EP Banter: Talent, Trends & Technique
What is an Executive Producer? This role may go unnoticed by many of us, but the success of a company is often defined by this…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
The Lost Thing: Interview With Shaun Tan
First, a word about Shaun Tan. He is an amazing storyteller. His picture books are not only filled with rich, whimsical pictures, but also with…
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Lilian Darmono • 14 years ago
Lauren Indovina: 10,000 Arrows to the Heart
Aside from being a Creative Director and Designer at Psyop since 2008 and collecting a number of top honors (Clios, ADC, BDA, AICP and the…
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Staff • 11 years ago
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Graph Editor
Editor’s note: As part of our ongoing education series, we present a guest post from Nol Honig, co-founder of The Drawing Room and part-time professor…
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Nol Honig • 9 years ago
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The Motion Awards Winners Reel
Staff • 6 months ago
The Motion Awards: More Than a Category — It’s a Celebration of Our Industry
In 2014, nearly every industry had its own awards except Motion Design. To fill this gap, Motionographer created The Motion Awards in 2015, dedicated to…
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Staff • 3 months ago
Happy Hour 3 in L.A.
Motionographer has free tickets for the Friday and Saturday screenings of Happy Hour 3 in LA, August 10th and 11th at the El Portal Theater…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
The Hyde Tube
Paris-based production company Mr. Hyde has launched an interesting new initiative, The Hyde Tube, which invites directors anywhere in the world to submit their work…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
GoldRunner, Vivian Rosenthal and Augmented Reality
I cut my teeth on motion design at turn of the 21st century, when the desktop computer revolution was in full swing. A handful of…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
6 motion design industry predictions for 2015
Somehow, 2015 is here. So I dug up my crystal ball (a Times Square snow globe from 1987), put on some trance-inducing music and visited the…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago
Articles and Interviews
A Conversation with Mate Steinforth April 18, 2012 Go! SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts April 10, 2012 Go! Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now) April…
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Justin Cone • 19 years ago
HP’s New Image
HP’s new “Personal Again” campaign is an attempt to restructure the personal computing galaxy with humansâ€â€?instead of machinesâ€â€?at the center of the action. So far,…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Stash GSAA Winners Announced
Stash just announced the winners of the 2006 Global Student Animation Awards. Low and behold, our very own Ted Gore is the Motion Design winner.…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Potapych: The Bear That Loved Vodka
Darren Price did a great job with his short film Potapych, an endearing animated story about a Russian bear addicted to vodka. (It’s apparently inspired…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Perception: More Than Meets the Eye
One of Perception’s early concepts Playing with 3D space Another early concept using scale to create visual interest Animation test, experimenting with pacing and camera…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
New trends in the industry?
Edit: it seamed that I did not express my self clearly about what I found to be the interesting aspect of the post regarding Prime…
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SGr • 17 years ago
NBA “Navigation” Steve Nash
I almost missed this NBA spot the first time I watched it. It starts with a bit of a cheesy premise but it ends up…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Bloom Winners
OneDotZero and MTV’s Bloom competition has unveiled their winners’ films online. The contest involved submitting treatments on the Bloom brief which were judged on “innovation,…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago
Maxon Announces Cinema 4D R11
Maxon announced features of its upcoming Cinema 4D R11 release at SIGGRAPH yesterday. Here are some juicy bits from the press release: CINEMA 4D R11…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Gaelle Denis and MassMarket for DuPont
I read an essay once by Steven Millhauser that explained why miniatures are so engaging. In a nutshell, he says that miniatures enchant us by…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Passion Pictures Signs 4 New Directors
Passion Pictures used up all their ink after signing four new French directors to their roster. Keeping with Passion’s standards of excellence and individualism, each…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
DUCK/Jamie Caliri: The United States of Tara
Jamie Caliri can always be counted on to imbue a project with hand-made charm and incredible attention to detail. Ever since seeing the 2006 “Dragon”…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Motion Theory : NFL
So Super Bowl XLIII has come and gone. That doesn’t mean we should overlook one of the few commercials that premiered during the big game…
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Brian Gossett • 16 years ago
Digital Kitchen Founder Paul Matthaeus Steps Down
Seattle, WA – March 5 2009 (Press release): Paul Matthaeus, Digital Kitchen founder, CEO and Chief Creative Officer has stepped down as DK’s ranking creative…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago