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Shilo xD Explosion

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/s1-xd1691.mov 640 360] Credits: Ad Agency: ATTIK City/State: San Francisco, CA Creative Director, Broadcast Spot Co-Director: Simon Needham Associate Creative Directors: Ron Lim, Stan Zienka… Read more

Fido’s Energy Giant

Swedish Animation Studio Fido flexes their muscles to animate this story about building the sustainable future for RWE. Together with German agency Jung von Matt,… Read more

Egmont Mayer: Red Rabbit

We all have something we want to hide. Bad breath. A shadowy past. A massive rabbit living in the spare bedroom. Created as a graduation… Read more

MTV Refresh: Channel Flow

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Challenge Your World: Mainframe

Mainframe’s “One Day…” is the latest film in the Challenge Your World 20/20 series, brought to you by Motionographer and Challenge Your World. What’s Challenge… Read more

Beautiful Titles: The Happiness of the Katakuris

What can you say about this title sequence that will do it justice? There is so much beauty in its stop-motion bizarreness. Having said that,… Read more

SyFy Logo Idents

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/SyFy_LogoIdents_960_H264.mov 960 540] A collaboration between Proud Creative and ManvsMachine Audio by Rich Martin Client: Syfy

Mesai: Alarm

I gotta be honest, the real reason I was first attracted to Mesai’s “Alarm,” was for its beautifully soft lighting and rendering. On second pass,… Read more

The Nature Between Us

Back in 2007, as students at the Savannah College of Art and Design, William Campbell teamed up with Anh Vu to create The Lemon Tree,… Read more

The Nature Between Us: Q&A with Will Campbell and Jett Steiger

Back in 2007, as students at the Savannah College of Art and Design, William Campbell teamed up with Anh Vu to create The Lemon Tree,… Read more

Universal Everything Refreshes MTV

Universal Everything’s recent refresh for MTV’s 64 international channels is notable for what it DOES NOT do. As opposed to MTV’s long-standing tradition of constantly… Read more

Philippe Grammaticopoulos

Allow me to introduce the work of Philippe Grammaticopoulos, a French director working with the somewhat mysterious production company Mr. Hyde in Paris. Philippe has… Read more

Mainframe: Ministry of Sound/MSHK “Tomas” (NSFW)

Warning: These films are not safe for work (NSFW). We got the scoop on these deliciously macabre promos from Mainframe last week, but we’ve been… Read more

Mighty Nice for SBS

In an attempt to brand itself as the source for a wide range of cultural and educational programming, Australia’s SBS hired Mighty Nice to push… Read more

Motionographer Team

For the love of the work Motionographer is an all-volunteer organization run by professional artists, designers and directors in our spare time. We don’t make any… Read more

Ministry of Sound/James Palumbo “Tomas” Promos

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/mainframe-tomas-H264.mov 720 422] CREDITS: Project: Tomas by James Palumbo Client: Ministry of Sound / MSHK Launch Date: 10th July 2009 Illustrator: Neal Murren @ Breed… Read more

Baptiste Sola: L’échange (The Exchange)

Although the end falls just a little flat for me, I’m still in love with Baptiste Sola’s “L’échange.” It’s a brilliant testament to a kind… Read more

Joerg Barton: I’ll Kill Her

For his diploma thesis project at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Joerg Barton created a stream of consciousness music video packed with beautifully fluid… Read more

RWE Energy Giant

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/riese_final_s.mov 800 600] Credits RWE team, Essen: Marketing Director: Sabine Schmittwilken Marketing Executive: Charlotte Kreft Media Relations Executive: Annett Urbaczka Jung von Matt/Elbe team, Hamburg:… Read more

Destino by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney

Destino is a short film written and storyboarded in 1945 by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney that was shelved for financial reasons, but then re-discovered… Read more

AMC/Coca-Cola “Magic Chairs”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/amc_coke_final_web.mov 720 405] Credits Client: AMC Theaters Product: Coca-Cola Title: “Magic Chairs” :45 Airdate: June 5, 2009 in AMC theaters nationwide VFX/Editorial Company: Radium/Reel FX,… Read more

SyFy House of Imagination

Say what you will about SyFy’s new name, but the House of Imagination trailer does a fantastic job getting the rebrand off to an epic… Read more

Axe “Instinct”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/axe_curves_final1.mov 848 480] A little technical detail from the release: The texture of the leather is very detailed. Tell me a bit about how you… Read more

Looking Thru the B-Sides

Looking Thru the B-Sides is a stop-action trip down the rabbit hole that is Golden Lucky’s collective brain. Just watching this short film feels like… Read more