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… Read more

Ghost Robot: “Bonnaroo Line-Up”

Waaay back in July 2008, we posted a Quickie on Javan Ivey’s beautiful “My Paper Mind” video, produced using a self-devised method called “Stratastencil” (inspired… Read more

yU+Co: The Watchmen Titles

NOTE: This title sequence was removed at the request of Warner Bros. I will never understand Hollywood’s approach to free publicity. Persistent souls will still… Read more

Mesai: Alarm

I gotta be honest, the real reason I was first attracted to Mesai’s “Alarm,” was for its beautifully soft lighting and rendering. On second pass,… Read more

Minivegas Does It In Realtime

London-based directing collective, Mini Vegas, not only works on animation projects; they also do computer programming and run their own art gallery. To bring all… Read more

Onesize: Playground Titles

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PlaygroundsTitle_H264.mov 900 506] Onesize creative director Rogier Hendriks: We ended up with the idea to have two fighters on a children’s playground. Kind of a… Read more

Yellow Cake

Yellow Cake is a new short film by Nick Cross, an Ottawa-based animator who has worked for everyone from Nickelodeon to Spumco over the course… Read more

Offline by Matthew Santoro

Good Monday morning Motionographer readers. Maybe you are confused as to why we are starting this week out by posting a trailer for some big… Read more

Elastic/a52: Honda “Boxes”

Elastic/a52 releases another colorful component of the Honda Accord Crosstour campaign for agency RPA. Directed by Andy Hall, “Boxes” builds on the lively minimalism of… Read more

Buck for Chegg.com

No one is better qualified to employ humor that’s so willfully tasteless as Buck. In a brood of spots for online textbook rental service, Chegg.com,… Read more

Dear Sesame St.

Dear Sesame Street,  We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We are concerned that… Read more

Plastic Bag by Ramin Bahrani

To some of you, this piece may feel out of character in relation to our regularly posted content. However, there are universal lessons in storytelling… Read more

VFX Townhall Recap and Links

Lee Stranahan’s Monday night VFX Townhall: The State of The Industry was a big success. Not in providing a solution, but in starting a discussion,… Read more

Not To Scale: LateRooms.com “Bubbles”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/BMB-LATE105-030H264.mov 960 540] What was the brief for this project? Agency BMB approached us to make a commercial that had something of the same charm… Read more

Jungeun Kim: Interview

Interview Most of our features on Motionographer are commercials and shorts we fall in love with and want to share. To shine the light a… Read more

Prologue: Iron Man 2

To see the full collection of work Prologue created for Iron Man 2, head over to Prologue’s site. For those of you who’ve seen Iron… Read more

Prologue: Iron Man 2

For those of you who’ve seen Iron Man 2 (has anyone not seen it?), you know that Robert Downey Jr. shares the screen with Mickey… Read more

Azureus Rising

Azureus Rising is a proof of concept developed by the San Diego production company Black Sun Entertainment. We know very little about them other than… Read more

Prologue for Robin Hood

Make sure to visit Prologue’s site to see more of this project and others they have worked on, very inspiring stuff. [qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/robinhood_et.mp4 640 272] I… Read more