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IF: “The Pot” and “Uneasy Rider”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IF_adverts-H264.mov 720 404] Credits Agency Saatchi & Saatchi Stockholm Art Direction: Fredrik Svalstedt Copywriter: Henrik Berglöf Project Leader: Birthe Jörgensen Project Manager: Marie Nodbrink Director:… Read more

F5 Talk 01: Simon Robson and Tim Rayner

For those of you who attended F5 last April, you know that our speakers were a diverse and inspiring mix of creative people from a… Read more

DVR “Metamorphosis”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/DVR-Metamorphose_engl_001.mov 722 394] Credits Client / product: DVR – Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat (german council for road safety / ministry for transportation) Title: metamorphosis, 30sec Agency: Scholz… Read more

Jean-Julien Pous: Gedda Headz “Spaced Out”

Following up on his poetic short film “Seeking You,” director Jean-Julien Pous recently released a new music video for Gedda Headz’ (MySpace) first single, “Spaced… Read more

Mass Animation = Mass Exploitation?

When Mass Animation announced their goal of creating a CG short film by “crowd-sourcing” the animation to a global community of thousands of animators, I… Read more

Supinfocom: Great Glutton Island

The classic quote “never judge a book by its cover,” definitely comes to mind in “Great Glutton Island,” a beautifully animated short by Supinfocom student… Read more

Under Armour “Fierce Speed”

[qt:http://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/under-armor1.mov 960 540] Credits Project Name: Under Armour “Fierce Speed” Length: :30 Date aired: July 13, 2009 Client: Under Armour Senior Creative Director: Marcus Stephens… Read more

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