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Norfolk Southern: “City of Possibilities” by The Mill NY

The Mill marries inventive character design and animation with their incredible CG in this beautiful piece for Norfolk Southern.

Fluorfilms: Festival de Viña 2012

This psychedelic promo by Santiago-based Fluorfilms oozes with love for Peter Max and the Yellow Submarine. From Fluorfilms: “Festival de Viña del Mar” is the… Read more

Lloyd Alvarez: aescripts + aeplugins

Whispered around studios back in 2005: “There’s a guy… He figured out how to get After Effects to render in the background and then you… Read more

Anthony Furlong/1st Avenue Machine: Nokia “Cowboy”

Anthony Furlong and 1st Ave. Machine get into some fun meta-storytelling for Nokia. A couple words on the production from Mr. Furlong: W+K came with… Read more

Nobrain/Sabotage Studio: TF1 2012

Nobrain and Sabotage Studio make a mind-blowing amount of fun jingles for TF1. Love the sheer amount of variety here, not to mention the characters… Read more

Total Recall UI: In Depth with Ash Thorp

Over the weekend, the highly anticipated remake of Total Recall was released. Several crucial moments in the film involve interactions with technology, and one of… Read more

Nathan Love Updates: McGraw Hill & Ring Force

With their latest batch of work, Nathan Love gets in touch with their inner child by rolling out two projects that not only showcase their… Read more

Fraser Davidson: Alternative Rugby Commentary

Fraser Davidson (who brought us the incredible Irritable Bowl Syndrome) is back with another whimsical treat, this time to promote Alternative Rugby Commentary’s 2012 Tour.… Read more

Buck: Flex Alert

Brainchild and Buck LA have come together to develop a beautiful PSA for California’s Flex Alert program. To help guard against power shortages, this campaign… Read more

RIP Chris Marker

If there ever was a “motionographer”, an artist who used film and pen with equal eloquence, it was filmmaker Chris Marker who died today on… Read more

Desmond Leung

Yes, yes, ink transitions are all very 2005, but Desmond Leung’s work reminds me of how beautiful natural patterns can be. Working with particle simulators… Read more

Rogues Gallery : Hawken Web Trailer

RoguesGallery.tv is a new VFX outfit in the South Pasadena area, formed by Creative Director Charles Paek and Executive Producer Brian Wee. Specializing in photo-real… Read more

1st Avenue Machine: Google Fiber

1st Avenue Machine’s Ben Steiger Levine and Aaron Duffy have created this cute spot for the introduction of Google Fiber. This “car” film takes us through the… Read more

Leo Bridle & Amael Isnard: Olympic Vermin

Olympic Vermin is a light-hearted take on the London 2012 torch relay, created by Leo Bridle and Amael Isnard. Now that the flame is winding… Read more

Julia Pott: Belly

Julia Pott (Hornet) is one of those rarities: an animation director with a unique voice who can actually make you feel something. The common denominator… Read more

How Animation Works

If you’ve ever been curious, New Zealand-based Cirkus explains in irony-laden detail how the commercial 3D animation process works. It’s so simple, even an idiot… Read more

Studio AKA: David Prosser’s Mountain

David Prosser, SICAF award-winning director from Studio AKA, has done it again! Last year, we posted David’s film Matter Fisher but now we introduce to you his… Read more

Aaron Koblin and Chris Milk: This Exquisite Forest

Aaron Koblin and Chris Milk’s newest HTML5 venture is an online take on the classic surrealist game of exquisite corpse. In This Exquisite Forest, each… Read more

Art & Graft: Five Films for Spectrum

In January, we posted the initial promotional film which Art & Graft completed for Spectrum. Spectrum is a Cornwall-England-based charity that provides residential care for individuals with Autism. Now… Read more

Josh Raskin for Google

Many Motionographer readers will no doubt recognise Josh Raskin as director of the Oscar nominated short ‘I met the Walrus’. Personally I’d been wondering what… Read more

Anima Mundi Festival 2012 Opening Titles by Guilherme Marcondes

Adapting a print piece for animation can be kind of a crapshoot. Sometimes it turns out great, sometimes not so great. Guess how it turns… Read more

Canada: Justice ‘New Lands’

Barcelona-based directing collective CANADA has produced a new music video for the Parisian artist Justice. According to Canada’s Luis Cerveró, “It was all about aesthetics and stylization: the… Read more

“Metamorphosis” by Tell No One

A luminous retelling of Titian’s Metamorphosis by Tell No One. Nice performances by Anna Friel and Ed Speleers.

Ozo

In the immortal words of Mr. Greg Herman: “Supinfocom strikes again.” Make sure to watch this gem of a short, directed by Alex Vial, Martin… Read more