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Kenichi Tanaka: Japan-A Strange Country

UPDATE: English VO version found on youtube! Thanks for the info, tvp. Kenichi Tanaka made this thesis piece to show his countrymen that things that… Read more

Against All Odds/XYZ Studios for Victorian Government

UPDATE: Full Credit List available after the jump. Hooray for Melbourne! Thumbs up for the Victorian Government for commissioning this lovely animated spot–such a welcome… Read more

Cream O’ the Crop: People’s Choice

Spring has sprung! It’s time for another Cream O’ the Crop People’s Choice poll. Everyone gets to vote for three studios, but you only get… Read more

Pixels by Patrick Jean

Wow, tons of you have just sent this in, and it’s appearing everywhere on the internet this morning. And no wonder! Patrick Jean’s new film… Read more

First Looks At Banksy’s ‘Exit Though the Gift Shop’ with Nick Parish

Contagious‘ North American Editor Nick Parish (former Creativity/Ad Age) caught a screening of Banksy’s recent film, ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’. He’s been kind enough… Read more

Edouard Salier & Paranoid for Nike

As anticipation for the biggest football tournament of the year heats up, W+K Amsterdam brings Paranoid and director Edouard Salier back to Nike (see Nike… Read more

YMCA: Head Gear Animation

Head Gear Animation and TBWA\Vancouver created this charming spot for YMCA, titled ‘Questions’. Its important message is definitely worth pondering, especially for people like us… Read more

Astronomers Dream

Apologies for being 9 months late, folks. That’s enough time to pop a baby out…Better late than never, Astronomer’s Dream by Malcolm Sutherland is now… Read more

Peppermelon Fresh Projects

Peppermelon updates! My favourite in this batch is the MTV ‘Los Premios 3009’ (MTV Awards 2009). It features eye-popping futuristic imagining of the 3 main… Read more

How To Feed The World

How To Feed The World is a 9-minute film directed by Denis van Waerbeke for an exhibition called Bon Appetit at a science museum in… Read more

Scott Squires: Visual effects service – The Big Picture

Another response to the issues that the VFX Townhall have brought up, Scott Squires writes a long post on what he sees as the big… Read more

Motionographer Studios to Shutter Stat

Very unexpected news from headquarters today: Motionographer Studios will be shutting down immediately. Production on the London Olympics Rebrand headed by Brian Gossett and Orange… Read more

VFX Townhall Recap and Links

Lee Stranahan’s Monday night VFX Townhall: The State of The Industry was a big success. Not in providing a solution, but in starting a discussion,… Read more

Announcing Motionographer Studios

Today we can finally reveal that the rumors that have been floating around the mograph and design forums are all true. As of Monday 3rd… Read more

Smithson v. Oeffinger Layer Tennis Recap

Last week Daniel Oeffinger and Matt Smithson played a slo-mograph match of Layer Tennis. Their match was done over the course of 5 days, with… Read more

Stephen Panicara’s DPTV Rebrand

I came across this project by Steve Panicara over at the Motion Exchange and was very impressed by it. Immediately by the tight and energetic… Read more

Smithson v. Oeffinger Layer Tennis Recap Q&A:

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SMITHSON_VS_OEFFINGER2_smx.mov 788 245] Questions: Did you enjoy the match or was it stressful? Daniel Oeffinger: I enjoyed getting to work on something in a completely… Read more

Zigtech by Logan

The Zigtech spot we posted earlier this week is by Logan, and they’ve sent along credits and a link to a high-res version of the… Read more

StinkDigital & Arno’s 100 Lovers

StinkDigital continues to deliver quality work from all ends of the spectrum with this recent video-catalog/music video from Arno Salters (via Anomaly, London). This piece… Read more

Gabe Askew’s Ten By Ten Q&A:

A few storyboard images and sketches from Gabe Askew. Questions: What was your process like for coming up with the concept for the video? With… Read more

Gabe Askew’s Ten By Ten

Gabe Askew’s new video for the song “Ten By Ten” by Bluebrain is a really interesting and well-executed piece, and quite a departure from Two… Read more

Rebranding by Scott Benson

Scott Benson, an animator whose hilarious Man and Cat at the End of the World we quickied last year has just put out a short… Read more

Rebranding by Scott Benson Q&A:

Questions: What inspired you to make this particular piece? Hey, thanks so much for asking. The concept of questioning of how passive creatives in this… Read more

Plastic Bag by Ramin Bahrani

To some of you, this piece may feel out of character in relation to our regularly posted content. However, there are universal lessons in storytelling… Read more