Interview: Shynola and “Strawberry Swing”

“We never claim to be original, just rigorous.” So says Chris Harding, one of London-based Shynola’s four founders, in our interview with him about their… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Ben S. Levine / 1stAveMachine: Fuze Tea “Zoetrope”

Ben S. Levine directs zoetrope magic with 1stAveMachine for Fuze tea. Credits at The Inspiration Room.

Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago

How Firstborn became an agency without losing its soul

When I stepped off the elevators and into Firstborn’s headquarters, I thought maybe I’d made a mistake. I’ve been to quite a few agencies. No… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Shilo: Winning the War

Watch “The War” Hand-drawn storyboards Shots from the blue screen shoot Style frames Stills from the finished product Motionographer’s Jon Saunders interviewed Andre Stringer and… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Welcome to WordWorld

I love motion graphics. I hope that’s obvious. But I also love children’s television—the educational kind, not so much the Spongebob Squarepants kind. As an… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

No Clear Path to Profit for Online Video, Say Executives

Cnet.com’s coverage of last week’s RBC Technology, Media and Communications Conference paints a bleak picture for the current—and perhaps future—state of online video publishers’ ongoing… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Kapow Pictures for the Hard-On’s “Pretend It’s Vanilla”

Australian studio, Kapow Pictures, directs this character-centric music video, Pretend It’s Vanilla, for pop-punk band, the Hard On’s.

Brandon Lori • 14 years ago

The F5 effect: How a two-day event changed one attendee’s life

Editor’s note: The following is a post about F5, a two-day creativity festival started by Motionographer in 2009. The next F5 will be on April… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Method for Halo 3

By now you’ve probably all seen Method’s amazing job on the latest Halo 3 spot. It’s getting pretty heavy airplay, and Method’s work stands up… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Stunning trailer for Quicksilver’s latest snowbaording video, “That’s It, that’s All”. Tip: watch it in HD! (thanks, Miron!)

Stunning trailer for Quicksilver’s latest snowbaording video, “That’s It, that’s All”. Tip: watch it in HD! (thanks, Miron!)

Boca Ceravolo • 16 years ago

Vote for AdWeek’s Best Non-Super Bowl Commercial of the 2000’s

Today’s impossible task: vote for just one spot in AdWeek’s poll of the Best Commercials of the 2000’s that did not run during a Super… Read more

Dave Skaff • 15 years ago

Motionographer Holiday Catalog 2011 (Part 2)

In a continuation of last week’s post and Royale’s excellent holiday short, this is the second of Motionographer’s Holiday Catalog three-part series, which reviews some… Read more

Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago

Woof Wan-Bau: Nomis “Damn Boots”

Woof Wan-Bau (Nexus Productions) directed this surreal trip for Nomis. The journey takes us from stardom to rock-bottom, all because of some damn shoes. (Sorry,… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

David O’Reilly: Please Say Something

If you keep tabs on our Quickies, you saw fans of David O’Reilly’s “Please Say Something” pleading with us for a more detailed look at… Read more

Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago

Blood Trail Interview

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/bt.mov 720 405] Storyboards and Development Check out the storyboards and some making-of imagery behind this epic project. Interview The following is an interview with the… Read more

Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago

Michele D’Auria: Honda “The Dream Comes True”

Michele D’Auria’s ambitious mini-bio of Soichiro Honda is full of jewel-toned palettes and beautiful illustrations that relate the genesis of the Honda brand with heart-felt… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Patrick Clair + Elastic: HBO’s True Detective

One of our favorite projects from 2013 was Patrick Clair’s launch trailer for Tom Clancy’s The Division, a global conspiracy theory rendered in elegant typography… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

Interview: A Behind-the-Scenes look at Vectorpark’s “Metamorphabet”

Those interested in the future of animation often cite interactive as a new horizon. Patrick Smith, better known as Vectorpark, has been fusing his own… Read more

Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago

Virtual reality is not filmmaking

Let’s agree on something: 360-degree video presented inside a virtual reality headset isn’t really virtual reality. It’s a novel, sometimes powerful experience, but it’s not what makes VR arguably the most… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Brand New School: Sharwood’s “Go East”

When I first watched "Go East," Brand New School’s new spot for Sharwood’s, I thought, "Well, that was a very nice bit of design work."… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Paris is burning

Paris is on fire again (the city, not the socialite whore). Every time I turn around there’s another hot track or remix or…. girl and… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

David Ochs: “Who’s Hungry?”

Our friends over at Cartoon Brew posted this gory re-telling of Hansel and Gretel from first-year CalArts student David Ochs. (It’s fairly bloody, so if… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

The Mothership Has Landed

If you saw our post yesterday, then you already know a little something about the mysterious entity known as Mothership. Today we got the full… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 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… Read more

Justin Cone • 13 years ago