Creative Parents, Creative Kids
In collaboration with reader Joe Linton, we conducted an informal survey in May asking parents about the role that creativity played in their parenting. We…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Making “The Wisdom of Pessimism”
For his directorial debut, Claudio Salas took on an ambitious challenge: a 2-minute visual essay for the philosopher Alain de Botton’s School of Life project. What began as…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Traveling without moving: Porta Estel·lar (Star Gate)
Projection mapped experiences hit a saturation point a few years ago, and it’s been a while since we’ve seen something that stopped us in our…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
The Motion Awards: 2016 Winners
It is our great pleasure to announce the winners of the first annual Motion Awards by Motionographer.
Justin Cone • 7 years ago
Discussing process with two of Pictoplasma NYC’s upcoming speakers
In this Motionographer Q&A, we chat with two of Pictoplasma NYC's upcoming speakers Sophie Koko Gate and Mike Perry about their work and the upcoming…
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Joe Donaldson • 6 years ago
Takagi Masakatsu
I’ve never really liked ‘video art’. It just never seemed to transgress how complete our established and prefered artforms feel to us. A good motion…
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Tread • 18 years ago
The coke taste of machinima
I’m sure by now we all are familiar with what machinima is, or at least have seen it’s most popular representative, red vs. blue. If…
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Tread • 18 years ago
Eatdrink: The Cat State
One thing I learned to appreciate at Offf in Barcelona was the importance of creating simply for the sake of creating. When we let go…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Interview: 72andSunny and Fulltank
Fulltank recently created a beautiful spot for the Zune Arts Films campaign entitled “Dogfight,” the first of many done so far to break out from…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
MassMarket/Psyop for Infiniti
I think it was back around the summer of 2005 when Psyop first posted a three-spot series for Infiniti in which cars motored through majestically…
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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
National Television: Hyundai “Imagine”
I’m not sure how old this Hyundai spot is, but I just stumbled onto it yesterday. Agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners worked with studio National…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Exopolis: Xbox “Experience Welcoming Animation”
I play a lot of Xbox. To be more specific, I play a ton of Halo 3. Anyways, today the New Xbox Experience launches giving…
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Brian Gossett • 16 years ago
Stink/Psyop: Audi “Synchronised”
Taking a cue from some of the human-pixel videos on the web, this new Audi advert from Stink and Psyop for Berlin-based agency HEIMAT blends…
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Justin Cone • 16 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
YMCA: Head Gear Animation
Head Gear Animation and TBWA\Vancouver created this charming spot for YMCA, titled ‘Questions’. Its important message is definitely worth pondering, especially for people like us…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Jonny Kofoed, PAMS Q&A
What was the initial pitch brief from the agency, and how did you choose to answer it? (I.e. by sticking closely to their wish list…
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Boca Ceravolo • 14 years ago
Charlex: Shape Shifter
Charlex has recently created Shape Shifter, a larger-than-life film that’s been attracting remarkable attention online since its release. From the pieces of an exploded car,…
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Daniel Coutinho • 14 years ago
Interview with James Curran: ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ Unofficial Title Sequence
We’re huge fans of self-initiated personal projects, and were delighted by James Curran‘s fantastic unofficial title sequence for The Adventures of Tintin. James was kind…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
In this case power hungry paid off. Benjy Brooke gold all the way – Motion Award winner.
Stellar project? It’s time to shine, submit to The 2020 Motion Awards.
Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago
Kris Moyes, Expatriate and more
Kris Moyes’ latest video for Expatriate is a monochromatic playground of slow-mo fun. The piece is comprised of long, flowing black-and-white shots, each beautifully composed.…
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daniel • 18 years ago
An Interview with nailgun*
MOV nailgun*’s latest reel JPG Pitch boards for the Academy Awards PDF The process behind the Benjamin Franklin spot for Spike TV’s Men of Action…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Digital Kitchen: Microsoft MindQuest
Digital Kitchen’s MindQuest isn’t just a hilarious attempt at recreating cutting edge video production values from the 1980s (although it totally nails that); it’s a…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Hyper Island Launches Interactive Art Director Program
Swedish design school Hyper Island has launched an interesting new 32-week Interactive Art Director Program. While the objectives and assignments are built around interactive projects,…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago