VR without goggles: “Field Trip to Mars” sends a souped up school bus to space
Here we are at the dawn of virtual reality’s triumphant comeback, and already we’re bored. But “Field Trip to Mars” isn’t the usual 360-degree branded “experience” that’s…
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Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (Updated)
In the title sequen ce for Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, retro illustrations, cutout found elements, bold fields of color and about a dozen different typefaces…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Reliving The Past Motion Awards Winners! | Dreams of Dalí / Goodby Silverstein & Partners
The Dalí Museum in Florida sought to attract a wider audience to its exhibition, Disney and Dalí: Architects of the Imagination. To achieve this, they…
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Staff • 4 weeks ago
Siggraph 2011: Technical Papers Fast Forward
Hi Motionographers! We’re at SIGGRAPH 2011, here in beautiful Van couver. SIGGRAPH is the Association for Computing Machinery’s annual conference on computer graphics, where you can…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Game of Thrones: Sword Experience
The wizards at Red Paper Heart just returned from San Diego Comic-Con, arguably the largest orgy of geek culture in the world, where eager fans…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Sony vs. Kozyndan Update
Ba ckground 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…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Blacklist Represents for FUSE
Bla cklist just dropped this solid and slightly odd batch of promos for FUSE‘s “Music Is” campaign from Brooklyn Brothers. Each piece was undertaken by…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Cut&Paste: LA 2009 Winners
The winners from Cut&Paste’s Los Angeles competition are up. Next up: San Francisco this Saturday! c-and-p-la c-and-p-la
Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Psyop: In-Depth with Tony Barbieri
This interview with Te chnical Director and Project Lead Tony Barbieri is part of a three-part series that goes deep behind the scenes with Psyop regarding…
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Brandon Lori • 15 years ago
Hornet & The Decemberists
We re cently 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…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Eyeball: Centric Network Branding
Eyeball laun ches Viacom’s new Centric Network with retro-inspired type, crisp lines and earthy palettes Credits for Centric Network branding VH1 SVP of Brand &…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Not To Scale: LateRooms.com “Bubbles”
What was the brief for this proje ct? Agency BMB approached us to make a commercial that had something of the same charm and appeal…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Thing Pit
\’th`ing\ p`1t\ Noun An entity, an idea, or a quality per ceived, known, or thought to have its own existence. Thing Pit is a traveling…
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Ryan Rothermel • 14 years ago
Siggraph 2011: Damian Nenow “Paths of Hate”‘ Interview
The trailer for Paths of Hate show cased its effortless combination of comic book visual style with dynamic dogfighting camera motion and kinetic editing. The…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Nike Football: The Last Game
Jon Saunders (formerly of Psyop, now at Passion Pi ctures) directs this action-packed 5-minute short for Nike, featuring the likenesses of Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney,…
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Staff • 10 years ago
Interview: A Behind-the-Scenes look at Vectorpark’s “Metamorphabet”
Those interested in the future of animation often cite interactive as a new horizon. Patrick Smith, better known as Vectorpark, has been fusing his own…
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Erica Gorochow • 10 years ago
Code and motion, exploring new frontiers with Marcus Eckert
The video above is an iPhone s creen capture taken from Reuters TV, an on-demand news app created by one of the largest news agencies…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
How a husband and wife team took a startup from brand to product launch
What makes “IMANDRA” a fascinating case study in the world of explainer videos is not its intricately detailed but elegant animation (although that’s very nice),…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Confirmation Bias, Motionographer and You
This is the first in a series of video essays tentatively entitled Render Break. Thanks for checking it out! Recently, motion designer extraordinaire Peter Quinn made…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Am I talking poetry or am I talking business?
Am I talking poetry or am I talking business? I am confident that when you hear idioms such as “open your heart”, “listen to your heart”, and…
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Marie Reig Florensa • 6 months ago
Joseph Kosinski: Gears of War
The new Gears of War trailer is noteworthy for several reasons. One, it’s directed by one of my favorite CG-centric filmmakers, Joseph Kosinski, formerly of…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Board Summit: Day 2 Round-Up
As we all recover from the Boards Summit, here’s a recap of some notable items from Day 2. The morning session, Business as Unusual, was…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Elastic: MTV Video Music Awards 2014 (case study + interview)
Brandon Lori dives deep into the elegant package for MTV's signature event.
Brandon Lori • 10 years ago
