CypherAudio’s John Black reflects on 15 years of sound design for motion
Filmmaker George Lucas famously declared, “The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.” Everyone I know who’s crafted a film or animation or game…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
67th Primetime Emmy Awards adds Motion Design category
UPDATE: The deadline for entry in the Motion Design category has been extended to May 15th. See below for more details. The Motion Design category…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Design I/O: Connected Worlds
Online, it’s hard to get a sense of the visceral impact that large-scale interactive works can have on users. You lose the immersion factor, and…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
The long journey to “Lostopolis,” an interview with PandaPanther
While many commercial animation shops dream of developing feature length films — and building valuable intellectual property in the process — very few actually get…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Process: Lincoln Continental Concept
Block and Tackle and shares the process behind their painterly masterpiece promoting the Lincoln Continental concept car.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Interview: Motion design and the Google identity
Google's Jonathan Jarvis tells us how integral motion design was to the recent Google rebrand, why you should give users superpowers and what kind of…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Blending the physical and the digital in “Building a Rocket”
While the painstaking stop-motion of “Building a Rocket” is charming in itself, it’s the beautiful compositing of digital characters and elements that imbues the spot with a special magic.…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Animate your way to Google
Each year, Google’s in-house agency, Google Creative Lab, combs the planet in search of promising young creatives to become “Fivers.” In Google’s own words: The…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Oddfellows expands with a new office, website, team and body of work
Proving they do much more than tech videos, the San Francisco-based Oddfellows have expanded to Portland and established themselves as a new contender in the…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
Dan Savage and the importance of community building
We are thrilled to bring you this month's guest post by none other than New York's very own, Dan Savage. Dan is an incredibly talented…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
What makes a good producer?
There can be many misconceptions behind what a producer does. The short answer is, they do a lot! Thankfully, in this month's Guest Post we…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
PopUp F5
We're thrilled to announce PopUp F5, a four-hour action packed event made in partnership with PromaxBDA!
Staff • 6 years ago
Discussing process with two of Pictoplasma NYC’s upcoming speakers
In this Motionographer Q&A, we chat with two of Pictoplasma NYC's upcoming speakers Sophie Koko Gate and Mike Perry about their work and the upcoming…
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Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago
Showcase: Beeple and the FITC Toronto 2019 Titles
In this Motionographer Showcase, we take a look at Beeple's amazing new opening titles for FITC Toronto. Be sure to check it out, you won't…
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Joe Donaldson • 5 years ago
The 2020 Motion Awards are OPEN!
It’s your time to SHINE!
Millie Verastegui • 5 years ago
NATL UPDTS WTH NW WRK
National Television updates with 3 new pieces As you all know, we really dig Nationals’ work. They’ve update with 3 new spots, which is surprising…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
1K Studios: Call for Reels
CALL FOR REELS 1K Studios is looking for skilled freelance Designers/Animators to join our team. Qualified candidates should have experience concepting/designing on high-end projects for…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Mike Goubeaux wins Scion Xpress Fest
Mike Goubeaux, a SCAD senior was recently announced as the finalist in the Scion Xpress Fest music video compeition with this entry. It’s somewhat of…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Exopolis: iPod Nano
Check out the new iPod Nano spot co-directed by Exopolis and Mark Romanek. The spot speaks for itself. It’s gorgeous, consistent with the iPod campaign…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
ESPN Taps The SYNDICATE to launch MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Santa Monica, CA September 11, 2006 ÂÂAfter ESPN scored the NFL’s Monday Night Football franchise, TV’s largest sports broadcast package, the cable network sought an…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Fried Pictures “Defending The Nature”
I really love the dark and eery atmosphere in the first 30 seconds of “Defending The Nature,” a new spot from Serbian studio Fried Pictures.…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
The Citroen Transformer Thing, nobrain Style
You may have already caught French studio nobrain’s Citroen spot “Mutation” on Feed, but I think it’s worthy of repeat viewing. Not only is it…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
For Your Eyes Only
A brilliant homage to the sex-soaked title sequences of James Bond films by Maurice Binder, National Television’s new video for the Scissor Sisters’ “Land of…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 18 years ago
New HP Campaign: A “Twist” on the Old?
Eight VFX teamed up with director Olivier Gondry to create a three-spot campaign for HP. The first spot in the series stars fashion designer Vera…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago