VR without goggles: “Field Trip to Mars” sends a souped up school bus to space

Winning 19 awards at Cannes last month, "Field Trip to Mars" is an innovative group VR experience powered by stunning real-time visuals and a bus-load… Read more

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Author of “Design for Motion” talks industry, education and the state of design

[…] are pivotal ingredients for success; however, I noticed that students who lacked foundations in areas like concept development, design compositing, and cinematic visual storytelling… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Only Say Yes When It’s Yes

As the President of The Ashy Agency and Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Brett Ashy has worked with… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Making an “unfairy” tale: Malak and The Boat

Learn about the process behind "Malak and the Boat," a powerful CG short about a 7 year-old Syrian refugee. Says the film's director: "We are… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Psyop/Stink: Adidas “Zheng Zhi”

As a follow up to “Together,” Psyop and Stink created “Zheng Zhi” for Adidas. Like it’s predecessor, “Zheng Zhi” uses crowds of hand-drawn people to… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Amnesty International: “Torchure”

[…] (a good one) and I can’t ignore its message. What strikes me most is the approach Sweetworld took. Instead of trying to do something… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

The Motion Awards: More Than a Category — It’s a Celebration of Our Industry

[…] projects to a readership of thousands all across the world — and now with the support of our partners at Final Frontier, it has a… Read more

Staff • 3 months ago

Siggraph 2011: Damian Nenow “Paths of Hate”‘ Interview

The trailer for Paths of Hate showcased its effortless combination of comic book visual style with dynamic dogfighting camera motion and kinetic editing. The film… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

School Profile: Savannah College of Art & Design

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of school profiles we’ll be sharing on Motionographer. The following profile was compiled in August, 2015. Since… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Marco Brambilla: Civilization

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/civilization_final.mov 960 540] Installation Credits Title: Civilization (MEGAPLEX), 2008 By: Marco Brambilla Client: The Standard Hotel, New York Editor/Research Assistant: Beau Dickson Assistant: Swapna Tamhane… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Database Marketing

[…] in your mailbox, for sure. More recently, Chris Milk and Google created the interactive musical experience The Wilderness Downtown for Arcade Fire, which utilized… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

Motorville by Patrick Jean

[…] details. Directed and Animated by : Patrick Jean patrick-jean.com Sound Design : David Kamp davidkamp.de/ All the vector map data used in this film… Read more

Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago

Motion design in games with Ubisoft’s Wylie Robinson

Motion design in games? It's more important than you think. Our interview with Wylie explains why.

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Destiny: Mars Opening Sequence, Q&A with the Directors

Prologue's opener for "Destiny" kicks off one of the most anticipated games of 2014. Motionographer goes deep with its co-directors, Ilya V. Abulkhanov and Simon… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Inside SIGGRAPH 2006

[…] a roller coaster would exist in this environment. After some historical research, it was discovered that trains had transported tea from Nepal to the… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Interview: Garson Yu of yU+co

[…] After Tomorrow.” Three years ago, we got involved in projects for the Beijing Olympics, so Roland left and started up yU+co(hk) and yU+co(lab) in… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

From motion design to game design: In-depth process behind Specimen

“I wanted to be a beginner again and feel like I was growing.”  Those words from designer/director Erica Gorochow encapsulate the primary motivation behind deciding… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Old Fangs – Adrien Merigeau & Alan Holly

[…] I encourage setting aside a quiet moment to let the story unfold. Old Fangs was directed by Adrien Merigeau and Alan Holly (who work… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago

Three Legged Legs: Humans!

In a style reminiscent of Psyop’s Anthem, Three Legged Legs’ Humans! is a charming little short that debuted at the Otis Senior Show last week.… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Minivegas Creates Real-time Idents for S4C

Well, UK studio Minivegas has officially blown my mind. After a year brewing up brilliant ideas, crunching over 50,000 lines of code and shooting live… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Santa Maria Joins the Hornet Family

Josh Goodrich and David Hill (a.k.a. Santa Maria) have officially landed in Hornet’s nest. To celebrate their arrival, two of their latest new projects have… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

1st Ave. Machine: Audi ‘Unboxed’

Happy 2009 to everyone! The folks at 1st Ave Machine and Passion Pictures are ringing in the new year with “Unboxed“, an imaginative commercial for… Read more

Michelle Higa Fox • 16 years ago

Civilization by Marco Brambilla (featuring Crush)

Imagine stepping into an elevator and looking through a viewport that reveals your ascension to heaven or—if you’re on your way to the street—your descent… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 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