Understanding Perception: How We Experience the Meaning We Create
According to neuroscientist Beau Lotto, our brains don't differentiate between imagined stimuli and real stimuli. And that might be the best path towards world peace.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
A horde of humans obeys the “Witch Doctor” in this creepy music video
The concept is simple: Dutch rock band De Staat’s lead singer, Torre Florim, stands in the center of a throng of shirtless men, who seem obey his…
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Justin Cone • 9 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
School Profile: Ringling College of Art & Design
Our second school profile looks at Ringling College of Art & Design's Motion Design program
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Making “Uncanny Valley,” an eye-popping sci-fi short about a very possible future
The sci-fi short "Uncanny Valley" presents a grim but very possible future in an eye-popping style laced with beautiful VFX work. Our chat with the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Boomerang Mono: The collaborative birth of an animated typeface
"Basically, I wanted the effect of a mad room full of drum machines doing a call and response drum off!" We interview motion designer Andrew…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Black Math: “A Tale of Two Zip Codes”
Does your zip code directly affect your life expectancy? The answer might surprise you.
Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Ash Thorp takes us on yet another impeccable journey through space
Epoch II is a continuation of Ash Thorp's series using space as the backdrop to explore our perceptions of reality and our evolution as a…
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Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago
Celebrating the 2020 Winners | OFFSET
OFFSET was created for Offset Dublin '19 - the leading conference for the design and creative industries in Ireland. The film was directed by Andrea…
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Staff • 3 years ago
Studio Stories: 12 Years of Ataboy
The origin of Motion Design studios, as told by their founders. By Vikkal Parikh, founder of Ataboy. Editor’s Note: In this series, we’ll hear…
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Staff • 10 months ago
Motionographer Expands Its Reach in Asia Through WeChat with Final Frontier Partnership
Motionographer partners with Final Frontier to debut on China's WeChat, expanding their reach in Asia. This collaboration offers motion designers global exposure through WeChat’s vast…
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Staff • 3 months ago
NATL UPDTS WTH NW WRK
National Television updates with 3 new pieces As you all know, we really dig Nationals’ work. They’ve update with 3 new spots, which is surprising…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
Roses are Blue
Good ol’ friends of tween…it’s been a while… If you have time on your hands and are looking for inspiration and maybe even a few…
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Babe Baker • 18 years ago
BDA Focus Group: May 2nd, Hollywood
Normally, I wouldn’t post this kind of stuff, but since I’m going to be speaking at Promax/BDA this summer, I figured I have an obligation…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Nick Ryan’s “A Lonely Sky”
Dublin-based director Nick Ryan’s new short film, “A Lonely Sky” strikes a chord with me. My brother, father and grandfather are all pilots, so I…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Interview: Troika Design Group
Talk to enough seasoned west coast mographers and you’re bound to hear Troika come up in conversation more than once. In addition to fostering a…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Simon Robson and Nexus Save the Children
Watch “Clever” Nexus Productions director Simon Robson has done it again, this time for the kids. “Clever,” a promo for Save the Children UK, is…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Chatting with The Action Cats
“The Experiment” by The Action Cats Storyboards for “The Experiment” Animatic for “The Experiment” Stop-motion experiments and source footage Back in April, when Adobe and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Advanced Beauty Podcast
Advanced Beauty is now available as a weekly podcast (link will open in iTunes). We’ve been following Advanced Beauty with great enthusiasm here on Motionographer…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Is It Really All Stop-Motion?
Watch “Building” | Watch “Contents” | Watch “Motor” When I first watched these three commercials by Australian director Liz Murphy and TAXI for RAC Insurance,…
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Boca Ceravolo • 16 years ago
SFW: Diesel XXX
I posted this up as a quickie yesterday, but it has gotten such an amazing response that we have decided to let it bask in…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
nobrain: TF1 Holiday IDs
As a follow up to the smashing TF1 IDs we shared here last month, Paris-based nobrain created Christmas themed versions packed with as much charm…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Poll: Down Time
Based on our previous poll regarding the economy, it seems many people have more spare time on their hands these days. There are a lot…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Radiolab: Visual Experiment 01 “Parabolas”
This one’s definitely not for everyone, but for those of you out there (like me) who are massive fans of the WNYC show Radiolab, you’ll…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
