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Pfizer: Make It Your Time

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cigad-960.mov 960 540] Credits Agency: Digitas Animation: Trollback+Co Joe Wright- Executive Creative Director Christina Ruegg – Art Director Emre Veryeri – Designer/Animator Edwin Santacruz- Animator… Read more

Framestore: AT&T “Up & UP”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/att_up_and_up_601.mov 960 540] AT& UP&UP Agency: BBDO New York Client: AT&T Spot Title: “Up & Up” Year: 2010 Airdate: 2/12/2010 Chief Creative Officer: David Lubars… Read more

Modern Rebel: Alberto Mielgo & Pinkman.tv

Alberto Mielgo is an artist’s artist. It is a particular distinction, suggesting not mere talent, but a quality of rebelliousness, one whose appeal is contingent… Read more

Modern Rebel: Alberto Mielgo & Pinkman.tv

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AlbertoMielgo_Pinkman.TV_MakingOf_mpeg4.mov 800 314] Q&A: Can you describe your artistic background before finding your way to animation? I’m self taught. However, I started working on animation… Read more

Dear Sesame St.

Dear Sesame Street,  We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We are concerned that… Read more

Vinicius Costa Updates

Vinicius Costa, director and art director at 1st Ave Machine, just finished a complete overhaul of his website, including a brand new look and a… Read more

Embrace Life: PSA

Simple but touching PSA for the Sussex Safer Road Partnership encouraging everyone to buckle up. Credits Writer/Director: Daniel Cox Producer: Sarah Alexander Executive Producer: Neil… Read more

Google Voice by JR Canest and Kasey Lum

This is a new spot by JR Canest and Kasey Lum, two recent graduates of VFS. JR’s student projects have been quickied a few times… Read more

Google Voice Q&A with JR Canest and Kasey Lum

Work-In-Progress images from JR Canest What were your plans after graduation? Jorge: First thing I wanted to do was to spend some time with my… Read more

Ensrettet of Acne Film for Absolut Vodka: “Black” and “White”

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Daniel Kleinman: P&G “Kids”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DanielKleinman_PG_KIds.mov 640 480] Agency: Wieden+Kennedy Agency Country: USA Agency Producer: Shelley Eisner Creative Director: Jason Bagley; Eric Baldwin Creative: Karl Lieberman; Ryan O’Rourke Director: Daniel Kleinman Production: Epoch Films; Rattling Stick Director of Photography: Carl Nilsson… Read more

Digital Kitchen : Census “Living Mural”

Digital Kitchen NY steps up to the plate and cracks a grand slam with a seamless blend of sexy live action and hand-drawn animation in… Read more

Motion Theory Decodes Beauty

Complexity amongst simplicity, and technology behind raw beauty are the building blocks for Motion Theory’s latest hit for Buick and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Directed… Read more

The Mothership Has Landed

If you saw our post yesterday, then you already know a little something about the mysterious entity known as Mothership. Today we got the full… Read more

The Mothership Approaches

Motionographer got the scoop that there’s a new company launching very soon. They sent us some work to whet our appetite, and we anticipate to… Read more

Fairness for Visual Effects Artists: Following-Up

Dancers by (3) on flickr. CC some rights reserved. Lee Stranahan wrote an open letter to James Cameron last week that has received a lot… Read more

Fairness For Visual Effects Artists: Q&A

Q&A: Your letter to James Cameron this week has stirred up a lot of discussion in the Motion Design and Visual Effects fields about the… Read more

Ben Steiger Levine for Sprite

Up-and-coming A White Label Product director, Ben Steiger Levine, delivers his first major commercial undertaking via Sprite. The moment of creative inspiration is visualized by… Read more

Another Nightmarish Tale from Adam Berg

Coming off of an amazing 2009, with his Philip’s Carousel piece, Adam Berg continues to deliver aggressively cinematic narratives with Jordan Brand’s “Nightmare”. Similar to… Read more

Arev Manoukian: Nuit Blanche

A couple years ago, it seemed everyone and their mother was shooting with a Phantom camera, capturing life’s minutiae in ultra slow-motion. While the results… Read more

Questioning the Freelance Dilemma

A recent article at Animation World Network has stirred up many passionate comments from freelance visual effects artists in the industry as well as a… Read more

Blacklist for Diet Coke: “Fit” and “Summit”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Blacklist_DietCoke_FIT_Summit_h264.mov 848 480] Titles: “Fit”, “Summit” Client: Diet Coke Advertising Manager, Diet Coke: Andy Deutsch Account Director: Thomas Harvey Account Supervisor: Hanna Nesper Newell Account… Read more

Previsualization Society Launches

The Previsualization Society is a new organization, formed in September 2009 that is “dedicated to advancing previsualization (“previs”) in feature film, games, commercials and architecture.”… Read more

Blur Takes Us Back To Hell

This past Sunday, the standard superbowl advertisements focused on beer, babes and general safe tomfoolery, were briefly interrupted with a stirring glimpse of Hell. Videogame… Read more