“Blood Trail” (Updated with interview and making-of)
Warning: Extreme gore and violence. Content may not be suitable for all audiences. Nathan Love’s latest masterwork, “Blood Trail,” is a neo-renaissance for the studio,…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
Mighty Nice for SBS
In an attempt to brand itself as the source for a wide range of cultural and educational programming, Australia’s SBS hired Mighty Nice to push…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
The Nature Between Us
Back in 2007, as students at the Savannah College of Art and Design, William Campbell teamed up with Anh Vu to create The Lemon Tree,…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
2009 Emmys: Outstanding Main Title Design Nominees
Here are the nominees for a 2009 Emmy award in Outstanding Main Title Design. True Blood (HBO) Rama Allen, Designer; Shawn Fedorchuk, Editor; Matthew Mulder,…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Alek Vacura: “Without Arms” Q&A
Last week, we posted Alek Vacura’s elegant short film, “Without Arms,” created for his MFA thesis at Pratt Institute. Alek was nice enough to answer…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
PandaPanther: Pop Tarts “Flavorhood”
PandaPanther recently posted “Flavorhood,” a magical spot for Pop Tarts and agency Leo Burnett. Charming character designs, a lush rendering style and unabashedly adorable visual…
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Tyquane Wright • 15 years ago
Interview: Capacity “Upgrade + Mobilize”
In the words of Capacity’s Ellerey Gave, “Before we became designers and animators and communicators, we were painters and illustrators and dreamers.” Over the course…
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
The Cat Piano
A few years ago now on one of my many internet safari outings, I remember stumbling upon an animated gif of what I now know…
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James Wignall • 15 years ago
Protected: Cream Draft
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Justin Cone • 15 years ago
Onesize: Playground Titles
[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PlaygroundsTitle_H264.mov 900 506] Onesize creative director Rogier Hendriks: We ended up with the idea to have two fighters on a children’s playground. Kind of a…
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Jon Saunders • 15 years ago
Motion Theory’s Slide
Motion Theory slides in with a new spot for AT&T and a few others to check out.
Brian Gossett • 15 years ago
More LDN Prodco Shake-Ups
As this year nears an end, we have seen a lot of global change in the commercial production world. Companies have folded or closed offices.…
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Matt Lambert • 15 years ago
Johnny Kelly gets to the core of Het Klokhuis
Het Klokhuis is the Dutch childrens television show title that literally translates as ‘The Apple Core’. Nexus Director Johnny Kelly along with sculptor, Jethro Haynes…
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Ryan Rothermel • 15 years ago
Blind’s Heart of Stone
“Heart of Stone” marks the second collaboration between Blind Director/Owner Chris Do and Danish rock duo The Raveonettes. To refresh your memory, their first music…
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Brian Gossett • 15 years ago
Bobby !
It gives me tremendous pleasure when we get to feature a studio that’s not located in the Motion Design Meccas of the world (NYC, LA,…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
Rise and Fall by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille
Rise and Fall is a new interactive project developed and designed by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille for the cover of ‘boards magazine’s Innovation issue.…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
LIFE
Good news: Much-talked-about nature documentary series LIFE, made by the BBC, narrated by Sir David Attenborough is available now on Discovery Channel for US viewers.…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
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
Peppermelon Fresh Projects
Peppermelon updates! My favourite in this batch is the MTV ‘Los Premios 3009’ (MTV Awards 2009). It features eye-popping futuristic imagining of the 3 main…
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Lilian Darmono • 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
Nike, W+K Amsterdam & Inarritu Write the Future
Although this film has only been bouncing around for about 24 hours, it’s already been garnering claims of one of the most epic spots of…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago