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Airside + Demos: The Power Gap

British think-tank Demos teamed up with creative agency Airside to create “The Power Gap,” a three-minute visual essay that surveys the history of power structures… Read more

Elastic: Honda “Snowtrip”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Elastic_Honda_Snow_Trip_.mov 720 405] Credits: Elastic: Honda Crosstour “Snow Trip” Delivered Project: Honda Crosstour “Snow Trip” :30 Delivery Type:TVC HD, SD Release Date: 01.07.10 (Snow Trip)… Read more

Buck for Chegg.com

No one is better qualified to employ humor that’s so willfully tasteless as Buck. In a brood of spots for online textbook rental service, Chegg.com,… Read more

Nathan Love for Pop Secret “Dark Knight”

As Shakespeare said, “To thy own self be true.” In Pop Secret’s “Dark Knight,” Nathan Love gets back to basics, and back to what they… Read more

The Colbert Report – HD Show Open

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/colbert_report_open.mov 640 360] Client: The Colbert Report Creative Director/Executive Producer: Stephen Colbert Co-Executive Producers: Meredith Bennett, Rich Dahm, Tom Purcell Show Director: Jim Hoskinson Supervising… Read more

Nathan Love for Pop Secret: “Dark Knight”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/NathanLove_PopSecret_DarkKnight.mov 720 405] Boardomatic Previz Animation Credits Client: Pop Secret (Diamond Foods) Kernels Campaign “Kernels/Dark Knight” :30 & :15 “Kernels/Caddyshack” :30 & :15 “Kernels/When Harry… Read more

Prologue: The Game is Afoot

If you were one of the millions of people who caught Sherlock Holmes over the holidays, you probably found it to be a rollicking good… Read more

The Third & The Seventh

Kicking off the new year in style! Beautiful CGI work from one man band, Alex Roman. Make sure to check out the compositing breakdown as… Read more

Elastic’s Styles Give Us A Lesson In Adidas’

For our first post of the new year, it seems appropriate to belatedly post a piece by a shop that is sure to continue to… Read more

The Power of Time Off

With only a few days left in 2009, it seems a fitting time to take a moment and reflect on this past year – but… Read more

Merry Holidays!

Happy Kwaanza! Feliz Navidad! Happy Hannukah, Joyous Solstice and Merry Christmas to all! Annual holiday greetings are a place for self-promotion, experimentation, and a little… Read more

Honda’s “Everything”: Cuts As Craft

This recent spot for Honda, directed by Outsider’s Scott Lyon (via WK London) is a prime example of technique supporting simple concept. With the goal… Read more

Stardust: “BIG Magic” ID’s

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ID-Montage-v6.mov 768 576] CREDITS Client Reliance Big Broadcasting, Mumbai, India Project     “Big Magic” Production Company    Stardust Studios, NY Director/Creative Director    Alan Bibby Executive Producer… Read more

Impactist: Nerdmask and Open Your Face and Make Words

Impactist, the Portland-based duo of Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing, has just put out two new films, Nerdmask and Open Your Face and Make Words… Read more

Impactist: Nerdmask and Open Your Face and Make Words Q&A

This Q&A was conducted by Michelle Higa and Bran Dougherty-Johnson for Motionographer. Questions: These two new films Nerdmask and Open Your Face And Make Words… Read more

Dan Gregoras

When it comes to individual talent in our community there are a few of us that enjoy receiving some attention for our work. We build… Read more

EP Banter: Talent, Trends & Technique

What is an Executive Producer? This role may go unnoticed by many of us, but the success of a company is often defined by this… Read more

EP Banter: Talent, Trends & Technique

What is an Executive Producer? This role may go unnoticed by many of us, but the success of a company is often defined by this… Read more

1stAveMachine / Aaron Duffy: Google Chrome Features

Using the same camera perspective trick employed by weareom for their “Chop Cup” viral (or sidewalk artist Julian Beever or Salvador Dalí or countless others,… Read more

Lucky by EB Hu

Lucky is a film that was made for Twenty120 earlier in the year. Attentive readers may already have seen it, but it’s really too gorgeous… Read more

Psyop: UPS “A Happy Holiday”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/TheUPSStore_Holiday.mov 848 480] Project: The UPS Store Title: A Happy Holiday Client Company: The UPS Store Agency: Doner EVP, Chief Creative Officer: Rob Strasberg VP,… Read more

2010 Grammy Video Nominees

It’s Grammy-time again already and some of our favorites have, once again, made the grade. Check out who’s up for Best Video (short form) this… Read more

Meindbender Duplicates for Cartoon Network

Meindbender Animation Studio in Sweden has really done a nice job for Cartoon Network. They’ve reproduced stop motion-like animation with a real clay feeling—but with… Read more

Elastic/a52: Honda “Boxes”

Elastic/a52 releases another colorful component of the Honda Accord Crosstour campaign for agency RPA. Directed by Andy Hall, “Boxes” builds on the lively minimalism of… Read more