Ben West & His Freaks Present The ADG Conference
Ben West wrote, directed and did the animation for this warming mockumentary promoting the 2008 Australian Directors Guild Conference. Ben’s witty script, combined with a…
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Matt Lambert • 16 years ago
Book Review: Guidelines for Online Success
I’ve lauded The FWA here many times before. It is the single best repository of outstanding dynamic web design on the net, and its Site…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
OCB Black Thinking Credits
[See original post] Title: “Black Thin King” Client: Republic Technologies Product: OCB Client contact: Valérie Amiguas Advertising agency: Road (Barcelona) Executive creative director: Emilio Lezaun…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Ahoy, Nathan Love!
The Chips Ahoy Cookie Campaign has long been based on creative kookiness and comedic timing. Who best to execute this vision? Look no further than…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago
Nathan Rocks
“Rocky” is the second of the two spot Chips Ahoy campaign by Nathan Love. If you missed “Oz”, check it. Unlike “Oz”, Rocky is character heavy, which is…
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Lauren Indovina • 16 years ago
Masayoshi Nakamura
We received an email this morning regarding a clever video that Masayoshi Nakamura and Magico Nakamura created for the Adobe Records video competition. What I…
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Jon Saunders • 16 years ago
Cisma: Adobe “Le Sens Propre”
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/adobe_longversion_050809-2.mov 640 480] Q&A with Cisma What was the brief on this project? Was it wide open, in terms of script/concept? Basically it was a…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Interview with 9.99’s Tatia Rosenthal Plus Special Screening
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/999_trailer-h264.mov 786 422] A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of screening of Tatia Rosenthal’s $9.99, set to hit theaters on June 19th. Based…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Axel Brotje: “Kiss Of The Scorpion”
For his graduation project at Braunschweig University of Art in northern Germany, Axel Brötje created “Kiss Of The Scorpion”, a stunning 11 minute animated short…
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Boca Ceravolo • 15 years ago
Universal Everything Refreshes MTV
Universal Everything’s recent refresh for MTV’s 64 international channels is notable for what it DOES NOT do. As opposed to MTV’s long-standing tradition of constantly…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
New Work from Birdo Studio
Check out these three recent projects from the Brazilian Birdo Studio: Sempre Livre is a poppy, colorful Flash animated spot that was made in just…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Ben Steiger Levine for Sprite
Up-and-coming A White Label Product director, Ben Steiger Levine, delivers his first major commercial undertaking via Sprite. The moment of creative inspiration is visualized by…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Plastic Bag by Ramin Bahrani
To some of you, this piece may feel out of character in relation to our regularly posted content. However, there are universal lessons in storytelling…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
VFX Townhall Recap and Links
Lee Stranahan’s Monday night VFX Townhall: The State of The Industry was a big success. Not in providing a solution, but in starting a discussion,…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Scott Squires: Visual effects service – The Big Picture
Another response to the issues that the VFX Townhall have brought up, Scott Squires writes a long post on what he sees as the big…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
ILOVEDUST Launches
News of a Motion Design studio launch are always exciting, more so when the studio has already possessed a considerable repertoire and strong reputation in…
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Boca Ceravolo • 15 years ago
Parisian Domination Continues: Jonas & Francois
This isn’t exactly breaking news, but Paris is absolutely killing the global music video scene right now. In my opinion, El Niño has been one…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
TiRA for ASTRA
From London-based This is Real Art comes a project that hits all my soft spots: space tech, information graphics, and a reserved, modern design aesthetic.…
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Matt Hunter Ross • 14 years ago
Clemens Habicht – UKTV “Watch When Things Come Together”
Remember the Matrix Ping Pong meme of 2003? The kuroko stagehands of kabuki/bunraku Japanese theater helped two seemingly normal dudes defy physics and bend time…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
Clemens Habicht – UKTV “Watch When Things Come Together”
Remember the Matrix Ping Pong meme of 2003? The kuroko stagehands of kabuki/bunraku Japanese theater helped two seemingly normal dudes defy physics and bend time…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
[Going Deep] Doc2Dock “Save Our Supplies” Process
Background from the Directors COMBINED PROCESS WRITING WITH LAYOUT CUES Cassidy Gearhart: Save Our Supplies is a PSA for the non-profit Doc2Dock that Julian…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Challenging the Hold System
Photo by Kecko Recently, we posted a review of Frank, an online tool that facilities the holding and booking of freelance talent. In the comments, though,…
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Staff • 13 years ago
Siggraph 2011: Technical Papers Fast Forward
Hi Motionographers! We’re at SIGGRAPH 2011, here in beautiful Vancouver. SIGGRAPH is the Association for Computing Machinery’s annual conference on computer graphics, where you can find…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Psyop: Norton “Stuff Anthem”
Working with Smuggler for agency Leo Burnett Chicago, Psyop directed a lovable new spot for Norton, an anti-virus and personal data protection company. (Ah, anti-virus…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago