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Remembering gravity: The animated story of an astronaut coming home

Gunner partnered with Great Big Story to bring to life the observations and journey of astronaut Leland Melvin as he…

8 years ago

Making “Uncanny Valley,” an eye-popping sci-fi short about a very possible future

The sci-fi short "Uncanny Valley" presents a grim but very possible future in an eye-popping style laced with beautiful VFX…

8 years ago

Follow an RC truck to its “Happy Place”

Do RC cars dream of electric sheep?  This heart-warming short uses clever in-camera tricks and forced perspective to bring the…

8 years ago

Zulu Alpha Kilo: Spec

This video is making the rounds on social media, and for good reason. It's funny, smart and spot on. Just…

8 years ago

Interview with Johnny Kelly: Dropbox “Creative Freedom”

Johnny Kelly's approach can best be described using the principle of Occam's Razor. In short, if all things are considered…

9 years ago

A horde of humans obeys the “Witch Doctor” in this creepy music video

The concept is simple: Dutch rock band De Staat's lead singer, Torre Florim, stands in the center of a throng of…

9 years ago

Mario Skate

9 years ago

Magical papercraft and mixed media in “Meetings Imagined”

Featuring extensive papercraft work and a little bit of knolling, Gentleman Scholar's charming spot for Marriott is a mixed media celebration of something…

9 years ago

Giant Ant Updates

  The always amazing Giant Ant updates with a slick new website and Animation & Live Action reels.    

9 years ago

Jack and the Giant

Lots of folks have been playing with Ferrofluid, magnets and household cleaners to create sumptuous, organic visuals. But this music video…

9 years ago

Golden Wolf proves you can’t go wrong with cats for Offset 2015

For the Offset 2015 conference title sequence, Golden Wolf put all their chips on the internet's only sure bet: cats.…

9 years ago

Dvein: “River Island x Jean-Pierre Braganza”

After what feels like an incredibly long hiatus, the magicians at Dvein are back. "River Island x Jean-Pierre Braganza" is a provocative short…

9 years ago

Robert Rugan releases “Danny and The Wild Bunch”

"Danny and The Wild Bunch," is Rob Rugan's captivating and award winning new short.  It's a surreal and twisted tale…

9 years ago

Buck builds a “Factory” of hand-made type for Facebook

Buck's "Factory" for Facbeook is a masterclass in live action motion design and typography. After cleaning out their local art…

9 years ago

Dubai Flow Motion by Rob Whitworth

Rob Whitworth's "Dubai Flow Motion" is a mind-bendingly complex portrait of one of the world's most extravagant cities. Combining time-lapse, camera-stabilization…

9 years ago

Way to Go, a VR-friendly walk through the woods

Shortly after we were musing on the state of storytelling for emerging virtual reality platforms here on Motionographer, the National Film…

9 years ago

Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures

Stanford design instructor John Edmark has rethought the zoetrope with beautiful 3D-printed sculptures that animate when filmed in sync with a strobe…

9 years ago

Handmade with computers: H&M Conscious Films

At first glance, the H&M Conscious Films directed by photographer Bela Borsodi look like 100% hand-made creations. And they are. Kind of.…

9 years ago

“Interesting Ball” is, in fact, very interesting [NFSW]

Warning: Not safe for work (by most people's standards) Directing duo Daniels have long been one our favorites here at…

10 years ago

First person POV + Time lapse + Stabilization = Hyperlapse

Microsoft Research shares news of the new video stabilization technology, Hyperlapse: We present a method for converting first-person videos, for…

10 years ago

Dress Code 2014 Capabilities Reel & New Website

The ever expanding force to be reckoned with that is Dress Code just released a new capabilities reel for 2014, which showcases a truly…

10 years ago

OFFF Cincinnati 2014 Main Titles

It's getting hard to stay afloat in the sea of title sequences being produced each year. The dominant trend has…

10 years ago

Innuendo

Making of "Innuendo," a sensual, experimental short film about a fantasy world's reproductive processes

10 years ago

IBM Phones And Food

The interplay of live action and exaggerated device interactions give this spot for IBM a shot of whimsy that separates…

10 years ago