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
Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional”
A friend of mine passed me Andy Rutledge’s “The Opposite of Professional,” a diatribe that argues, among other things, that design professionalism cannot be instilled…
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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
Motionographer Podcast 01: This Way Up
The highly decorated animation direction duo Smith & Foulkes of Nexus Productions have recently unveiled their new animated short “This Way Up.” Created for Mike…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Nathan Love for Humana
Insurance giant Humana and agency Red7e tapped the prodigous character animation talents of Nathan Love for a series of shorts featuring two characters living in…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Be back in two weeks!
Hello all, this is just a little note to let you know that I’m taking a two-week vacation for my wedding and honeymoon. I’m leaving…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Motionographer Podcast 02: Crush
In our second installment of the Motionographer Podcast, we chat with Gary Thomas, founder and creative director at Crush in Toronto. Some of the topics…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
King & Country Takes Us On The Ride
Santa Monica based King and Country creates a lush world, filled with fun details and a clever metaphor for their new internal project. “The Ride,” loosely follows…
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Staff • 16 years ago
AENY: Tonight! September 25th @ 6:45
Tonight at the AENY (free!) meetings, Bran Dougherty-Johnson of Grow Design Work will be showing work for his upcoming PSST! Pass It On project, and…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
Mr. Hyde’s Fx and Mat for RBC
Fx and Mat (with Paris-based production company Mr. Hyde) directed this feel-good spot for the Royal Bank of Canada and agency BBDO Toronto. I love…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
C4 Creative Clinic: November 19, Toronto
Promax|BDA is launching a new half-day event on November 19th in Toronto. Dubbed C4, the event is targeted at “creative promotion, marketing and design professionals…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Not To Scale/Natl for Amex “Clay” [UPDATE]
For this new American Express advert, Not To Scale‘s National Television created a believable claymation look entirely in CG. According to the release: “Shooting the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Prologue: Fall ’08 Updates
‘Tis the season for updating websites, and Prologue is the latest in a happy rash of relaunches and refreshes. Four new projects have hit their…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip
For his Animation MA at the Royal College of Art, Leo Murray created an ambitious 11-minute short film on climate change, “Wake Up, Freak Out…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
The Moment, student short film from Filmakademie
The Moment is a charming animated film for the International Festival of Animated Film from Filmakademie students Csaba Letay and Verena Fels. I’ve been aware of the short for a…
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Jon Gorman • 16 years ago
PepperMelon: Lucchetti
Buenos Aires-based PepperMelon shows off their character animation skills in this series of entertaining adverts for Lucchetti. The characters’ snappy but understated gestures are punctuated…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Selling Space: Architectural Filmmaking
Tronic recently created this new promotional film for 56 Leonard Street, a yet-to-be completed residential building in Manhattan designed by international rock stars of high-profile…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
AENY: Thursday, December 11th
Mark your calendars, another AENY meeting is coming up! Maxon CEO Paul Babb will walk through some of the new features of C4D 11, and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
nobrain: TF1 IDs
Paris-based nobrain created a staggering number of beautifully crafted idents for TF1, France’s biggest network. Each five-second clip is jam-packed with detail and fluid animation…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Rex Box – Grip Wrench
I’ve been waiting for this ever since I saw early artwork on the Rex Box (Rex Crowle) blog, Hairyteeth (By the way, you may know more of Rex’s…
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Jon Gorman • 16 years ago
Crush’s Yoho Hang Yue for World Fishing Network
Crush’s Yoho Hang Yue (reel) lent his expert comedic timing and spot-on character animation skils to the World Fishing Network for a series of chuckletastic…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
F5 Additions: 1st Ave Machine and Elan Lee
We’ve added two new speakers to the F5 lineup: 1st Avenue Machine and Elan Lee. You probably know 1st Ave. from their numerous postings on…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Rachel Maddow and Charlie White to Present at F5
I’ve been saying all along that F5 will be full of creative collisions—moments of lasting insight and inspiration that occur when you venture outside your…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Cut&Paste World Tour Launches in LA
Cut&Paste’s global tour, comprised of 16 cities and 256 competitors, gets underway this Saturday, February 21st in Los Angeles. As I’ve mentioned before, Cut&Paste has…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago