AICP Southwest 2011 Sponsor Reel
Dallas-based Element X Creative garners a trainload of nostalgia for the AICP Southwest Awards Show with their 2011 Sponsor Reel. Through a mixture of blood,…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
W+K Amsterdam for Nike Women
Working with production companies Paranoid and Stink Digital, agency W+K Amsterdam have certainly been cooking something special in their Dutch oven if their latest campaign…
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James Wignall • 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
Street Fighter III – Furrinkazan Trailer
Victor Hugo, a talented Brazil-based artist, has created yet another fantastic piece this time based around the world of Street Fighter. In this teaser trailer…
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Andres Weber • 12 years ago
Interview with Johnny Kelly: Dropbox “Creative Freedom”
Johnny Kelly’s approach can best be described using the principle of Occam’s Razor. In short, if all things are considered equal, the simplest solution is…
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Joe Donaldson • 9 years ago
Royale: Jet Blue
Since their epically rad animation for Flaunt and Diesel, there’s hasn’t been much news from LA-based Royale, the studio formed by ex-Exopolis CD Brien Holman,…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Japanese Google Street View
You have to really admire the Japanese and their animation. They can take something as mundane as how Google Street View works, and transform it…
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James Wignall • 15 years ago
Prologue: MTV Video Music Awards 2009
MTV has found a good thing, and they’re sticking to it. For the third year in a row, they’ve tapped LA-based Prologue to create the…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Nokia N900: “Focus Group”
Channeling the same rebel spirit as the recent Verizon adverts for the Motorola Droid, this viral for the Nokia N900 injects the nucleus of a…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Previsualization Society Launches
The Previsualization Society is a new organization, formed in September 2009 that is “dedicated to advancing previsualization (“previs”) in feature film, games, commercials and architecture.”…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
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…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Micaël Reynaud: Amalgamation
Winner of the best use of displacement map/compound blur ever — Micaël Reynaud, with portraits by Michael Jang. Also available as an animated gif, of…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Prologue: X Men
Director Simon Clowes shared some valuable insight on the title sequence with Motionographer: The majority of these big budget movies have elaborate visual effects and…
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Daniel Coutinho • 13 years ago
Prologue: X-Men
The main sequence for X-Men: First Class, produced by Prologue, has a special retro/2D hand-made feel and serves as a strong example of how a…
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Daniel Coutinho • 13 years ago
Valins & Co.: DVF On the Go
Valins & Co., Kiera Ormut-Fleishman and Luis Aguirre create The Bearable Lightness of Packing for Diane von Furstenberg.
Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Loaded Pictures: Skip Pitts Tribute
Seattle-based Loaded Pictures delivers this lovely tribute to Bo-Keys guitarist, Charles “Skip” Pitts.
Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago
Daniel Savage: Helium Harvey
Not sold on the idea of going back to school? Neither was Daniel Savage. The NYC-based designer/director just released his animated short, “Helium Harvey,” a…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
IBM Phones And Food
The interplay of live action and exaggerated device interactions give this spot for IBM a shot of whimsy that separates it from the herd. (And…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Destiny: Mars Opening Sequence, Q&A with the Directors
Prologue's opener for "Destiny" kicks off one of the most anticipated games of 2014. Motionographer goes deep with its co-directors, Ilya V. Abulkhanov and Simon…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Making “Uncanny Valley,” an eye-popping sci-fi short about a very possible future
The sci-fi short "Uncanny Valley" presents a grim but very possible future in an eye-popping style laced with beautiful VFX work. Our chat with the…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
FITC Toronto 2016 Titles
If you only watch one video today, make it this one.
Justin Cone • 8 years ago
Blade Runner?! I mean… come on. They claimed their territory and their prize. Motion Award winner.
The taste of success is sweet. Don’t be bitter, submit to The 2020 Motion Awards!
Millie Verastegui • 4 years ago
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (Updated)
In the title sequence for Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, retro illustrations, cutout found elements, bold fields of color and about a dozen different typefaces all…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Goobees!
Goobees is a fantastic and twisted short film made by four grad students at Texas A&M. In order to not be a spoiler for the…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago