What Really Happens When Possums Play Dead?
Inspired by an opossum living in a coffin amongst his landlord’s old halloween props, Los Angeles director/animator Justin Hilden began filling his sketchbook with possums and possum gags, “Mostly I...
View ArticleTravel back to 1990 with this Pixar Marketing Tape
While buying gear at the auction for a bankrupt studio, animator, educator and film archivist Steve Stanchfield over at Cartoon Research spotted a VHS case labelled “Pixar Marketing Tape.” Prepare...
View ArticleFlavor Chicago Adds 3D and VFX Artist Christina d’Orthez as Producer
From the release: CHICAGO – (Apr. 7, 2016) – The leaders from creative production studio Flavor are very proud to announce the addition of Christina d’Orthez to their Chicago staff in the position of...
View ArticleNot To Scale signs director Mate Steinforth
From the release: Film and Animation studio Not To Scale continue to build their roster of inspiring directors. Not To Scale is excited to announce the signing of talented and inspiring director Mate...
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I Want to Ride My Type-Cycle
With spring threatening to descend on New York, the timing of this bicycle-based 3D typographic exercise called “Type-Cycle” from London motion designer (and architecture grad) Marcel Piekarski is...
View ArticleDirector Claire Thomas Joins WoodShop
From the release: Production studio WoodShop, a leader in product specialization, welcomes director Claire Thomas to their roster. As a prominent millennial influencer, food photographer, author,...
View ArticlePhenomena Labs: Jane Bordeaux “Ma’agalim”
How would you visualize a track from a band who calls their music “Live n’ kickin’ American folk-country music in Hebrew.” I have no idea either, but Uri Lotan and Yoav Shtibelman in Tel Aviv decided...
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Dan DiFelice: Johnny Bang Reilly “Carved in Mayhem”
NYC director and former VFX artist Dan DiFelice sculpts a beautiful and redemptive film from a raw and powerful poem by Johnny “Bang” Reilly, a 51-year-old UK fighter, filmmaker and VO artist – with...
View ArticleDaniel Moshel “MeTube 2: August Sings Carmina Burana”
In 2013 Austrian director Daniel Moshel unleashed a slice of campy weirdness called “MeTube: August Sings Carmen Habanera” featuring Swiss tenor August Schram, his mom Elfie and a Fellini-esque cast of...
View ArticleThe Sequence Group opens new Australian studio
From the release: Award-winning animation, design and VFX outfit to serve Asian and Australian creative sectors Vancouver, Canada – April 13, 2016 – Award-winning creative studio The Sequence Group has...
View ArticleRUN, KICK, SHOUT! 3D MOTION GRAPHICS STUDIO OPENS IN CHICAGO
From the release: A new creative team is on the scene in Chicago, with the knowledge and background to quickly solve problems and adapt to changing project needs, while keeping design top of mind. Run,...
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Fons Schiedon and PostPanic: Jaimeo Brown “Be So Glad”
A snowy night in New Jersey and some skeletal matchmoves lend an otherworldly aura in this stark and unvarnished music video from PostPanic’s Brooklyn-based director Fons Schiedon for jazz drummer and...
View ArticlePsyop Film and Television Division Welcomes Director Ben Hibon to Vancouver Team
From the release: VANCOUVER — Award-winning director Ben Hibon has signed on with Psyop Film and Television and will be joining their Vancouver office as the company continues to expand its efforts in...
View ArticleGMUNK Interview: The Next Generation of Motion Graphics
After his lecture at Hyper Island in Karlskrona, Sweden, GMUNK reveals his ideas on the future of motion creation and collaboration styles – encouraging students to “Get their motion graphics off the...
View ArticleTakashi Ohashi and error403 for Arts Council Tokyo
Populated by impossibly cute and enigmatic characters, this frenetic promotional animation called “Zoning Tokyo” for Arts Council Tokyo was directed by Takashi Ohashi with character design and...
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Giant Ant Levels Up at FITC Toronto 2016
The 15th edition of the venerable FITC Toronto creative technology event opened April 17 with this title sequence by Vancouver’s Giant Ant. Leveraging the conference theme “Level Up,” the 2D, 3D, and...
View ArticleDavid Carson “All For a Few Good Waves”
Join New York prodco Dress Code for an intimate and insightful look into the life and liberty of David Carson, a singular combination of self-taught graphic designer, surfer, lecturer and free spirit....
View ArticleUNISEF’s “Sofia” Speaks for 250 Million Children
Meet Sofia, a 3D amalgam of 500 actual children trapped in crisis situations all over the planet, their faces merged into a scared and vulnerable young girl created for UNICEF Sweden by Stockholm...
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Spectacular Sky Arts Rebrand IDs via MPC
Part of a full rebrand for UK culture-oriented TV channel Sky Arts, these 25-second IDs from MPC in London mix live action and VFX to “visualize the transformation from ordinary to extraordinary...
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Amaël Isnard: Royal Observatory “Seeing the Invisible”
The standout in a series of three films created by Beakus director Amaël Isnard for the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London, “Seeing the Invisible” is a master class in how to make educational...
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