years ago
Marc Reisbig for The Oslo Airport
Glorious miniature animation by Marc Reisbig. The fantastic models were made by wearetheartdepartment, using a selection of hard woods to echo the design of the…
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Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago
Canada: Justice ‘New Lands’
Barcelona-based directing collective CANADA has produced a new music video for the Parisian artist Justice. According to Canada’s Luis Cerveró, “It was all about aesthetics and stylization: the…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
Joseph Pierce “The Pub”
In The Pub, Joseph Pierce uses his surreal magnifying glass to shine a light on the murky slipstream of a North London pub. Similar to…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
1st Ave Machine: Panera “Live Consciously / Eat Deliciously”
The Rube Goldberg machine is a reoccurring gimmick in advertising, but before anyone complains about having “seen it before”, take a look at 1st Ave…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
TSB – The Story by Studio AKA
Studio AKA (London) tells the history behind the building of the TSB bank through this beautiful piece. Combining the hand crafted artistry of 2D character animation within…
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Daniel Coutinho • 11 years ago