Rest in Peace: Hillman Curtis
We just learned of the passing of Hillman Curtis. After a long battle with colon cancer, Hillman left this world on April 18, 2012 at…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Lemoine for Woodkid: Run Boy Run
As powerful as it is seemingly simple, Yoann Lemoine (aka Woodkid) once again develops a vibrant grayscale storyline through an intense and sensorial concoction of…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 12 years ago
The Unofficial Start of Summer
Well, its here again: searing heat, freezing water, jelly rolls and mosquitoes. Although the proper start of Summer isn’t until late June, Memorial Day Weekend…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 12 years ago
SXSW 2012: Beauty is Embarrasing
Disclaimer: Wayne White was a speaker at the 2011 F5 Festival. His talk makes an appearance at the end of this film. In Beauty is…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
RIP Chris Marker
If there ever was a “motionographer”, an artist who used film and pen with equal eloquence, it was filmmaker Chris Marker who died today on…
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Dominique Elliott • 12 years ago
Nathan Love Updates: McGraw Hill & Ring Force
With their latest batch of work, Nathan Love gets in touch with their inner child by rolling out two projects that not only showcase their…
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Brandon Lori • 12 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
Plenty take a “Time Out” for AXN LatinAmerica
With a gorgeous visual style, amazing transitions and some old school frame by frame animation, Argentina-based Plenty delivers a visually stunning piece for AXN LatinAmerica.…
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Ivan Cruz • 12 years ago
La Poste – Digital District
A superbly executed take on the old trope of the unfolding book voyage. Digital District, a French studio based in Paris, has taken the lighting…
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Andres Weber • 12 years ago
Playgrounds Fest 2012
Designed by Jordi Pages with MRK and Gabor Ekes, this beautiful title sequence for the 2012 Playgrounds Festival is nothing short of exquisite. From the…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
Protected: SXSW 2013: Music Videos
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Supinfocom: “Contre Temps”
A group of talented Supinfocom Arles graduates have released their 2012 thesis film, “Contre temps.” Chock full of gorgeous shots, the film is set in…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Bot & Dolly: Box
“Box,” a new short film/performance from design and engineering studio Bot & Dolly produced in association with The Creators Project, takes projection mapping, well —…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Jeff Le Bars: Carn
Director/animator Jeff Le Bars has an impeccable eye for composition and color, as his Emile Cohl 2012 graduation film “Carn” proves. But the real magic…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
The Podium Waltz
Daniel Bruson directed this marvellous animation for the opening scene for “The Podium Waltz”, a short film about visually impaired brazilian runner Terezinha Guilhermina. This scene follows the…
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Daniel Coutinho • 11 years ago
Syndrome takes Pause in Melbourne
Syndrome Studio creates the opening titles for the 2014 Pause Fest in Melbourne, Australia. Executive Producer, Monica Blackburn describes the project as “a dream project…
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Dominique Elliott • 11 years ago
Brand New School relaunches
Brand New School relaunches their web presence with emphasis on a broadened service offering.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Analog Studio: Quest Idents
With sound design as sparse as the visuals are dense, this ident for Quest is just one of 16 created by Analog Studio for agency…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Playgrounds International Arts Fest 2014
Playgrounds International Digital Arts Festival is a festival for innovative and creative digital art in the Netherlands. During the four-day festival in Amsterdam and Tilburg…
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Harm van Zon • 10 years ago
#Feelingnuts, a hashtag I can actually get into
Advertisers love slapping hashtags onto everything, but it often feels as if they’re putting hair gel on a toupée. Pointless and inauthentic. This new spot…
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Staff • 10 years ago
Bullies, opera and typography: Sounds like a job for Giant Ant
The Vancouver Opera and librettist Shane Koyczan invited Giant Ant to collaborate on “Stickboy”, a new opera that tackles the psychological effects of bullying. We had…
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Daniel Coutinho • 10 years ago
Faux puppet theater for League of Legends “The Harrowing”
“The Harrowing” is another jaw-dropper from Elastic and Andy Hall. Told as a tale within a magical puppet theater, the film is bookended by the…
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Staff • 10 years ago
Playgrounds Festival Titles 2014
Again, the Playgrounds Festival was a blast. Solid line-up, nice presentations and a good overall atmosphere. This year, Playgrounds had not one but two title sequences.…
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Harm van Zon • 10 years ago
Carboni Studio: “All Over”
Chris Carboni and a small team gracefully stitched together this cinematic survey of a music video. We asked Chris about the making-of logistics: “This video…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago