Joseph Kosinski: Gears of War
The new Gears of War trailer is noteworthy for several reasons. One, it’s directed by one of my favorite CG-centric filmmakers, Joseph Kosinski, formerly of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Board Summit: Day 2 Round-Up
As we all recover from the Boards Summit, here’s a recap of some notable items from Day 2. The morning session, Business as Unusual, was…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
VR without goggles: “Field Trip to Mars” sends a souped up school bus to space
Winning 19 awards at Cannes last month, "Field Trip to Mars" is an innovative group VR experience powered by stunning real-time visuals and a bus-load…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Cocoe : Fondo Del Agua (Water Fund)
What’s not to like about this? To me, anyway, this is another one of those ‘tick-all-the-right-boxes’ kind of spot. Cocoe, the Madrid-based multidisciplinary design studio, was…
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Lilian Darmono • 14 years ago
Team Lab Exhibits at Japan Society NYC
Tokyo based Team Lab is on display now through January 11 at The Japan Society in NYC. And it is utterly, wonderfully, sublimely, and slowly….Japanese.…
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Dave Skaff • 10 years ago
CypherAudio’s John Black reflects on 15 years of sound design for motion
Filmmaker George Lucas famously declared, “The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.” Everyone I know who’s crafted a film or animation or game…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Artist Profile: Graham Elliott
Everyone finds their own way into the ever-expanding house of motion design. Side doors, back doors, parachuting onto the roof — it seems any entrance…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
ManvsMachine new site
London-based design and motion studio ManvsMachine has launched a new site.
Igor Sordokhonov • 9 years ago
The Line: Amaro and Walden’s Joyride
Dang. So much attitude and animation skill in The Line‘s latest short, Amaro and Walden. Warning some bits are NSFW. Don’t miss the full making of…
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Erica Gorochow • 9 years ago
Colin Hesterly directs Škoda “Tour De France”
Director Colin Hesterly crafted a charming hand-drawn tale of Škoda inspired by vintage automobile advertising and the Czech car manufacturer’s own 120 year history. Not To…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Ascent from Akeron motion comic
We don’t typically follow comics, but Ascent from Akeron caught our attention for a couple reasons. It’s an exceptionally well-crafted motion comic, a once experimental…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Experiements in procedural textile design, geist.xyz
Berlin-based Zeitgeised has long been admired for their artful approach to CG. They clearly know their way around a render engine, but they also bring…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Clever Instagram-based escape the room challenge
I told myself I wouldn’t, but I got sucked into Red Lion Canada’s Escape Room challenge for the Toronto Silent Film Festival. 10 minutes later,…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Forza 6 Legacy
[…] the text below? (No cheating!) The official word from a52: The film, Directed by Arts & Sciences’ Michael Spiccia, follows the Forza Motorsport 6…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Ickerman: Sci-fi nostalgia for the current day (with bad ass vehicles)
[…] a yet-to-be-made feature film, correct? Yes, indeed. Our goal is to cast the actors by May/June and finance the feature by end of 2016…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
ICYMI: Lucky Holidays by Parabella
[…] some of the stills and the makings of from “Lucky Holidays” below. Stills Making of Credits Client: Belgium National Lottery Title: “Lucky Holidays” Air…
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Joe Donaldson • 7 years ago
Understanding Patrick Clair
[…] up with strong concepts, an unshaking structure, flawless craft and impeccable style. Is that it? Well, no. Because after True Detective Patrick kept improving.…
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Nol Honig • 7 years ago
Nothing odd about it. Oddfellows does it again. Awarded Motion Award gold.
[…] event (e.g. conference, festival, summit) PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Blend Is Near Our friends at Wine After Coffee asked us to create the opening titles…
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Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago
The Buck stopped here thanks to a collaboration with Antfood. A Motion Awards winner.
[…] inside the arcane geo-futuristic world that is Music for Advertising. When the aural wizards over at Antfood approached us to collaborate on the opening…
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Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago
Katy Wang, out of this world! A Motion Award well deserved.
[…] by Gabriel Greenough and Katy Wang Music and Sound by Ambrose Yu Additional Design by Jade Evans Special Thanks to: Martina Bramkamp, Stephen Brown,…
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Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago
Nickelodeon Creative + Aardman/Nathan Love. Now that’s a package and a half!
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Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago
Industry Giants
We are excited to announce the Industry Giants 2015 lineup! We have an amazing group of folks coming to Dallas for this one day only…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
AESeattle January: Virtual Reality Night!
Hey everyone! Join us for a night of exploring the creation of virtual reality worlds within After Effects and learning more about the way the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago