Characters Galore for Cartoon Forum
Looking more like a fully functioning studio’s work then a student piece, this trailer for the 2008 Cartoon Forum in Ludwigsburg is a stunning exercise…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
Black Thinking: “The Fly and the Eye”
For Black Thinking, Cisma (Denis Kamioka) directed “The Fly and the Eye,” a comically surreal short that’s equal parts Hitchcock and Alice in Wonderland. As…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Helen Clemens: Eskimo Joe “Losing Friends Over Love”
Plaza Films’ Helen Clemens directs a curious odyssey for Eskimo Joe’s “Losing Friends Over Love” music video. The project’s gentle ambiance is shot through with…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
New Work from Birdo Studio
Check out these three recent projects from the Brazilian Birdo Studio: Sempre Livre is a poppy, colorful Flash animated spot that was made in just…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Navigators – My Place, designed and directed by Pavel Fuksa
Ok, this is just too fantastic – Prague-based designer Pavel Fuksa designed 178 fake vintage matchboxes for use in a new music video by Navigators.…
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Yotam Hadar • 15 years ago
How To Feed The World
How To Feed The World is a 9-minute film directed by Denis van Waerbeke for an exhibition called Bon Appetit at a science museum in…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Director Profile: Frankie de Leonardis
See the other two spots in the BBVA campaign: A. Aberasturi and L. Valenzuela. Motionographer Q&A with Frankie De Leonardis Frankie De Leonardis has directed…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Frankie De Leonardis
boolab recently teamed up with agency Young & Rubicam Madrid to create a whimsical three-spot testimonial campaign for financial services company BBVA. Directed by Frankie…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
SALESMEN BUCK DROPS AND THE CROWD GOES WILD
Two new shorts, “Meet Buck” and “Salesmen Pete,” have emerged from France by a group of extremely talented filmmakers coupled together on the same site.…
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Staff • 14 years ago
Mauro Carraro, Raphael Calamote, & Jeremy Pasquet: Matatoro
Matatoro, directed by Mauro Carraro, Raphaël Calamote, and Jérémy Pasquet, is a lovely meditation on bullfighting that mixes a lush color palette with well-crafted non-photorealistic…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
Sony “Television Redefined”
Hints of Patrick Daughters in this stream-of-consciousness live action spot from Sony. 2D animation by Not To Scale’s Steve Scott. If anyone can find full…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Ozo
In the immortal words of Mr. Greg Herman: “Supinfocom strikes again.” Make sure to watch this gem of a short, directed by Alex Vial, Martin…
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Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago
Google’s Project Loon and How We Create the Future
Google’s latest gloriously ambitious initiative, Project Loon, is all over the news this week. This beautiful piece – directed by Google Creative Lab with Mixtape…
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Elliot Blanchard • 11 years ago
Michael Fragstein: Boozoo Bajou “Jan Mayen”
Stuttgart-based Michael Fragstein created this music video for Boozoo Bajou’s Jan Mayen. Inspired by a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean, landscape and weather maps,…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Giant Ant: Men’s Health Magazine “How a Protein Becomes a Muscle”
Follow ingenious peptides through a visual essay explaining how muscle mass is created in the human body. Illustrations by the inimitable Mike McQuade, directed by…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Daniel Savage: Helium Harvey
Not sold on the idea of going back to school? Neither was Daniel Savage. The NYC-based designer/director just released his animated short, “Helium Harvey,” a…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
OK Go “The Writing’s On the Wall”
Directed by the always brilliant Aaron Duffy, OK Go’s latest music video is chock full of fun optical illusions and in-camera tricks that required as…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Handmade with computers: H&M Conscious Films
At first glance, the H&M Conscious Films directed by photographer Bela Borsodi look like 100% hand-made creations. And they are. Kind of. While everything was shot in…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Shynola: Coldplay “Strawberry Swing”
Interview with Shynola’s Chris Harding The following interview was a joint effort between Motionographer authors Lillian Darmono and James Wignall. Story All your music videos…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Friday Night Lights promo for Direct TV by Iron Claw
DirecTV’s Design Space partnered with VFX company Iron Claw (Sean Koriakin and Greg Talmage), director Ben Mor from RSA Films and DP Dariusz Wolski (Pirates…
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John Cranston • 15 years ago
Ege Soyuer: The History of Smelling Good
Following stints at Buck, the Google Creative Lab, and riding his bicycle across Europe, Ege Soyuer is back, this time with his new piece for Refinery…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
Minivegas Creates Real-time Idents for S4C
[…] is truly innovative. The usage of a phrase like “real-time” always demands an explanation. In this case, the wizards at Minivegas worked out several…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Burma Credits
Marketers: MTV Network and noneofusarefree.org Supervisor: John Jackson – Director of Social Responsibility (MTV Network) Supervisor: S uki Dusanj – Head of Events (Burma Campaign…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Perception: More Than Meets the Eye
One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
