The Theory: Speed of Light

 The Theory is the pseudonym for writer/director team Tom Jenkins and Simon Sharp. They blew up on the internets with their stop-motion Google Street View… Read more
Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago

30 Weeks Admissions Open

 If you’re a designer with an entrepreneurial itch, you might be a good fit for 30 Weeks, a 15-week startup bootcamp in NYC.  With a curriculum… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

QuickTime Tip: Fast Start

 Just a friendly tip: If you’re compressing a video for the web and you’re using QuickTime to do it, make sure to enable Fast Start.… Read more
Justin Cone • 18 years ago

Tom & Mark: “Muffin Man”

 […] for the recently rebranded Royal Bank of Canada. Although the spot is entirely CG, it captures the retro charm of claymation through its textures,… Read more
Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Capitu Titles

 […] and the tearing/ripping evokes the violence inherent in the central character’s tormenting doubts and desire for vengeance. The animation was first created in After… Read more
Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago

Sarah Laufer: Teleachat

 Supinfocom student Sarah Laufer created this whimsical one-minute animation as an exercise during her first year. It pops with personality and shows off Sarah’s fine… Read more
Justin Cone • 15 years ago

Chad VanGaalen Black Mold: Metal Spiderwebs

 Check out Chad VanGaalen’s rad frame animation music video, Metal Spiderwebs, for his electronic music alter-ego Black Mold. ChadVanGaalen_MetalSpiderwebs ChadVanGaalen_MetalSpiderwebs
Michelle Higa Fox • 15 years ago

Eran Hilleli: “Between Bears”

 […] is a film beyond its years as a student piece and occupies a distinctive place in the spectrum of contemporary, short subject animation. Unto… Read more
Brandon Lori • 14 years ago

Movie Barcodes

 Interesting tumblr which shows every frame of a movie compressed into a single image – prints are also available. movbrcd
Stephen Kelleher • 14 years ago

David Prosser: Matter Fisher

 […] short film, Matter Fisher, makes it’s online debut this week as the winner of Short of the Week‘s Great Film Competition. It’s a lovely… Read more
Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

David Prosser: Matter Fisher

 […] short film, Matter Fisher, makes it’s online debut this week as the winner of Short of the Week‘s Great Film Competition. It’s a lovely… Read more
Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

Screwed Up

 Check this stop-frame animated love story from Kris Hofmann. Screwed Up
James Wignall • 13 years ago

We Weren’t the First Ones Here

 A lovely exploration of paper-craft and frame animation by Kate Broadhurst, Emma-Rose Dade, Helen Dallat, Daisy Gould and Joseph Wallace. Made at Newport Film School,… Read more
Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago

Kijek/Adamski: Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi”

 Directors Kijek/Adamski created this lovely, lighthearted video using approximately 2,000 silhouettes extracted from PVC plates using a computer-controlled cutter. I love the balance between popping… Read more
Michelle Higa Fox • 12 years ago

My Darling’s Shadow

 Every frame of Conor Whelan's latest short, "My Darling’s Shadow," is a beautiful study of composition, color and reduction of form. I watched the film… Read more
Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Helios Design Labs / Nokia

 What could be better than blowing the crap out of a bunch of consumer electronics? Blowing the crap out of them at six-thousand frames-per-second. And… Read more
daniel • 18 years ago

Shilo: Winning the War

 Watch “The War” Hand-drawn storyboards Shots from the blue screen shoot Style frames Stills from the finished product Motionographer’s Jon Saunders interviewed Andre Stringer and… Read more
Justin Cone • 17 years ago