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RIOT Atlanta: Branding From Scratch

Network branding doesn’t get a lot of attention here on Motionographer. We tend to favor the quick-cut, visual slam-dances of advertising and music videos over… Read more

Halogen: Branding a Network from the Ground Up

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Halogen-IDs2.mov 785 441] It’s not every day that a new network is launched. And it’s not every day that the network has a strong social… Read more

Eyeball: Centric Network Branding

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/eyeball_centric-montage-m.mov 640 480] Eyeball launches Viacom’s new Centric Network with retro-inspired type, crisp lines and earthy palettes Credits for Centric Network branding VH1 SVP of… Read more

Alberta oil-sand mining exposed: La Moustache for H2Oil

Happy Friday, Mographer fans! And what better way to celebrate the end of the week, than with a timely dose of ‘issue’ animation. La Moustache,… Read more

ADC Young Guns 7 Winners

Last night’s ADC Young Guns opening was inspirational as always with a great showing from all 50. However, it was the growing inclusion of moving-image… Read more

Tata Docomo’s Cat

It isn’t often that we see purely graphic animations like these spots for Tata Docomo, part of a new branding effort by Wolff Olins for… Read more

Hornet & The Decemberists

We recently posted a trailer for Hornet’s visual-collaboration with The Decemberists. However, off the tails of Monday’s premier at UCLA’s Royce Hall, it seemed appropriate… Read more

47th D&AD Awards Now Open for Entry

D&AD has celebrated and nurtured outstanding work in design and advertising since 1962. The Yellow Pencil is recognized the world over as a symbol of… Read more

Spike Jonze: We Were Once a Fairytale

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/We_Were_Once_Final_UncompressedQT_Generic_h264.mov 960 540] Regardless of your opinion of this video’s PR intent, ‘We Were Once A Fairytale‘ (via Pitchfork) is yet another piece of structurally… Read more

Lobo: Fiat 500

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lobo_fiat_500-PR.mov 960 540] Lobo gets behind the wheel for The Ebeling Group in this new spot for Fiat 500.

Ruff Evolution

I’m really digging this new spot from animation master Ruff Mercy for O’Neill to promote their upcoming snowboard event in Davos. His personal illustration style… Read more

Gravity: Pelephone “Music”

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/pelephone_music_eng.mov 720 576] Israel’s Gravity strikes again for telecom Pelephone and agency Adler, Chomsky & Warshavsky. As with previously posted work (here and here), “Music”… Read more

The Animated Life & Work of Jeff Scher

Jeff Scher: I Got My Job Through the NY Times. Short Documentary by Reid Rosefelt. Jeffery Noyes Scher was born in 1954 and graduated from… Read more

Blacknail Pictures Make No Excuses

Comprised of London VFX veterans Mario Ucci and Rick Thiele, Blacknail Pictures created this stunning piece for Breast Cancer awareness for IBCC via Ogilvy, São… Read more

Framestore: “DJ Hero” Cinematic

In the latter-day tradition of epic video-game cinematics, we present DJ Hero. Reared with love by Framestore and directed by Marco Puig, DJ Hero is… Read more

Onesize: Playground Fest Main Titles

The main title for this year’s Playgrounds Festival, created by Dutch design powerhouse, Onesize, offers us a first-hand look at an action-packed playground battle in… Read more

Nintendo Wii Fit: “Working Mom”

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Nintendo Wii Fit: “Working Woman”

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Onesize: Playground Titles

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/PlaygroundsTitle_H264.mov 900 506] Onesize creative director Rogier Hendriks: We ended up with the idea to have two fighters on a children’s playground. Kind of a… Read more

Nintendo Wii Fit: “Working Mom”

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Cut&Paste 2009 Global Championships

Photo by Jason Lewis We’re two days away from the first-ever Cut&Paste Global Championship, taking place this Friday, October 16th, 2009 at The Hammerstein Ballroom,… Read more

Bent’s Nando Costa Sings a “Whale Song” for Modest Mouse

Nando Costa’s colorful career recently took another interesting turn when he joined Bent Image Lab as a director/partner. The fruit of that union can be… Read more

Going Deeper: Modest Mouse “Whale Song”

Nando Costa, director with Bent Image Lab, recently filled us in on the multi-faceted production challenges that went into the creation of Modest Mouse’s “Whale… Read more

Anthony F. Schepperd for Ape School – “Wail to God”

Anthony F. Schepperd’s “Wail To God” is a subversion of conventional animation. Suffused with an unorthodox style reminiscent of Bill Plympton, viewers are jolted by… Read more