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Cream O’ the Crop Criteria

The Cream O’ the Crop is Motionographer’s opinion of the best of the best studios and individuals in the fields of motion graphics, visual effects… Read more

National Television: Hyundai “Imagine”

I’m not sure how old this Hyundai spot is, but I just stumbled onto it yesterday. Agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners worked with studio National… Read more

Sehsucht: Head and Shoulders

Clever writing and subtle motion graphics combine in this memorable campaign for Head and Shoulders. Although they’re certainly capable of high-end wizardry, Hamburg-based Sehsucht pulled… Read more

Nervo for Zune

God bless Microsoft. They just won’t give up on promoting the Zune, and as long as they keep funding work like this latest series of… Read more

Twenty 120 Films Are Online

Wait no more, this year’s Twenty 120 films are now online for full appreciation! In this second edition, directors take off where they left off… Read more

Animation Block Party

The Animation Block Party’s 5th Annual Festival gets underway this weekend in Brooklyn, and it looks like its going to be a good time. In… Read more

Crush and REM Strike Again

After their first well received collaboration with REM (Hollow Man), Crush follows up with “Man Sized Wreath.” This piece deals with an anonymous man’s daily… Read more

Coca-Cola “Unity”

W+K Portland tapped the prodigious powers of Smith&Foulkes (Nexus Productions) for this lively Coke spot starring Yao Ming and LeBron James. It’s a battle royale… Read more

Adrian Johnson & Tennant for Vodafone

Currently doing the rounds in the UK is this quirky advert and print campaign for Vodafone. Creative agency BBH employed the talents of one of… Read more

Advanced Beauty Podcast

Advanced Beauty is now available as a weekly podcast (link will open in iTunes). We’ve been following Advanced Beauty with great enthusiasm here on Motionographer… Read more

STUDIOaka: VARMINTS Trailer & New Site

Studio AKA, the London-based masters of the quirky character, have finally launched a new site and also posted this trailer for their newest short film… Read more

No Lights, No Camera, Action…

If you are one of those people out there that are craving something new that holds up to the age-old agency comment of “something that… Read more

Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene

Original video source This presentation is more like a Super Quickie. It’s a bit long and dry, but the University of Washington’s Computer Science &… Read more

A52 and W+K Tokyo for Nike Lab

Directed internally by 3D Supervisor Andrew Hall, A52 created this simple, yet stunning film for Nike Lab via W+K Tokyo. Reminiscent of some of the… Read more

Cisma: Handmade

Although it was completed nearly two years ago, Cisma can now release his lyrical short film, “Handmade,” into the wild of the interw3b. It was… Read more

Aardman Animations for Leonard Cheshire Disability

Watch “Love & Sex” | Watch “Sneaking Up” I’ve long been a fan of Aardman for the studio’s keen sense of character design and comedic… Read more

Royale breaks out a reel

I Met the Walrus

I’m so glad there’s an official version of Jerry Levitan and Josh Raskin’s Oscar-nominated short, “I Met the Walrus,” online now. If you haven’t heard… Read more

Nagi Noda: LG “The Power of Steam”

Partizan’s Nagi Noda added her special touch to this advert for appliance manufacturer LG from agency BBH. Like the rest of Nagi’s work, this commercial… Read more

Psyop + Converse + Pharrell + N.E.R.D. + More

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the iconic shoe brand, Converse has brought together Pharrell, Julian Casablancas, Santogold and N.E.R.D. The supergroup created “My Drive… Read more

Megaforce: Late of the Pier “Heartbeat”

Fubiz is hosting a new video from the same crew that produced the DIY-flavored “Live Good” for Naive New Beaters. Like it’s predecessor, Late of… Read more

Sean Pecknold: Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal”

“White Winter Hymnal,” a stop-action music video directed by Sean Pecknold for Seattle band Fleet Foxes, is a quietly beautiful meditation on nature and time.… Read more

PES: Western Spaghetti

NOTE: If you don’t see the video on the PES site, scroll down to the bottom of the page. At long last, PES’s latest short… Read more

Pepsi “OpenSource”

Anyone know who’s responsible for this fun advert for Pepsi? In addition to loads of nice CG, there’s some great storytelling and pacing that keeps… Read more