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Motion Theory: NCAA Under Construction

Motion Theory continues their decade-long run in the sports spot game with NCAA “Under Construction” from director Grady Hall. Hall’s background as a writer always… Read more

VFX Online Town Hall Session One: LiveBlog

This will be a liveblog of the VFX Online Town Hall taking place at 7PM PST 03/29/10. Panelists include Chris deFaria, Vice President, Warner Bros.… Read more

I’m Here

Years ago, as a student, I read Stefan Sagmeister’s list of personal goals. There were heaps of silly ones, but one has remained with me… Read more

Jeremy Abel : The Conductor

Jeremy Abel, currently a senior at R.I.T, creates this fun piece of stop motion about a robot conductor and his analog ensemble. The solid editorial,… Read more

I Am Not An Artist

Johnny Kelly and Matthew Cooper have just made a series of 56 hilarious and poignant animated GIFS called I Am Not An Artist for Elisava,… Read more

La Gaite Lyrique

Yves Geleyn has delivered this dreamy Short Film for the french Gallery La Gaîté Lyrique, a new venue in Paris featuring digital art and contemporary… Read more

Johnny Kelly and Matthew Cooper Q&A:

Some behind-the-scenes photos from the production of I Am Not An Artist. Questions: How did this project arrive at your doorsteps? What was the initial… Read more

Jeremy Abel: The Conductor

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Rise and Fall by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille

Rise and Fall is a new interactive project developed and designed by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille for the cover of ‘boards magazine’s Innovation issue.… Read more

Rise and Fall Q&A:

Boards Interactive Magazine – Walkthrough Questions: How did this project come about? What was the initial brief from ‘boards magazine? We were contacted by Nexus… Read more

WeWereMonkeys : Coheed and Cambria: The Broken

WeWereMonkeys were so struck by the energy of the new Coheed and Cambria song, “The Broken,” that it inspired them to create an epic sci-fi… Read more

The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water, a new film by activist Annie Leonard and Free Range Studios employs the same clear and accessible style of their… Read more

Kitteh Kitteh!!

UPDATE: 2 more items are added to the Q&A section, the result of a few readers’ additional query which I followed up with Sam. Sorry… Read more

PanicRoom

PanicRoom Films presented by Matt Lambert Moray McClaren “ We Got Time” dir. David Wilson Blink Ink , London We Have Band “You Came Out”… Read more

Megaforce for Kid Cudi: “Pursuit of Happiness”

This past week, a music video for Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” featuring MGMT and Ratatat, had a short lived fling with the Internet as… Read more

IBM’s Data Films

IBM’s recent campaign exposing the data that flows through our world and keeps it moving, has produced Data Anthem and Data Baby. They called upon… Read more

Max Hattler’s 1923 and 1925

“1923 aka Heaven” Max Hattler just completed two short films with students at The Animation Workshop, an animation school in Viborg, Denmark. The two pieces,… Read more

Max Hattler’s 1923 & 1925: Q&A

Questions: How were you introduced to the Animation Workshop, and how did this collaboration come about? Norwegian animation theorist Joakim Pedersen – who I used… Read more

Digital Kitchen: HBO “Funny or Die”

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Freelance Standards of Practice

At some point in their careers, freelancers have probably asked themselves perfectly reasonable questions like, “How did a 10-hour day become standard?” And “Why are… Read more

Superfad: Sony “Eye Candy”

Superfad Seattle brings more than just eye candy to this surreal exploration of live action and vfx for Sony Bravia HDTV.  Unfolding in three parts,… Read more

Superfad: Sony “Eye Candy”

Behind the Scenes Design Exploration Interview with Superfad’s Carlos Stevens What was the creative approach to this project? The creative approach defined by Sony and… Read more

Yeasayer Has A Radical Friend

Radical Friend brings us another cult sensible music video for Brooklyn based musicians Yeasayer. Their last collaboration for the track Ambling Alp brought us to… Read more

Bobby !

It gives me tremendous pleasure when we get to feature a studio that’s not located in the Motion Design Meccas of the world (NYC, LA,… Read more