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SXSW 2012: Animated Shorts

The animated shorts follow our music video and film titles coverage to wrap up our SXSW 2012 round-ups. The SXSW love’s not over though –… Read more

Motionographer’s Role in the Industry (Right Now)

We recently posted a short op-ed piece that sparked a good deal of comments. In sharing this news, Motionographer was a bit late to the… Read more

“Nihonbashi Koukashita R Keikaku” by Takuya Hosogane

Takuya Hosogane goes anime in this new music video for Jin, but keeps his sly sense of humor. Takuya says that he wanted to create… Read more

“Speaking of …” by Animal

Fantastic mix of 2D and 3D in this piece by Animal for the “Speaking of Pittsburgh” series.

Paying To Work For Free

Last week VFX Soldier exposed a scheme by Digital Domain to offer students at their taxpayer-subsidized university program the opportunity to work for free on… Read more

The Macula: “Archifon”

The Macula, a Prague-based studio, uses projection mapping to turn the Olomouc Baroque Chapel into a giant musical instrument. Visitors use laser pointers to activate… Read more

SXSW 2012: Music Videos

SXSW 2012’s selected music videos featured a mix of techniques and ideas, from men who cry to disco ball-head ballerinas to doing a guitar (that… Read more

[Interview] John Kassab: “Childhood of a Circle”, et al.

As I was being transported back to my youth watching Childhood of a Circle, I noticed a thread lining several recent posts here… Melbourne-based audio… Read more

Theodore Ushev: Kottarashky & the Rain Dogs “Demoni”

Theodore Ushev used a gramophone and fifty vinyl records painted with oil, acrylics, and gel paint markers to create this music video for Kottarashky &… Read more

[Interview] Buck: Good Books “Metamorphosis”

From Buck’s website: “The Buck team dug deep, channeling our inner gonzo, to direct and produce this homage promoting Good Books, the online bookseller that passes… Read more

Work/Life: Sunshine

In last night’s Mad Men season premiere, Megan asked, “What’s wrong with you people? You’re all so cynical. You don’t smile, you smirk.” In the… Read more

SXSW 2012: Film Title Design Awards

Our SXSW 2012 coverage begins with the Film Title Design Awards, presented by iStockphoto. The Film Title Design Awards program is unique among the SXSW… Read more

Gabe Askew for The Columbia Water Center “Deeper Than Water”

Gabe Askew creates another top quality spot via Hornet Inc. for an environmental commentary piece for the Columbia Water Center. Utilizing a stylized stop motion approach,… Read more

Daniel Franke & Cedric Kiefer “unnamed soundsculpture” and Brian Oakes “Marie”

These two pieces use a Kinect and a dancer’s performance as the starting point for abstract imagery. Both are lovely, but the approaches evoke very… Read more

HEAD ON

Lior Ben Horin produces a stellar graduation film, HEAD ON, for Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. From Lior: This film is a dialogue between… Read more

Meet Dr. Brock

Vanessa Tam meets a difficult lifestyle choice through a nagging metaphorical subconscious, Dr. Brock, in her Senior Year Thesis at Sheridan College.  Also, check out… Read more

Eran Hilleli for Honda

Eran Hilleli delivers another spot for Honda via XYZ Studios, you can check out the first one here. This one focuses on the evolution of… Read more

Hankook Tires from Alfred Imageworks

This nicely realized spot/promo film from Seoul based Alfred Imageworks succeeds well in balancing the tactile stop-motion style cardboard animation within an evolving natural landscape. I especially like… Read more

Joseph Mann: Keaton Henson “Small Hands”

There are many lovely woodland creatures in Joseph Mann’s bittersweet music video for Keaton Henson’s Small Hands. At first you think they’re stop-motion, but they… Read more

Coca-Cola “Spirit of the Euro”

In “Spirit of the Euro,” director Carlos Lascano and Bent Image Lab crafted a madcap romp through a cast of zany characters for Coke and… Read more

OddBall Animation: RUIN

OddBall Animation presents RUIN, an animated short set in a post-apocalyptic universe. OddBall used Luxology modo quite a bit for the production, which we’re seeing… Read more

“My Family And The Wolf” teaser

More beautiful styling from Headless Productions in their latest masterpiece, My Family and the Wolf.  Now let’s just hope this thing gets picked up. (Updated… Read more

W+K Shanghai Creativity Test

With the help of Shotopop, Weiden + Kennedy Shanghai entices suitors to take an online creativity test and potentially marry with the team.

Psyop heads back to the MiO Watering Hole with “Nose Job”

Continuing the MiO Watering Hole campaign, Psyop once again proves their prowess in character sculpture and non-mocap animation with the piece, “Nose Job“. From Psyop:… Read more