Welcome to Motionographer 2.0
Welcome to Motionographer’s refreshed look. There’s still plenty of work to be done, but it’s time we went ahead and pushed this baby out. Some…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Is It Really All Stop-Motion?
Watch “Building” | Watch “Contents” | Watch “Motor” When I first watched these three commercials by Australian director Liz Murphy and TAXI for RAC Insurance,…
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Boca Ceravolo • 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
PepperMelon: E.L.A., Meet the Fat Farts
PepperMelon has been hard at work on two short (but surprisingly epic) films that are sure to brighten up your week. “ELA in Love at…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Gobelins Students Do it Again: Oktapodi
Although it was created in 2007, the student short film from Gobelins, “Oktapodi,” has finally been released into the wild. (Ha, given the storyline of…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Daniel Klein lives in a Speckzimmer
France-based director Daniel Klein was born in Germany, which shows, as his works on the internet live in the Speckzimmer, the “Room made out of…
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Mate Steinforth • 16 years ago
W+K & Tokyoplastic’s Bundle for Nokia Music
W+K London’s recent campaign for Nokia, “Music Alrighty” has a been the source of a handful of strange pieces of work. To start, Tokyoplastic completed…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Grzegorz Jonkajtys: Ark
Way back in June of 2006, we posted a Quickie about Grzegorz Jonkajtys’ short film, Ark. He recently sent word that the film’s site has…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
F5 Tickets for Everyone
As those of you who signed up on the F5 mailing list before September 9th know, F5 started selling super-secret advance ticket sales at the…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Velvet for Mattoni
UPDATE: :60 QuickTime version has replaced previous link Munich-based Velvet Mediendesign oversaw some liquid simulation magic for this astouding Mattoni spot. Sure, it’s pure eye…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Zeitguised: Peripetics
Every once in a while we get a chance to post something unique, outside of the commercial realm; and this stunning six-act piece by London-based…
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Boca Ceravolo • 16 years ago
Jonas Odell: Lies
Filmtecknarna’s Jonas Odell has been a distinctive voice in the world of motion design ever since his 2004 hit video for Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Guilherme Marcondes: Bruce Parry Promo for BBC 2
I have always loved Guilherme Marcondes’ work for its richness in colour and texture, its symbolism and surrealism that are often tinged with a hint…
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Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago
The Softer Side of Slaying
Digital Domain and director Joseph Kosinski have teamed up again for Gears of War to promote the second installment of the successful XBOX 360 title,…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Encoding Video for the Web with QuickTime Pro
One of the things we get asked about all the time is how to properly compress video for the web. Dozens of books and technical…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Gaelle Denis and MassMarket for DuPont
I read an essay once by Steven Millhauser that explained why miniatures are so engaging. In a nutshell, he says that miniatures enchant us by…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Theo Alexopoulos: Preparedness Now
ShakeOut sets up this project better than I ever could: Up-and-coming film director, motion graphics designer and Art Center College of Design alumnus, Theo Alexopoulos,…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Wuppertal 2050
Wuppertal, Germany is not a likely locale for para-military gunfights and flying car chases—at least not yet. Fueled by a fund from Medienprojekt Wuppertal, a…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Method/Kuntz Take On XBox
Tom Kuntz brings his peculiarly familiar sense of humor to XBox’s “Lips” with the help of Method. This last campaign from TAG joins the company…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Iran: A Nation of Bloggers
Four international students at Vancouver Film School, Aaron Chiesa, Hendy Sukarya, Lisa Temes and Toru Kageyama created a thought-provoking short film entitled “Iran: a nation…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Autofuss 001: Katelyn
You may recall that we interviewed an internal motion design team at agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners that went by the name The Action Cats.…
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Justin Cone • 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
Asif Mian joins 1st Ave Machine
1st Ave Machine has expanded their happy family by adding Asif Mian to the mix. After Matt Lambert, who joined 1st Ave a few months…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
21-19 Finally Launch.
Melbourne based multidisciplinary studio 21-19 have finally launched their site, full of a plethora of delightful print, motion and even some interactive work. There is…
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Jon Gorman • 16 years ago