Alberta oil-sand mining exposed: La Moustache for H2Oil
Happy Friday, Mographer fans! And what better way to celebrate the end of the week, than with a timely dose of ‘issue’ animation. La Moustache,…
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Simon Robson • 15 years ago
F5 RE:PLAY Films + Stash Short Films Vol. 1
F5 RE:PLAY Films on Stash 60 Since F5 last April, I’ve received a slew of emails asking how people can get their hands on a…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
New Work from Birdo Studio
Check out these three recent projects from the Brazilian Birdo Studio: Sempre Livre is a poppy, colorful Flash animated spot that was made in just…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
HunterGatherer’s Signature Series for Fuel
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/HunterGatherer_960_30.mov 960 540] Q&A with Todd St. John, HunterGatherer: 1. The Fuel Signature Series is pretty wide-open, allowing artists a blank canvas to express themselves…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
1stAveMachine / Aaron Duffy: Google Chrome Features
Using the same camera perspective trick employed by weareom for their “Chop Cup” viral (or sidewalk artist Julian Beever or Salvador Dalí or countless others,…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Nathan Love for Pop Secret “Dark Knight”
As Shakespeare said, “To thy own self be true.” In Pop Secret’s “Dark Knight,” Nathan Love gets back to basics, and back to what they…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Slamdance “Sweet 16”
Insight from the director, Nico Casavecchia (boolab) I first heard about the project back in August. Peter Baxter, founder of Slamdance, had some interesting ideas…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Blur Takes Us Back To Hell
This past Sunday, the standard superbowl advertisements focused on beer, babes and general safe tomfoolery, were briefly interrupted with a stirring glimpse of Hell. Videogame…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Digital Kitchen : Census “Living Mural”
Digital Kitchen NY steps up to the plate and cracks a grand slam with a seamless blend of sexy live action and hand-drawn animation in…
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Staff • 15 years ago
Modern Rebel: Alberto Mielgo & Pinkman.tv
Alberto Mielgo is an artist’s artist. It is a particular distinction, suggesting not mere talent, but a quality of rebelliousness, one whose appeal is contingent…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Not Getting Paid: One Freelancer’s Story (and Solution)
An anonymous LA-area freelancer has posted a cautionary tale that will prove valuable to anyone who works for hire. One extremely helpful bit of advice…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Blind’s Heart of Stone
“Heart of Stone” marks the second collaboration between Blind Director/Owner Chris Do and Danish rock duo The Raveonettes. To refresh your memory, their first music…
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Brian Gossett • 15 years ago
I’m Here
Years ago, as a student, I read Stefan Sagmeister’s list of personal goals. There were heaps of silly ones, but one has remained with me…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
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…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Gabe Askew’s Ten By Ten Q&A:
A few storyboard images and sketches from Gabe Askew. Questions: What was your process like for coming up with the concept for the video? With…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Motionographer Studios to Shutter Stat
Very unexpected news from headquarters today: Motionographer Studios will be shutting down immediately. Production on the London Olympics Rebrand headed by Brian Gossett and Orange…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Scott Squires: Visual effects service – The Big Picture
Another response to the issues that the VFX Townhall have brought up, Scott Squires writes a long post on what he sees as the big…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 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 • 14 years ago
First Looks At Banksy’s ‘Exit Though the Gift Shop’ with Nick Parish
Contagious‘ North American Editor Nick Parish (former Creativity/Ad Age) caught a screening of Banksy’s recent film, ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’. He’s been kind enough…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
See No Evil: 1 Year Anniversary
See No Evil, the London event that is run by Thiago Maia and our own James Wignall will celebrate its 1 year anniversary next week…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Pixels Q&A with Patrick Jean
With over 2,026,435 views of the official film on Dailymotion in the six days since its release, Pixels has really spread far and wide very…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Reach Out
Reach Out is an interesting new PSA campaign by the Ad Council through DDB New York that attempts to raise awareness of teen suicide prevention…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Seagulls Fly “Adobe CS5 – Production Premium”
Q&A with Seagulls Fly by Michelle Higa, with help from Boca Ceravolo and Bran Dougherty-Johnson Can you talk a bit about the brief – was…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
A Woman’s Life Through Dougal’s Eyes
Dougal Wilson’s latest spot for John Lewis (produced by Blink with VFX from MPC) flexes both his stronger and often contrasting skills; “in-camera” trickery whilst…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago