Santa Maria: Ronald McDonald House
Hornet Inc.’s Santa Maria built a mixed media playground for the Ronald McDonald House and agency Leo Burnett in this 2’38” spot. 2D, 3D, stop-action,…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Baptiste Sola: L’échange (The Exchange)
Although the end falls just a little flat for me, I’m still in love with Baptiste Sola’s “L’échange.” It’s a brilliant testament to a kind…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Fernet Branca: An Interview With Laurent Barthelemy
We sat down for a quick interview with Laurent Barthelemy, the director of the beautiful Fernet Branca spot we posted here on Motionographer. Here is…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Twenty120 Interview
Hey guys, so lets start with a little history. What are the origins of Twenty120? How did you come up with the current format of…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Bif for The Mill: “Dix”
The Mill’s renowned directing trio, Bif, has conceived a dark and eerie short-film in Dix. Dix, which is French for “ten,” highlights Mark, a tortured…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
When Graphic Plays Beyond Narrative
About a week ago, we posted the trailer for “Logorama” by H5. As it spread across the globe, it’s been gaining steam and hitting the…
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Mark Webster • 15 years ago
Going Deeper: Modest Mouse “Whale Song”
Nando Costa, director with Bent Image Lab, recently filled us in on the multi-faceted production challenges that went into the creation of Modest Mouse’s “Whale…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Hardy & Nutini’s Pencils Are Full of Lead
With Corin Hardy‘s recent jump and jive piece for Paolo Nutini, it appears he has taken a turn toward the lighter side. A comical, life-sized…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
HunterGatherer’s Signature Series for Fuel
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/HunterGatherer_960_30.mov 960 540] Q&A with Todd St. John, HunterGatherer: 1. The Fuel Signature Series is pretty wide-open, allowing artists a blank canvas to express themselves…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
By and By Q&A
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/LayLow_HD_960.mov 960 540] How did you come up with the concept for this music video? As always, we draw inspiration from the song we’re working…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Ben & Julia: Dove Nets
Updated with Q&A A couple of weeks ago I posted a music video by Ben & Julia for The Main Drag‘s song ‘Dove Nets’. Ben…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Bavaria Beer “Drop”
Amsterdam-based agency Selmore selected Matthijs van Heijningen (Bonkers) to direct this epic tale of a water drop’s lifelong mission to join his breathren as a…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
The Games We Play Q&A
Watch Moto Watch Running Watch Fitness Watch Golf Questions: What was your process like at the concepting stage? Your films require the viewer to connect-the-dots…
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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
Blind’s Heart of Stone
“Heart of Stone” marks the second collaboration between Blind Director/Owner Chris Do and Danish rock duo The Raveonettes. To refresh your memory, their first music…
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Brian Gossett • 15 years ago
Bobby !
It gives me tremendous pleasure when we get to feature a studio that’s not located in the Motion Design Meccas of the world (NYC, LA,…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Kitteh Kitteh!!
UPDATE: 2 more items are added to the Q&A section, the result of a few readers’ additional query which I followed up with Sam. Sorry…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
La Gaite Lyrique
Yves Geleyn has delivered this dreamy Short Film for the french Gallery La Gaîté Lyrique, a new venue in Paris featuring digital art and contemporary…
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Mate Steinforth • 15 years ago
I Am Not An Artist
Johnny Kelly and Matthew Cooper have just made a series of 56 hilarious and poignant animated GIFS called I Am Not An Artist for Elisava,…
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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
ILOVEDUST Launches
News of a Motion Design studio launch are always exciting, more so when the studio has already possessed a considerable repertoire and strong reputation in…
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Boca Ceravolo • 15 years ago
Pixels Q&A with Patrick Jean
With over 2,026,435 views of the official film on Dailymotion in the six days since its release, Pixels has really spread far and wide very…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Buck brings color (swatches) to Sherwin-Williams’ world
Update: Buck kindly created a making of video for Motionographer to break it down for yall. Also, I sat down with creative leads Orion Tait,…
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Jon Saunders • 14 years ago
Clemens Kogler’s Phonovideo
Austrian student Clemens Kogler just released a new film called Phonovideo which is an intriguing mix of cel-animation that was shot and edited in a…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago