Aug(De)Mented Reality
Sometimes a simple technique brilliantly executed does the trick. With just an iPhone, several sheets of acetate, markers and a wicked imagination, Hombre_McSteez reimagines the…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
“Book People Unite” PSA
Remember the wild things, giant bean stalks, and green eggs? How about drawing worlds with purple crayons, traveling the Yellow Brick Road or flying off…
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Brandon Lori • 11 years ago
Gentleman Scholar: Motionpoems “Working Order”
For the Motionpoems Foundation, Gentleman Scholar created a flowing, painterly interpretation of “Working Order,” a poem by Dora Malech. From GS: Tasked with creating a…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
John Lasseter’s CalArts Commencement Speech
It’s that time of year again. Wide-eyed kids march into the workforce, hungry to take a bite of the industry pie. The day is graduation…
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Brandon Lori • 11 years ago
JohnnyExpress
If you’re in need a good chuckle, take five minutes to watch the lovingly crafted “JohnnyExpress,” the latest short from Korea-based Alfred Imageworks.
Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Michael Langan: Hundred Waters “Cavity”
Michael Langan’s music video for Hundred Waters’ “Cavity” features the filmmaker’s trademark penchant for playing with multiplicity and repetition. What begins as a deceptively simple…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Ready Steady Play: Trailer
Hover Studio, the makers of the very entertaining mobile game “Ready Steady Bang,” are releasing a follow up title in June, “Ready Steady Play.” Like…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Phantom Limb
Alex Grigg’s “Phantom Limb,” created for Late Night Work Club, is now online in its entirety (and apart from the LNWC compilation film). Poignantly minimal,…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Plasticine Rhythm
Animator, illustrator and musician Andy Martin took a series of stop-motion animations he created for Vine and used them as a launchpad for “Plasticine Rhythm.”…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
F5 2015
Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Jupiter II short film by Maxim Zhestkov
https://vimeo.com/92750003 Jupiter II short film by Maxim Zhestkov. An extremely atmospheric sci-fi space drama is the debut to Maxim as a live action director. Nearly…
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Igor Sordokhonov • 11 years ago
MPC: “Sunny and Steve – Enjoy the Sweets”
Just in time for Easter weekend, “Sunny and Steve” from MPC’s NY office has a look as cute and cuddly as its rascally rabbit antagonist.…
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Staff • 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
Johnny Kelly: Shape
Director Johnny Kelly’s latest short, “Shape” is about the changing shape of the world around us. From home to school to work, it’s a tale…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
MN8 : Jake Sargeant
Formerly a quickie, we have upgraded the multi-talented Jake Sargeant’s new web update for your full attention. You may recognize Jake’s name from our Oblivion…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Cisma: Criolo “Duas de Cinco”
If Spike Jonze’s vision of the future in Her was too sunny for you, try on Denis Cisma’s decidedly bleaker take in this short film…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
RIP Alain Resnais
Occasionally, one must break the tradition of writing only about work that includes some form of animation, in order to recognize one of the giants…
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Dominique Elliott • 11 years ago
“Black Gold” by PES
PES doesn’t release new work very often, so when he does, we tend to get excited. His latest, “Black Gold,” was commissioned to accompany the…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Celyn: Vitra “Map Table”
With a charming jewel tone palete and lovingly wrought 2D animation, designer/director Celyn (Nexus Productions) shows how simplicity and complexity can coexist in “Map Table.”…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Yurcor/The Mill settlement reached in LA, is NY next?
In California, a class action lawsuit against The Mill and Yurcor has been tentatively settled, striking a major blow against Yurcor’s “Employer of Record” service. The…
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Staff • 11 years ago
Patrick Clair + Elastic: HBO’s True Detective
One of our favorite projects from 2013 was Patrick Clair’s launch trailer for Tom Clancy’s The Division, a global conspiracy theory rendered in elegant typography…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Fraser Davidson: A Guide To American Football
UK-based Fraser Davidson’s latest, “A Guide To American Football,” is a hilarious distillation of one of America’s most beloved pastimes. In the same spirit as…
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Justin Cone • 11 years ago
Syndrome takes Pause in Melbourne
Syndrome Studio creates the opening titles for the 2014 Pause Fest in Melbourne, Australia. Executive Producer, Monica Blackburn describes the project as “a dream project…
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Dominique Elliott • 11 years ago
Miwa Matreyek
Animator/performance artist Miwa Matryek incorporates the silhouette of her own body into projections of her lush animations. Having seen her perform at last year’s Vimeo…
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Michelle Higa Fox • 11 years ago