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Baby I’m Yours by Irina Dakeva

We saw this beautiful cel-animated and aquarelle-painted music video by Irina Dakeva for Breakbot recently and wanted to find out more about the production process… Read more

Baby I’m Yours Q&A

Questions: How did you come up with the concept and idea for your treatment of this music video? The day me and Breakbot decided to… Read more

A.F. Schepperd’s tripped out video for Blockhead – “The Music Scene”

A.F. Schepperd’s tripped out video for Blockhead is nothing short of an incredible feat. Anthony acting as Director and the only animator said that he… Read more

Red Medusa for Hrusteam Snacks

Now, a quick return to the lo-fi, funny, flash animation genre, Red Medusa made these 40 spots for Hrusteam snacks, a brand that’s apparently owned… Read more

Blacklist’s Pistachios: “The Story of Kakenya”

Top Blacklist director, Pistachios, has partnered with with co-director Aaron Kisner and the Vital Voices Global Partnership to bring us The Story of Kakenya. The… Read more

Johnny Kelly’s Play for YouTube

Nexus Production’s director Johnny Kelly just made this short film for YouTube Play, an exhibition that YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum in NYC are calling… Read more

Superfad : Preguntas Hermosas

Superfad Seattle has just released a new short film called Preguntas Hermosas, a beautiful tale of a time shared between two people told through a… Read more

BIF: Russian Dolls

And yet another spot for Amnesty from a powerhouse French directing-collective brings us “Russian Dolls” from BIF, produced by Rods. Despite the lack of CG… Read more

Pleix: Death to the Death Penalty

“Death Penalty” is latest from Pleix, produced by Warm and Fuzzy, for Amnesty International. Drawing inspiration from the Amnesty logo, a lit candle, Pleix (collaborating… Read more

2010 AICP Results

Fresh from the 2010 AICP Awards at MoMA in NYC, we’ve got the results to share. Top production companies are MJZ (12 honors), Biscuit (5),… Read more

Prologue for Robin Hood

Prologue’s treatment for Robin Hood is a study in patient analogue work. Ridley Scott called on the studio create Legends to open the film as… Read more

Kristofer Strom’s Baltimore Clap

Blinkink‘s Kristofer Ström nails it with his latest for Benga’s, “Baltimore Clap”. Start your day off right with some severed limbs and dubstep and enter… Read more

Prologue for Robin Hood

Make sure to visit Prologue’s site to see more of this project and others they have worked on, very inspiring stuff. [qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/robinhood_et.mp4 640 272] I… Read more

Mothership for Sprint “Firsts”

Mothership is back. Directors Dael Oates and David Rosenbaum —in collaboration with Goodby Silverstein & Partners— have joined forces to create the studios latest spot,… Read more

Mothership for Sprint “Firsts”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Mothership_Firsts_60secVersion.mov 1280 720] Credits for Sprint “Domino Effect” Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners Partner: Jamie Barrett Producer: Cindy Epps Art Director: Nick Spahr Copywriter: James… Read more

Mark Zibert & Gary Thomas (Crush) for Sapporo

Co-directed by Mark Zibert (Sons and Daughters) and Gary Thomas (Crush), “Legendary Biru” is beautifully detailed two-minute film. Shot on location over a month in… Read more

PepperMellon for The Guardian and The Observer “World Cup”

As an appetizer to the hotly anticipated World Cup, Argentinean studio, PepperMellon, has jockeyed their way to front-lines and served up a playful treat to… Read more

TiRA for ASTRA

From London-based This is Real Art comes a project that hits all my soft spots:  space tech, information graphics, and a reserved, modern design aesthetic.… Read more

Astra Q&A

One Day On Earth

I’ve been watching this project evolve over the past few months and it’s scope and depth has grown to something worth noticing. As part of… Read more

Buck: Sherwin-Williams “Bees”

Poppy Flower, Poinsettia, Stolen Kiss, Electric Lime… the passion in a paint swatch. Check out “Bees”, Buck’s second spot for Sherwin-Williams. If you missed it,… Read more

Azureus Rising

Azureus Rising is a proof of concept developed by the San Diego production company Black Sun Entertainment. We know very little about them other than… Read more

LAIKA/house: Tostitos “The Flame and the Fantastic Flood”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/laika-house-flame.mov 640 360] Credits Client Frito Lay Product Frito Lay Dips Agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners PRODUCTION Animation/Production Company LAIKA/house Director Nicholas Weigel Executive Producer… Read more

Prologue: Iron Man 2

For those of you who’ve seen Iron Man 2 (has anyone not seen it?), you know that Robert Downey Jr. shares the screen with Mickey… Read more