Vietnam VFX Capitulates

Yesterday, I posted a Quickie that exposed one of the most blatant rip-offs I’ve seen in recent years. The site being ripped was this one,… Read more

Nervo for Timex

QuickTime version (960 x 540) Nervo’s posted a new project for Timex that I want to share here for two main reasons: 1) the process… Read more

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,… Read more

Christopher Mills for The Acorn

[flv:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/media/curious/mills_theacorn.flv 468 263]QuickTime 960×540 | QuickTime 640×360 Curious Pictures’ Christopher Mills brought his lively directorial style to bear on “Flood Pt. 1,” a lively new… Read more

More Fallon, More Sony

Fallon’s latest (over-hyped) project for Sony follows a familiar formula: Take an urban setting, flood it with something that would otherwise be unremarkable and set… Read more

180Amsterdam vs. Koichiro Tsujikawa

A new advert for smartphone manufacturer HTC has been making the rounds lately. It’s a beautifully realized mini-narrative starring a pair of dexterous fingers as… Read more

Jean-Julien Pous: Seeking You

Jean-Julien Pous’ latest short film, “Seeking You,” is a poetically ambiguous ode to sensuality, seduction and, ultimately, the cacophonous beauty of Hong Kong. Its hybrid… Read more

Lacoste: Past, Present and Future

To celebrate Lacoste’s 75th birthday, the company created “Future,” an advert and website that imagines how the game of tennis might be played 75 years… Read more

Flash Player 10 Beta: “Astro”

I recently stumbled onto an interesting site from Lee Brimelow called gotoandlearn.com. While it’s essentially a tutorial site, it also gives you some great new… Read more

Royale: Jet Blue

Since their epically rad animation for Flaunt and Diesel, there’s hasn’t been much news from LA-based Royale, the studio formed by ex-Exopolis CD Brien Holman,… Read more

Trollback + Dreams

This latest in-house project from Trollbäck+Co challenged designers Tetsuro, Peter, Anna, Paul, Emre, Christina and Tolga to create short films that capture the semi-conscious thoughts… Read more

Must Drink More Milk [Credits]

Title of spot(s): Cell Phone Charms Client: BC Dairy Foundation PRODUCTION COMPANY Production Company/City/State: Bent Image Lab, Portland, OR Supervising Director: Rob Shaw Director: Jun… Read more

Capitu Titles

So, due to popular demand, I’m pleased to re-present (as a full post) the title sequence to ‘Capitu’–a TV miniseries, based on a 19th century… Read more

Interview: Superfad Uncensored

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/making_of_durex_x264.mov 786 443] A Little Pillow Talk with Superfad What follows is an intimate interview between Superfad and Motionographer’s Lauren Indovina (with input from the… Read more

yU+Co: The Watchmen Titles

NOTE: This title sequence was removed at the request of Warner Bros. I will never understand Hollywood’s approach to free publicity. Persistent souls will still… Read more

May/June Events Roundup

Photo by Victoria Peckham There’s a lot going over the next month. I’ll try to round up a few of the relevant events here. Stay… Read more

Going Nitro

Last week, you may have noticed some downtime here at Motionographer. I’m glad to say that those times are behind us, and we are now… Read more

AICP Digital: Going Deeper

Photo by Mark Sebastian When the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) announced the formation of a new chapter, AICP Digital, we wondered what impact… Read more

Bif for The Mill: “Dix”

The Mill’s renowned directing trio, Bif, has conceived a dark and eerie short-film in Dix. Dix, which is French for “ten,” highlights Mark, a tortured… Read more