Interview: 72andSunny and Fulltank
Fulltank recently created a beautiful spot for the Zune Arts Films campaign entitled “Dogfight,” the first of many done so far to break out from…
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Jon Saunders • 17 years ago
Adobe and Cut&Paste: “See What’s Possible”
When I saw that the grand prize for the recently announced “See What’s Possible” Challenge from Adobe and Cut&Paste was $20,000 USD, I did a…
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Justin Cone • 17 years ago
Chatting with The Action Cats
“The Experiment” by The Action Cats Storyboards for “The Experiment” Animatic for “The Experiment” Stop-motion experiments and source footage Back in April, when Adobe and…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Is It Really All Stop-Motion?
Watch “Building” | Watch “Contents” | Watch “Motor” When I first watched these three commercials by Australian director Liz Murphy and TAXI for RAC Insurance,…
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Boca Ceravolo • 16 years ago
Motionographer Podcast 01: This Way Up
The highly decorated animation direction duo Smith & Foulkes of Nexus Productions have recently unveiled their new animated short “This Way Up.” Created for Mike…
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Justin Cone • 16 years ago
Guilherme Marcondes: Bruce Parry Promo for BBC 2
I have always loved Guilherme Marcondes’ work for its richness in colour and texture, its symbolism and surrealism that are often tinged with a hint…
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Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago
Eve Duhamel/Julien Vallée: A New Collaboration
It’s not often that we write up a post about collaborative efforts. But I can’t help but get excited about this one: Eve Duhamel and…
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Lilian Darmono • 16 years ago
Psyop Delivers for UPS
Weeks ago, we quickied “Gladiator,” the first of an ongoing campaign for UPS, due to the staggered release dates of the remaining spots. While additional…
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Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago
Marco Iozzi: Look Development Portfolio
Marco Iozzi updates his portfolio with some major goodies. Marco is an awesome CG artist and look development specialist that has worked with many top…
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Tyquane Wright • 15 years ago
Shynola: Coldplay “Strawberry Swing”
Interview with Shynola’s Chris Harding The following interview was a joint effort between Motionographer authors Lillian Darmono and James Wignall. Story All your music videos…
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Lilian Darmono • 15 years ago
My God, It’s Full of Stars Q&A
We spoke to Buck about the making of their first music video: Questions: This is Buck’s first music video after years of doing commercial advertising…
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Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago
Tronic & Marco Brambilla – Spec Ops Game Trailer + Q&A
View trailer on Vimeo Q&A with Jesse Seppi and Vivian Rosenthal of Tronic From scouring through your previous work, this appears to be Tronic’s first…
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Jake Sargeant • 15 years ago
booze. vids. banter.
If you’re in NYC on 5/5, come enjoy a night of the best of the latest in music videos at Sweet & Vicious from 7p-11p.…
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Matt Lambert • 14 years ago
Nicholas Weigel of LAIKA/house Chats About Toys R Us
“Big Book” “Sale” Interview with Director Nicholas Weigel As with much of your work, these Toys “R” Us spots are visually very rich. There’s a…
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Justin Cone • 14 years ago
PES: The Deep
How did Showtime and PES come together for “The Deep”? One day I woke up and had an invitation via email to be part of…
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Brandon Lori • 14 years ago
Full Coverage: Talking Tron with Digital Domain
We had a chance to catch up with the crew that brought TRON: Legacy to life, Digital Domain. Not only were they the forces behind…
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Justin Cone • 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
Black Swan meets Sesame Street
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, from Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling (with the London-based This Is It Collective) was a Quickie that caught my attention…
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Brandon Walter Irvine • 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
Review: The Art of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole
Directed by Zack Snyder (300), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga-hoole did not fare particularly well at the box office or in critics’…
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Justin Cone • 12 years ago
Nico Casavecchia: “A Boy And His Atom” The World’s Smallest Movie
Working with animation studio Punga,1stAveMachine’s Nico Casavecchia had the honor of creating the world’s first movie at the scale of individual atoms — the world’s…
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Staff • 11 years ago
TSB – The Story by Studio AKA
Studio AKA (London) tells the history behind the building of the TSB bank through this beautiful piece. Combining the hand crafted artistry of 2D character animation within…
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Daniel Coutinho • 11 years ago
Daniel Savage: Helium Harvey
Not sold on the idea of going back to school? Neither was Daniel Savage. The NYC-based designer/director just released his animated short, “Helium Harvey,” a…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Canal+ Spain Rebrand
Building on the off-air visual branding system created by Erretres, Argentina-based Plenty crafted the Canal+ on-air rebrand for agency D3. Everything moves to the rhythm…
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Justin Cone • 10 years ago