D.A.D.D.Y. Destroys Fairy Tale Classics For Bloc Party
For the second post of the day that chronicles man’s destructive tendencies (flames included), Dublin-based collective D.A.D.D.Y. directs this charming promo for Bloc Party. This…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Happy New End!
French collective Bonzom (Passion Paris) celebrates the impending end of the world in this happy-go-lucky short. Riffing on B-movie posters from the bronze age of…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Ahoy, Nathan Love!
The Chips Ahoy Cookie Campaign has long been based on creative kookiness and comedic timing. Who best to execute this vision? Look no further than…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago
Psyop’s Inferno
“The Divine Comedy,” written by Dante Alighieri in the 14th century, is an allegorical vision of the christian afterlife, depicting a journey through the three…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago
Nike Running: Men vs. Women
In a spot that appeals to our competitive natures, agency 72andSunny launches an integrated campaign for Nike Running in Europe aptly titled “Men vs. Women.”…
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Jake Sargeant • 16 years ago
Thank You
It’s been a week since F5, and our heads are still spinning. By all accounts, it was a smashing success. It’s hard for us to…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
1st Ave Machine: Samsung “New Species”
1st Ave Machine’s latest project for Samsung is a delightful throwback to their early days (by which I mean a few years ago), when co-founder…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
MK12 and Marc Forster: Swiss International Air
Marc Forster and MK12 teamed up once again to create this meditative animation for Swiss International Air. I was able to chat with creative director…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Axel Brotje: “Kiss Of The Scorpion”
For his graduation project at Braunschweig University of Art in northern Germany, Axel Brötje created “Kiss Of The Scorpion”, a stunning 11 minute animated short…
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Boca Ceravolo • 15 years ago
Universal Everything Refreshes MTV
Universal Everything’s recent refresh for MTV’s 64 international channels is notable for what it DOES NOT do. As opposed to MTV’s long-standing tradition of constantly…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Alex Roman: TheThird&TheSeventh
Some philosophies of aesthetics enumerate seven primary art forms derived from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s “Lectures on the Aesthetics” and the writings of film theorist…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Minivegas Does It In Realtime
London-based directing collective, Mini Vegas, not only works on animation projects; they also do computer programming and run their own art gallery. To bring all…
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Mate Steinforth • 15 years ago
The Animated Life & Work of Jeff Scher
Jeff Scher: I Got My Job Through the NY Times. Short Documentary by Reid Rosefelt. Jeffery Noyes Scher was born in 1954 and graduated from…
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Mark Webster • 15 years ago
Hornet & The Decemberists
We recently posted a trailer for Hornet’s visual-collaboration with The Decemberists. However, off the tails of Monday’s premier at UCLA’s Royce Hall, it seemed appropriate…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
WeWereMonkeys: Land of Talk “It’s Okay”
WeWereMonkeys: Making Of “It’s Okay” To start: we were approached by Cherie Sinclair at The Field to write a treatment for Land Of Talk’s “It’s…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
My God, It’s Full of Stars Q&A
We spoke to Buck about the making of their first music video: Questions: This is Buck’s first music video after years of doing commercial advertising…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Nathan Love for Pop Secret “Dark Knight”
As Shakespeare said, “To thy own self be true.” In Pop Secret’s “Dark Knight,” Nathan Love gets back to basics, and back to what they…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Blue Source & A52 Crew for LEGO
Directing duo, Blue Source, recently teamed up with the crew at A52/Rock Paper Scissors to deliver this short film for Lego entitled, “Lego Click Community”…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Slamdance “Sweet 16”
Insight from the director, Nico Casavecchia (boolab) I first heard about the project back in August. Peter Baxter, founder of Slamdance, had some interesting ideas…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Edouard Salier: Massive Attack “Splitting the Atom”
The fixed moment of the catastrophe. The instant the atom bursts on the beast, the world freezes into a vitrified chaos. And we go through…
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Harm van Zon • 15 years ago
Modern Rebel: Alberto Mielgo & Pinkman.tv
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AlbertoMielgo_Pinkman.TV_MakingOf_mpeg4.mov 800 314] Q&A: Can you describe your artistic background before finding your way to animation? I’m self taught. However, I started working on animation…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Blind’s Heart of Stone
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/HOS_0223_h264.mov 640 360] How did this second collaboration between Blind and The Raveonettes come about and were there any differences this time around in the…
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Brian Gossett • 15 years ago
Buck: Sherwin Breakdown
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Sherwin_Breakdown_H264_V2.mov 960 540] Last week I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to sit down with creative leads Orion Tait, Benjamin Langsfeld & Joshua…
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Jon Saunders • 14 years ago
Motion Theory: Target “A Better Bullseye”
Target has good taste. By enlisting Motion Theory, the studio has left its mark on the rich history of Target advertising and embarked on a…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago