Passion Pictures: Red Bull Music Academy World Tour
If you’ve got a month-long tour of events spanning from Berlin to Toronto, from Melbourne to Detroit, how do you visually convey the magnitude of…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Work/Life: PandaPanther on parenting, work and creating amazing spit
We’ve come to know NYC-based PandaPanther for their playful, character-driven work. Since 2006, Jonathan Garin and Naomi Nishimura have directed casts of colorful creatures on…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Ned Wenlock: MGMT’s “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything”
In Ned Wenlock’s new music video for MGMT’s cover of Bauhaus’s “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything,” he further explores the techniques used in his…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now)
We recently posted a short op-ed piece that sparked a good deal of comments. In sharing this news, Motionographer was a bit late to the…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Buck and Sehsucht for MTV
We wanted to take a moment to highlight two great pieces that Motionographer favorites Buck and Sehsucht have released for MTV. The quality of the…
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Elliot Blanchard • 13 years ago
Jamie Caliri: The Shins “The Rifle’s Spiral”
Jamie Caliri’s music video for The Shins “The Rifle’s Spiral” is an otherworldly magic show. I love how the chairs grow into existence, and there’s…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Ned Wenlock: Honda “Go Everywhere”
Ned Wenlock (Hoverlion) creates Go Everywhere, a beautiful spot for DDB South Africa and Honda. Wenlock’s previous music videos for Danger Beach’s Apache and MGMT’s…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Lori Nix, Joe Sabia, & Vincent Peone: The Story of Sushi
I’m a huge fan of photographer and diorama-master Lori Nix, so I was thrilled to see her lend her skills to this piece about sustainable…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Gentleman Scholar: Coke “Parks”
In this well-executed spot for client Coca Cola, Gentleman Scholar has “created a playful illustrated landscape to prove that some contests are definitely worth entering.”…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
The Mill: Snow White and the Huntsman’s “Mirror Man”
Go Behind the Scenes of Snow White and the Huntsman (now in theaters). In the above interview, The Mill’s Will Cohen describes the process used…
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Angelo Collazo • 12 years ago
1st Ave Machine: Google Maps
1st Ave Machine builds it big and real for Google Maps.
Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
“Metamorphosis” by Tell No One
A luminous retelling of Titian’s Metamorphosis by Tell No One. Nice performances by Anna Friel and Ed Speleers.
Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago
Ruffmercy: House Shoes ✖ Danny Brown “Sweet”
Awesome cel animation by Ruffmercy
Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago
EMA 2012 by Sehsucht
Sehsucht brings the 2012 MTV EMA titles to life by crafting a 3D zoetrope, a fast-moving carousel that evokes the illusion of motion through a…
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Ivan Cruz • 12 years ago
Street Fighter III – Furrinkazan Trailer
Victor Hugo, a talented Brazil-based artist, has created yet another fantastic piece this time based around the world of Street Fighter. In this teaser trailer…
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Andres Weber • 12 years ago
1st Ave Machine: Panera “Live Consciously / Eat Deliciously”
The Rube Goldberg machine is a reoccurring gimmick in advertising, but before anyone complains about having “seen it before”, take a look at 1st Ave…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Nico Casavecchia: “A Boy And His Atom” The World’s Smallest Movie
Working with animation studio Punga,1stAveMachine’s Nico Casavecchia had the honor of creating the world’s first movie at the scale of individual atoms — the world’s…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Virgilio Villoresi: John Mayer “Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967”
Milan-based Virgilio Villoresi uses the pre-cinema technique, ombro cinema, to animate the drawings made by Virginia Mori. Everything was filmed in live-action, no post production…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
TSB – The Story by Studio AKA
Studio AKA (London) tells the history behind the building of the TSB bank through this beautiful piece. Combining the hand crafted artistry of 2D character animation within…
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Daniel Coutinho • 11 years ago
Louis Morton: Passer Passer
Synaesthesia? Yes, please. Louis Morton‘s Passer Passer caught my eye in Cartoon Brew’s excellent Sundance coverage. It kicks off with echoes of Oskar Fischinger, but…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Johnny Kelly: Shape
Director Johnny Kelly’s latest short, “Shape” is about the changing shape of the world around us. From home to school to work, it’s a tale…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Edmond Was a Donkey
From Director Franck Dion, a unique and moving story about a man in search of himself. Process and more at the project site. Credits Written, Designed,…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 10 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
Steve Scott: Time’s the Charm
The talented Steve Scott returns with this elegantly crafted film for John Lobb via Not To Scale. Steve’s charming illustrations capture the subtle tones of…
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Andrew Montague • 10 years ago