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RESONANCE

Stop. Put on your headphones. Go fullscreen, and sit still as Resonance blasts your earballs to pieces. After debuting at OFFF Barcelona, Resonance is now… Read more

Makoto Shinkai: Neko no Shuukai

Roughly translated as “Kitty Gather Together,” this gem from the Far East comes from anime director Makoto Shinkai. Admittedly it’s a few years old now,… Read more

Gobelins: Annecy 2011

The second year students at Gobelins have made another round of short films to celebrate Annecy 2011. There’s five of them, each impressive, check them… Read more

[Review] Frank

Editor’s note: Like all our reviews, this is one is uncompensated and written purely out of curiosity about a new service that might be useful… Read more

Jon Balcome: “Bird” A Decent Animal

From the site: “Bird” is the thesis film/music video of Jon Balcome, an MFA Visual Effects student at Savannah College of Art and Design, and… Read more

Tron: The Final Word from David Lewandowski

Over the last couple months, we’ve posted some nice nuggets about the making-of Tron: Legacy — but we couldn’t resist just one more story. Some… Read more

Joseph Pierce: A Family Portrait

After a lengthy festival run, Joseph Pierce‘s A Family Portrait makes its online debut, presented by the hardworking fellows over at Short of the Week.… Read more

CANADA on How to Deconstruct Ice Cream

Editor’s note: The following post is by a new Motionographer contributor and copy editor, Brandon Walter Irvine. Please welcome him aboard! Perusing the Quickies the… Read more

[Review] New York in Motion

Editor’s note: The following interview and review are by guest contributor Cheryl Yau, a 2012 MFA candidate in SVA’s Design Criticism program. Catch the next… Read more

Russell Weekes On Cubism

London-based, multi-talended director, illustrator and one-third of Lie-Ins and Tigers, Russell Weekes drops a cleverly-crafted piece of cubism for Vadoinmessico’s ‘Pond’.

Edouard Salier & Digital District for Justice ‘Civilization’

Despite his hectic commercial career, Edouard Salier always seems to find the time for passion projects (see Massive Attack’s ‘Atlas Air‘ and ‘Splitting the Atom‘… Read more

Megaforce: Is Tropical: The Greeks

Here’s the new music promo from Megaforce. It feels like the brilliant French trio have really exceeded themselves on this one, straight off the back… Read more

Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham: MARS!

MARS! by Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham. Made at Kingston University, 2010. Sound design by Jimi Swells.

Polynoid: Loom

Yes, Polynoid‘s long-awaited short Loom is finally online. And it’s amazing! The plot is as simple as “a moth being caught in a spider’s web”,… Read more

F5 RE:PLAY FILMS 04

This week’s RE:PLAY films come from Alexander Gellner and David Wilson. Fellas, take it away… ALEXANDER GELLNER – “HOW TO GET IDEAS” “I was thinking… Read more

Luiz Lafayette Stockler: Vovo

Vovô by Luiz Lafayette Stockler. Made at University of Wales, Newport, 2010.

Mirada: 3 Dreams of Black Interview

Motionographer recently posted 3 Dreams of Black, the Chris Milk music video intended for exclusive viewing on a browser. When it’s running, the animation progresses… Read more

ELASTIC: GAME OF THRONES

Game of Thrones premiered on HBO last month to join a line-up of already stellar shows. What caught our eye was the intricate titles that… Read more

Gmunk Returns

I still remember the first time I saw Bradley (GMUNK) Munkowitz’s experimental short, “Finn.” It was in 2002, and I was working as a web… Read more

F5 RE:PLAY FILMS 03

Another week, another great batch. We have RE:PLAY films from James Copeman & Sam Renwick and Peppermelon with music/sound design from David Kamp. Two wildly… Read more

Caleb Wood: Stay Home

Stay Home by Caleb Wood. Made at RISD, 2011.

Taelin Oh: Too Much of a Story

Too Much of a Story by Taelin Oh. Made at SVA, 2010

David Prosser: Matter Fisher

David Prosser‘s short film, Matter Fisher, makes it’s online debut this week as the winner of Short of the Week‘s Great Film Competition. It’s a… Read more

Buck: Google Chromebook

Buck teams up with Google again to playfully and accessibly convey a game-changing idea… your future computer won’t be a computer… it will be a… Read more