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
Animate your way to Google
Each year, Google’s in-house agency, Google Creative Lab, combs the planet in search of promising young creatives to become “Fivers.” In Google’s own words: The…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Yankeegal : Full film with Q&A
Heads up, boys and girls. The full version of this Supinfocom student film is finally available to us online, after having toured these festivals, and…
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Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago
Nike Football: The Last Game
Jon Saunders (formerly of Psyop, now at Passion Pictures) directs this action-packed 5-minute short for Nike, featuring the likenesses of Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Zlatan…
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Staff • 10 years ago
What is web animation? Rachel Nabors explains it all.
Web design and motion design have been on a collision course since the early 2000s. Today, they’re finally merging, spawning strange new fields — and…
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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
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
The Mill tackles monstrous VR challenges for Google ATAP
The pioneers of VR continue making progress, despite (or perhaps because of) the incredible technical and creative challenges it poses. One of the latest projects…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Game of Thrones: Sword Experience
The wizards at Red Paper Heart just returned from San Diego Comic-Con, arguably the largest orgy of geek culture in the world, where eager fans…
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Justin Cone • 9 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
Bronte: by Ari and Jason for Gotye
Gotye – Bronte – official film clip from Gotye on Vimeo. Pitch Frames (Ari Gibson) Can you tell us briefly how did the…
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Lilian Darmono • 13 years ago
Articles and Interviews
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth April 18, 2012 Go! SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts April 10, 2012 Go! Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now) April…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
Interview: Freestyle Collective
Stills from the MTVK launch series From the opener for Fly, a DVD magazine Still from a FUEL ID entitled “Chemistry” From the show package…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Double Glazed is Looking for Talent
Shit, I probably should have posted this sooner, but it slipped through the cracks. This might be a good opportunity for exposure/networking or it might…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Marcelo Garcia: IX Virtuosi
Ex-Lobo member Marcelo Garcia recently finished up a design campaign for the IX Virtuosi music festival in Brazil. The project included posters, ads, logotype and…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Brothers Saunders
Chris and Jon both used to work at Stardust LA, until Chirs went freelance and Jon relocated to NY. Their sites, www.cobracoil.tv and www.jonsaunders.tv both…
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Jon Gorman • 18 years ago
New HP Campaign: A “Twist” on the Old?
Eight VFX teamed up with director Olivier Gondry to create a three-spot campaign for HP. The first spot in the series stars fashion designer Vera…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
The Winning Moment by Alphabetical Order
These spots for Nike, by Alphabetical Order, may be more of the same slow motion drama, but they are a good examples of control and…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Smith & Foulkes for PLATFORM
One of my favorite animation/direction duos, Smith & Foulkes (of Nexus Productions), has decided to jump on the stop-motion bandwagon in this title sequence for…
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Justin Cone • 17 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
Echolab/Shilo for Lucozade Alert
Sound design and music composition studio Echolab teamed up with Shilo to create a high-impact spot for Lucozade Alert energy drink. In addition to the…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Sony vs. Kozyndan Update
Background For those of you who’ve missed the drama, I’ll try to bring you up to date. Last week, we posted the latest spot in…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Nervo and Barbarian Group for FOX Japan
Nervo (Nando Costa’s design and animation shop) created a series of dark and spooky IDs for FOX Movies, a new sci-fi and horror channel launched…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
The Mill: Puma “Until Then” (or “Speed Legs”)
“Until Then,” a futuristic spot for Puma with vfx from The Mill, features some stunning choreography—both in terms of the mo-cap and the digital choreography…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
