Passion Pictures Signs 4 New Directors
[…] city, a woman whose hair moves as though it were living tentacles and an art gallery containing an enormous metallic sculpture, with a life…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Vimeo’s New Features Aim to Put Money in Your Pocket
[…] they hope, will allow filmmakers to get financial reward for their work. The first feature, launching today, is Tip Jar. What is Tip Jar?…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Marco Brambilla: Civilization
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/civilization_final.mov 960 540] Installation Credits Title: Civilization (MEGAPLEX), 2008 By: Marco Brambilla Client: The Standard Hotel, New York Editor/Research Assistant: Beau Dickson Assistant: Swapna Tamhane…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Interview: Kylie Matulick and Todd Mueller of Psyop
[…] tell. Every frame speaks that truth. Thank you both very much for taking the time to chat with Motionographer, and I wish you and…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Encoding Video for the Web with QuickTime Pro
[…] you the best quality for the file size. Leave the Frame Rate to Current to make the video flow just as you desired your…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
The Animated Life & Work of Jeff Scher
Jeff Scher: I Got My Job Through the NY Times. Short Documentary by Reid Rosefelt. Jeffery Noyes Scher was born in 1954 and graduated from…
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Mark Webster • 15 years ago
Big Think Series: Can You Know Motion Without Knowing Stillness? (Part 1)
[…] of Change. The music and sound design creates movement through emotion. The camera angle is constantly changing from wide to medium to tight shots.…
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Austin Shaw • 14 years ago
Matthias Hoegg: Thursday
[…] was recently honored with a BAFTA nomination in the Short Animation category. After a successful festival run, it’s making its full-length online debut here.…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
How Firstborn became an agency without losing its soul
When I stepped off the elevators and into Firstborn’s headquarters, I thought maybe I’d made a mistake. I’ve been to quite a few agencies. No…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
What makes a good producer?
[…] It fits my personality: good with people, organized (read: controlling) and a bit of a chameleon. I can generally jump in and see other…
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Joe Donaldson • 8 years ago
The Syndicate Scores with Monday Night Football
(Sorry for the lame PR-ish sounding title. I just couldn’t resist.) The 3D work and cinematography in The Syndicate‘s new opener for ESPN’s Monday Night…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Only Say Yes When It’s Yes
As the President of The Ashy Agency and Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Broadcast Design Association (BDA), Brett Ashy has worked with…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Making an “unfairy” tale: Malak and The Boat
Learn about the process behind "Malak and the Boat," a powerful CG short about a 7 year-old Syrian refugee. Says the film's director: "We are…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Siggraph 2011: Damian Nenow “Paths of Hate”‘ Interview
The trailer for Paths of Hate showcased its effortless combination of comic book visual style with dynamic dogfighting camera motion and kinetic editing. The film…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
School Profile: Savannah College of Art & Design
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of school profiles we’ll be sharing on Motionographer. The following profile was compiled in August, 2015. Since…
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Justin Cone • 9 years ago
Sharwood’s Go East vs. Sahara ONE
[…] have their differences, but you can’t escape the similarities. The live-action dancing around in 3D environments. The magic mirror hallway and kaleidoscopic backgrounds. Check…
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Babe Baker • 19 years ago
Mixtape Club trips out with Yeasayer
[…] mix of stop motion, video feedback, photocopy feedback along with the after effects and maya standards. Due to their mixed method approach, each project…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Is It Really All Stop-Motion?
[…] new Dragon Stop Motion software to capture all the images—saved us so much time—and used two Canon 1D MkIIIs and a Canon 40D. Since…
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Boca Ceravolo • 16 years ago
Onesize: The American Dollar “Anything You Synthesize”
[…] before. A simple camera movement traveling from left to right during the song, and while it travels we see the landscape decaying from a…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Anima Istanbul: IF 2009 “Zoetrope”
[…] sequences here. Then we mapped these sequences to planes. We achieved something like this. When the cylinder rotates, the planes on the cylinder always…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Imaginary Forces Creates Machine Vision for Terminator Salvation
[…] recent example of screen design can be found in Terminator Salvation, for which Imaginary Forces created “machine vision” used in POV shots to emulate…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Board Summit: Day 2 Round-Up
[…] sequel, Asylum 626. After discussing tactics they used to absolutely freak out their users, they shared the spherical mapping techniques in flash that allowed…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
[Interview] John Kassab: “Childhood of a Circle”, et al.
[…] been making a subtle but sound statement through a handful of featured Motionographer articles, notably: Callum Cooper’s Full Circle, Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 13 years ago
HALO 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Title Sequence + Q&A – Polynoid
[…] given? JB: The time we spent on the characters was mostly targeted towards Cortana’s appearance. Master Chief was an easier task – he came…
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Andres Weber • 12 years ago