2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival: Student Films
I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this year. For me, Ottawa is one of the most refreshing events of…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
Best Tutorial Ever?
Wildly entertaining and incredibly practical, are these... the best tutorials ever?
Joe Donaldson • 10 years ago
Fanning the Flames (Constructively)
Not long ago I explained how I was underwhelmed by the new Sony Bravia advert. That post sparked a spirited exchange in the comments that…
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Justin Cone • 18 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
How Animation Works
If you’ve ever been curious, New Zealand-based Cirkus explains in irony-laden detail how the commercial 3D animation process works. It’s so simple, even an idiot…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Buck: National Geographic “’80s Ident”
Buck! ’80s! America! Boom!
Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago
Nike Football: The Last Game
Jon Saunders (formerly of Psyop, now at Passion Pictures) directs this action-packed 5-minute short for Nike, featuring the likenesses of Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Zlatan…
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Staff • 10 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
Dante’s Inferno Trailer
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/dantes_inferno_h264.mov 786 589] Storyboards and Development Check out the storyboards and some making-of imagery behind this epic project. Interview The following is an interview with…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
40 more Instagram accounts you should be following
40 more Instagram accounts you should be following right now (according to Brian Gossett)
Brian Gossett • 8 years ago
Interview: Lobo Does Dupont
A series of mood boards (PDF) The whole set of mood boards in one go Animatic, showing influences from Maeda and Vasarely (QT 6) An…
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Justin Cone • 18 years ago
Buck. Fuel TV. Rad.
Check out these gnarly new IDs that Buck lovingly crafted for Fuel TV. “Below Deck” is a flourescent homage to early skateboard deck graphics with…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 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
Comcast “Rabbit”
The script for “Rabbit,” a new Comcast advert directed by Biscuit Filmworks’ Noam Murro, would probably work as a radio spot. But the visuals add…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Smith and Foulkes: Comcast “Sing-a-Long”
For a series of four spots, Nexus Productions‘ Oscar-nominated directing duo Smith & Foulkes built a campy world brimming with detail and color for Comcast…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Pipilotti Rist Interview
Pipilotti Rist Interview
Mate Steinforth • 16 years ago
F5 Talk 01: Simon Robson and Tim Rayner
For those of you who attended F5 last April, you know that our speakers were a diverse and inspiring mix of creative people from a…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
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
Not To Scale: LateRooms.com “Bubbles”
[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/BMB-LATE105-030H264.mov 960 540] What was the brief for this project? Agency BMB approached us to make a commercial that had something of the same charm…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Buck: Against Dumb
Buck‘s back again for Smart Car’s campaign, Against Dumb. It’s the eco-friendly-car idea explored in quite a particular way; a retro colour pallette, mixed with…
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Daniel Coutinho • 14 years ago
Psyop: Fage “Plain”
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Psyop_Fage_Plain.mov 848 480] What was CG and what was live action? Early in the project, we learned we only had two weeks for post…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Blur Talks: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Titles
If you haven’t seen Blur’s opening titles for David Fincher’s rendition of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, now would be a good time to climb…
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Staff • 13 years ago
Haynes “Beans”
This mock commercial is just too much fun not to share. I only wish real clients had the guts (pun intended) to fund this kind…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago