Motionographer Studios to Shutter Stat
Very unexpected news from headquarters today: Motionographer Studios will be shutting down immediately. Production on the London Olympics Rebrand headed by Brian Gossett and Orange…
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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
How To Feed The World
How To Feed The World is a 9-minute film directed by Denis van Waerbeke for an exhibition called Bon Appetit at a science museum in…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
More Data from Motion Theory
Here are two new gorgeous spots from Motion Theory for IBM. Data Energy visualizes a holographic field of data around real-world objects, envisioning a near-future…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago
Seagulls Fly “Adobe CS5 – Production Premium”
Q&A with Seagulls Fly by Michelle Higa, with help from Boca Ceravolo and Bran Dougherty-Johnson Can you talk a bit about the brief – was…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
Edouard Salier for Coke
Director Edouard Salier and production company Paranoid US deliver another amazing football themed spot in time for the World Cup. This time working for Coke,…
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Jon Saunders • 14 years ago
BIF: Russian Dolls
And yet another spot for Amnesty from a powerhouse French directing-collective brings us “Russian Dolls” from BIF, produced by Rods. Despite the lack of CG…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Jack Cunningham: “Stuff & Things.”
The idea behind Stuff & Things is not overly conceptual. Actually, if the title is any indication, it’s pretty straightforward. Directed by UK graduate, Jack…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Bare Bones US Debut
On Tuesday the 29th at NYC’s Envoy Enterprises, London-based art crew, Bare Bones (founded by Harry Malt), will be having their US debut show. After…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
Tiny Inventions: “Something Left, Something Taken”
Once again, Tiny Inventions have outdone themselves. For their latest round in mixed-media animation, the Brooklyn-based directing team of Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata have…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Playgrounds Festival 2010
Playgrounds Digital Arts Fest 2010 is happening on October 7-8 in Tilburg, Netherlands. In it’s 5th year, they continue to stack the speaker line-up with…
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Staff • 14 years ago
Big Think Series: Can You Know Motion Without Knowing Stillness? (Part 1)
Editor’s Note: The Big Think Series attempts to step back from our frame-to-frame existence and look at the bigger picture. This post is from Austin…
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Austin Shaw • 14 years ago
2011 Oscar Nominations
The 83rd Academy Award Oscar Nominations were announced this morning. Lots of great performances and films are in the running, including Toy Story 3 for…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
Talking Tron with Digital Domain
Despite its criticisms, the unanimous consensus regarding TRON: Legacy is that it’s both visually and technically stunning. We had a chance to catch up with…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Joining the new wave: Guy Verge Wallace
Sydney-based filmmaker, Guy Verge Wallace, has just birthed a 5-month-long labor of love in the form of a music video for Papa Vs Pretty. At…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Mauro Carraro, Raphael Calamote, & Jeremy Pasquet: Matatoro
Matatoro, directed by Mauro Carraro, Raphaël Calamote, and Jérémy Pasquet, is a lovely meditation on bullfighting that mixes a lush color palette with well-crafted non-photorealistic…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 14 years ago
HAPPY F5 – FINAL SPEAKERS AND FULL LINE-UP/SCHEDULE
Happy F5 April 15 – 16 2011 by Hi-Sim from F5 on Vimeo. If you’ve been patiently awaiting this post, thank you. To clue you…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Ned Wenlock: “Apache” for Danger Beach
What was the concept behind the spinning environment in the piece? I had a rough, hazy idea for what happens in the video based on…
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Brandon Lori • 13 years ago
Chris Milk, Aaron Koblin, Mirada, North Kingdom, Google: 3 Dreams of Black
Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin, who brought you The Johnny Cash Project and The Wilderness Downtown, are back with a lovely new dynamic music video…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 13 years ago
CANADA on How to Deconstruct Ice Cream
Editor’s note: The following post is by a new Motionographer contributor and copy editor, Brandon Walter Irvine. Please welcome him aboard! Perusing the Quickies the…
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Brandon Walter Irvine • 13 years ago
Tron: The Final Word from David Lewandowski
Over the last couple months, we’ve posted some nice nuggets about the making-of Tron: Legacy — but we couldn’t resist just one more story. Some…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
Makoto Shinkai: Neko no Shuukai
Roughly translated as “Kitty Gather Together,” this gem from the Far East comes from anime director Makoto Shinkai. Admittedly it’s a few years old now,…
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James Wignall • 13 years ago
Making Of: Amnesty International 50 Years
We recently Quickied an epic spot conveying the last 50 years of Amnesty International’s fight to uphold human rights around the world. Directed by…
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Justin Cone • 13 years ago
OFFF Barcelona 2011 Main Titles : Mischa Rozema and PostPanic
Director Mischa Rozema says of this piece, “We knew we wanted to make something that would unsettle and menace the audience.” Mission accomplished, Mischa. Not…
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Staff • 13 years ago
