Psyop: Guinness “Dot”
Beautiful transitions and lush compositions make this Guinness spot from Psyop worthy of repeat viewing. As with much of Psyop’s work, this spot also uses…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Jot
Originally created in the mid-60s, “Jot” was an animated series presented by none other than the Southern Baptist’s Radio & Television Commission. Production ran until…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Pierre Michel: Fire Flower
Pierre Michel’s latest film, “Fire Flower,” is an abstract vision of sensuality with hints of alchemical mysticism. Like Pierre’s other films, this project derives its…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Pontiac G8 Gets the Spy Hunter Treatment
I burned through stacks of quarters playing Spy Hunter as a kid. Someone at Pontiac’s marketing department knew that, and they commissioned this slick spot…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Genndy Tartakovsky for Willpower
Watch “Warning” | Watch “Willpower” From the first frames of these two new spots directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, you’ll recognize his trademark style. If you’ve…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Bjork: Wanderlust
Bjork’s highly anticipated “Wanderlust” music video hit the web recently with great fanfare. Over a year in the making, the video was a huge undertaking…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
onedotzero for Asics
Most of you who know onedotzero will know them as the international event network and DVD label that has championed tomorrow’s innovators in moving-image for…
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Simon Robson • 17 years ago
Interview: Garson Yu of yU+co
“300” main-on-end titles Storyboards for “300” main-on-end titles Animatic for “300” sequence “Bee Movie” end credit sequence Storyboards for “Bee Movie” end credit sequence “Enchanted”…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Superfad: Sprint
Superfad posted a couple new spots for Sprint that fall neatly into my category of “visual essays.” Employing a style that’s reminiscent of the data…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Peter Sluszka for Weight Watchers
Hornet’s Peter Sluszka powers through the history of dieting in this manic spot for Weight Watchers. Sometimes the hybrid/collage/anything goes approach can feel rough or…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
We Are Seventeen: Fiver
I really dig the fluid energy and subtle cleverness in these two launch idents for UK channel Fiver from We Are Seventeen. Using only colored…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Kick It into 5th Gear
Matt Lambert recently finished a new project for Discovery Channel Europe. It’s a promo for for a car show, 5th Gear, produced by Frame by…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Digital Domain for Mazda
Digital Domain’s full gamut of skills are on display in their latest work for Mazda. The advert is nearly 100% CG, from the cityscape to…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Charlie Company for truTV
Way back in the Tween days, I made a post celebrating Charlie Co’s work for Court TV. Since then, Court TV has reinvented itself as…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
LeMob for IWC Watches
LeMob knocked themselves out for this 10-minute product film that tells the story of six different IWC watches. It’s a classy bit of work that…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Book Review: Graphic Design: The New Basics
As promised, this is my review of Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips’ Graphic Design: The New Basics, published by Princeton Architectural Press. Overview Ellen…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
The Balloon
Director/animator Yoann Lemoine under Wanda Production brings us this whimsical animation for French children’s TV station Tiji. What I love about this animation is its…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
Blacklist Represents for FUSE
Blacklist just dropped this solid and slightly odd batch of promos for FUSE‘s “Music Is” campaign from Brooklyn Brothers. Each piece was undertaken by a…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Pepsi “OpenSource”
Anyone know who’s responsible for this fun advert for Pepsi? In addition to loads of nice CG, there’s some great storytelling and pacing that keeps…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Gareso: MTV Birds
(If that version is slow, try the Motionographer mirror.) Although he’s from Brazil, Gabriel Souza (a.k.a Gareso) is earning his Diploma of Motion Graphics and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Eric Lerner Goes Global for Coke
NOTE: If the above link is slow, try our mirrored version here. Following up on the success of his Mr. City Men series, Partizan’s Eric…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Mixtape Club for My Morning Jacket
Mixtape Club has been happily toiling away in their new home at Hornet. Last month, they released some character-based motion and print work for Nike/Foot…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Prologue: RockNRolla Titles
Prologue Films‘ Danny Yount is back with the main titles for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming film, RockNRolla. The look combines some fantastic comic book-style character illustrations…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Back to Beijing with Eric Lerner
A couple weeks ago, we posted Eric Lerner’s fantastic Olympics advert for Coke. We recently had a chance to catch up with him for a…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago