What’s In the Box?
“What in the Box?” is the extremely ambitious “test film” created by a Dutch students Tim Smit and Thibaut Niels that’s been heating up YouTube—and…
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Justin Cone • 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
VFX Online Town Hall Session One: LiveBlog
This will be a liveblog of the VFX Online Town Hall taking place at 7PM PST 03/29/10. Panelists include Chris deFaria, Vice President, Warner Bros.…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Smithson v. Oeffinger Layer Tennis Recap Q&A:
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SMITHSON_VS_OEFFINGER2_smx.mov 788 245] Questions: Did you enjoy the match or was it stressful? Daniel Oeffinger: I enjoyed getting to work on something in a completely…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Bare Bones US Debut
On Tuesday the 29th at NYC’s Envoy Enterprises, London-based art crew, Bare Bones (founded by Harry Malt), will be having their US debut show. After…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
NOMINT: “The Holy Chicken of Life & Music”
“The Holy Chicken of Life & Music”, a short film by NOMINT recently won the Community Choice Award in the Experimental Category of the Vimeo…
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Austin Shaw • 14 years ago
Copa America Rebrand
Marcel Ziul & Marcos Vaz joined forces as Superlativ to create this solid graphics package for Copa America 2011.
Daniel Coutinho • 13 years ago
Tearaway by Media Molecule
A big thank you to Kris Merc for turning me on to this trailer for Tearaway, the upcoming PlayStation Vita game by Media Molecule, the…
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Elliot Blanchard • 12 years ago
VFX World Map
The VFX World Map plots commercial and features studios, schools and other relevant entities on — you guessed it — a map of the world.
Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Crafting graphics for the Oscars: An interview with Henry Hobson
Like people who tune into the Super Bowl just to watch the ads, I turn on the Oscars just to watch the graphics. The opening…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Lessons learned: Daniel Coutinho’s journey from Brazil to Buck
In 2011, Daniel Coutinho left his family, his home and his girlfriend in pursuit of a dream. Now, as a staff animator at Buck —…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Making “Uncanny Valley,” an eye-popping sci-fi short about a very possible future
The sci-fi short "Uncanny Valley" presents a grim but very possible future in an eye-popping style laced with beautiful VFX work. Our chat with the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
How to change the world (and get paid for it): Making SolarCity “How Energy Gets To You”
Learn how a group of passionate environmentalists used innovative production techniques to tell stories that genuinely matter to them — all while getting paid.
Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Reliving The Past Motion Awards Winners! | Game of Thrones / Elastic
The Season 8 Game of Thrones title sequence was redesigned to be more narrative, with visual details reflecting the depth and evolution of the story,…
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Staff • 4 weeks ago
Joseph Kosinski: Gears of War
The new Gears of War trailer is noteworthy for several reasons. One, it’s directed by one of my favorite CG-centric filmmakers, Joseph Kosinski, formerly of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Elastic: MTV Video Music Awards 2014 (case study + interview)
Brandon Lori dives deep into the elegant package for MTV's signature event.
Brandon Lori • 10 years ago
The Mill tackles monstrous VR challenges for Google ATAP
The pioneers of VR continue making progress, despite (or perhaps because of) the incredible technical and creative challenges it poses. One of the latest projects…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Game of Thrones: Sword Experience
The wizards at Red Paper Heart just returned from San Diego Comic-Con, arguably the largest orgy of geek culture in the world, where eager fans…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
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…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Motion plus design
Pour la première fois en France, Motion Plus Design invite 8 des plus grands noms du Motion Design international à Paris! INVITÉS : GUEST #1…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Call for Entries: BassAwards 2016
The BassAwards celebrates its 4th edition and is looking for the top pieces made in 2015 in the following categories: 1. BEST TV CHANNEL BRANDING…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Crush and REM Strike Again
After their first well received collaboration with REM (Hollow Man), Crush follows up with “Man Sized Wreath.” This piece deals with an anonymous man’s daily…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Peppermelon Fresh Projects
Peppermelon updates! My favourite in this batch is the MTV ‘Los Premios 3009’ (MTV Awards 2009). It features eye-popping futuristic imagining of the 3 main…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
David Thorne : Notorious Internet ‘Troublemaker’
Continuing the ‘Funny Friday’ theme, David Thorne, the wittiest man ever to grace the email universe has some new stuff on his site here. Our…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago