What’s In the Box?
“What in the Box?” is the extremely ambitious “test film” created by a Dutch students Tim Smit and Thibaut Niels that’s been heating up YouTube—and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
MK12 and Marc Forster: Swiss International Air
Marc Forster and MK12 teamed up once again to create this meditative animation for Swiss International Air. I was able to chat with creative director…
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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
My God, It’s Full of Stars Q&A
We spoke to Buck about the making of their first music video: Questions: This is Buck’s first music video after years of doing commercial advertising…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Keep Your Crises Small
I found this video through illustrator Frank Chimero’s excellent blog and listened to it while working today. It’s a speech that Ed Catmull, president of…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
LAIKA: Tostitos “The Amazing Flamenco Chef”
A spot hit the airwaves last week and caused a stir in our community. It had the kind of superb craftmanship that catches your eye…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
VFX Online Town Hall Session One: LiveBlog
This will be a liveblog of the VFX Online Town Hall taking place at 7PM PST 03/29/10. Panelists include Chris deFaria, Vice President, Warner Bros.…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Gabe Askew’s Ten By Ten Q&A:
A few storyboard images and sketches from Gabe Askew. Questions: What was your process like for coming up with the concept for the video? With…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Scott Squires: Visual effects service – The Big Picture
Another response to the issues that the VFX Townhall have brought up, Scott Squires writes a long post on what he sees as the big…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
NFL on Fox Sports Redesign by Michael Cina Q&A
Can you give us a little background on how this project started and the approach you took with it? Around four years ago we were…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
PES: The Deep
How did Showtime and PES come together for “The Deep”? One day I woke up and had an invitation via email to be part of…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Fx & Mat: Coke “Siege”
Artistically, what was the inspiration behind Coke Siege? Our intention was to make an epic film using the codes of the fantasy world. As illustrators…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
David Prosser: Matter Fisher
David Prosser‘s short film, Matter Fisher, makes it’s online debut this week as the winner of Short of the Week‘s Great Film Competition. It’s a…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
ELASTIC: GAME OF THRONES
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Elastic_GOT_FS.mov 983 552] Angus, first off we wanted to congratulate you for the well deserved Oscar for your hard work alongside Kirk Baxter for The…
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Brian Gossett • 13 years ago
Mirada: 3 Dreams of Black Interview
Motionographer recently posted 3 Dreams of Black, the Chris Milk music video intended for exclusive viewing on a browser. When it’s running, the animation progresses…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Work/Life: The 40 Hour Work Week
Photo by adesigna The headline for this post probably strikes most of you as a joke — at least those of you working in motion…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival: Student Films
I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this year. For me, Ottawa is one of the most refreshing events of…
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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
Revisiting Ottawa: 2011 OAIF Student Films
I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this year. For me, Ottawa is one of the most refreshing events of…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Anthony Furlong/1st Avenue Machine: Nokia “Cowboy”
Anthony Furlong and 1st Ave. Machine get into some fun meta-storytelling for Nokia. A couple words on the production from Mr. Furlong: W+K came with…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Gabe Askew: “Goat and Aaron”
Gabe Askew (Hornet) is no stranger to Motionographer. We posted his first break-out project here, an unofficial music video for Grizzly Bears “Two Weeks” that…
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Staff • 12 years ago
Q&A with Eric Glatt, former intern who sued Fox Searchlight
Eric Glatt is a former intern on the film Black Swan who, along with Alex Footman, sued Fox Searchlight for unpaid wages related to his…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 11 years ago
Modern Love: Beyond Years
Freddy Arenas chats with Joe Donaldson about creating animation for NYTimes' Modern Love column.
Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
NYC Mograph August Meetup
NYC Mograph’s August meetup will be Tuesday August 25th at 8pm at Sweet & Vicious. From the Facebook event page: It’s been a chilly August…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago