Playgrounds Festival Titles 2014

Again, the Playgrounds Festival was a blast. Solid line-up, nice presentations and a good overall atmosphere. This year, Playgrounds had not one but two title sequences.… Read more

Harm van Zon • 10 years ago

Review: Division05’s “Snapdragon”

We review the latest educational offering from Division05, "Snapdragon," a comprehensive dissection of a real-world motion graphics project for Qualcomm.

Justin Cone • 8 years ago

Personal Portfolio Round-Up

It's the end of the year, and everyone's relaunching their personal sites. Here are a few that have popped up on our radar.

Staff • 8 years ago

[Interview] Buck: Good Books “Metamorphosis”

From Buck’s website: “The Buck team dug deep, channeling our inner gonzo, to direct and produce this homage promoting Good Books, the online bookseller that passes… Read more

Angelo Collazo • 13 years ago

Inside SIGGRAPH 2006

Monster Samurai / Grace McNamee Doll Face / Andrew Huang Brush / Victoria Caution Fog (Niebla) / Santi Fort e-scape / Masakazu Takano Mask of… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Stepping Back

[Warning: There are no links to exciting new projects in the following post.] As usual, when I’m between quarters (or between massive projects), I get… Read more

Justin Cone • 18 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… Read more

Jon Saunders • 17 years ago

Interview: Troika Design Group

Talk to enough seasoned west coast mographers and you’re bound to hear Troika come up in conversation more than once. In addition to fostering a… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Sony vs. Kozyndan Update

Background For those of you who’ve missed the drama, I’ll try to bring you up to date. Last week, we posted the latest spot in… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Matt Lambert and Jellyfish Pictures: “Carbon Footprint”

“Footprint” (Director’s cut) | “Carbon Footprint” (Official) Matt Lambert wrote, directed and edited a stirring PSA/short fllm entitled “Footprint.”* Jellyfish Pictures handled all the animation,… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

Phillip Van and Method Studios: “And She Stares Longingly At What She Has Lost”

I don’t often get tingles from the work posted here, but this new short film directed by Phillip Van had my entire body covered in… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

A Doggy Bag from Supinfocom

[flv:http://motionographermedia.com/supinfocom/doggybag.flv 468 374] Three students from France’s Supinfocom school—Guillaume Cassuto, Thomas Moine and Sylvain Perlot—have produced another fine CG short in their school’s tradition of… Read more

Justin Cone • 17 years ago

The People of Burma (Updated with Q&A)

QuickTime version I think this new :90 PSA for the people of Burma is my favorite Shilo piece to date. This collaborative effort was conceived… Read more

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… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Fast Forward: The Future of Web Video

The web is rife with predictions for 2009, most of which will turn out to be pure bunk. But I must admit I enjoy speculations… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Anima Istanbul: IF 2009 “Zoetrope”

For Instanbul’s IF 2009 independent film festival, Ayse Unal of Anima Istanbul teamed up with compositor Ilhan Poyraz to reinterpret the experience of watching a… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Interview: Psyop for T. Rowe Price

The following is an interview with Mate Steinforth and Gerald Ding and myself, Lauren Indovina regarding Psyop’s “Ink” and “Rice” spots for JWT and T.… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

David O’Reilly Interview: Please Say Something

The following is an interview with David O’Reilly and Motionographer regarding his short film, Please Say Something. Where did the idea and story behind Please… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Challenge Your World 20/20

Through an online community, contests, and events, Challenge Your World connects emerging entrepreneurs to the resources and expertise they need to launch companies that restore… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Alek Vacura: “Without Arms” Q&A

Last week, we posted Alek Vacura’s elegant short film, “Without Arms,” created for his MFA thesis at Pratt Institute. Alek was nice enough to answer… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Mass Animation: A Guest Rebuttal

Back in July, I scribbled out a diatribe against Mass Animation, a Facebook-supported competition to create a CG short film by crowd-sourcing the animation to… Read more

Justin Cone • 15 years ago

By and By Q&A

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/LayLow_HD_960.mov 960 540] How did you come up with the concept for this music video? As always, we draw inspiration from the song we’re working… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago

Martin Allais, ARD & ZDF “Caveman”

Boolab director Martin Allais created this ingenious spot for German TV channels ARD and ZDF portraying the history of mankind (or most of it) in… Read more

Boca Ceravolo • 15 years ago

The Games We Play Q&A

Watch Moto Watch Running Watch Fitness Watch Golf Questions: What was your process like at the concepting stage? Your films require the viewer to connect-the-dots… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago