*UNSUNG HEROES* pelican sound
"Over the years, I’ve found that resampling and reprocessing are some of the most powerful techniques in Sound Design, more so than any single plugin…
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Staff • 2 months ago
*ONLY ON* Tall Tales: Jonathan Zawada Defies Cliché in Thom Yorke’s Anxious Universe – Pt 1
"Mark Pritchard and I have worked together for 10–15 years. Hearing his demos, even early on, the album felt special—each song demanded visual treatment. We…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 2 months ago
*ONLY ON* Maira Kalman’s The Residence Main Titles: Murder, She Drew
"The goat painting represents a shift from conscious thought into subconscious chaos. It adds to the disorientation and surreal logic of the sequence. I reused…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 2 months ago
*ONLY ON* Extraweg’s Severance Season 2 Titles: When to Kill Your (Brain) Babies
"The goat painting represents a shift from conscious thought into subconscious chaos. It adds to the disorientation and surreal logic of the sequence. I reused…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 3 months ago
*…BREAKDOWN!* Cunningham & Ménard’s TRIPLE BILL: The Wild West of Hybrid Filmmaking
"We think there’s something fundamentally different in a picture shot in camera - the imperfections and the intricacies of real light and dust grounds the…
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Staff • 3 months ago
*UNSUNG HEROES* Box of Toys
"Asking the team, it seems we don’t have any stand out influences, just that we love most film, anime, TV, games and music. There’s almost…
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Staff • 3 months ago
*ONLY ON* Ben Berman’s ‘HEADS’ The Inside Scoop – Dark Comedy, Jump Cuts & the Joy of Making Audiences Say ‘WTF’?
"The idea from the start was simple: document Jack’s work and animate his heads speaking. I’ve used this animation style in one or two of…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 3 months ago
The Secret Sauce of F5’s Opening Titles – Pt 1: Dvein | A Dream You Can’t Wake Up From
"This approach might sound unbelievable, even absurd—who would entrust such a pivotal project to an artist without any oversight? Is it just an urban legend…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 4 months ago
STUDIO STORIES: 7 years of SIGNIF Inc. – Tokyo
"Even when well-known international studios or projects are mentioned, they’re sometimes unfamiliar, leading to a significant gap in exposure. This self-contained focus limits the creation…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 4 months ago
*…BREAKDOWN!* Kimathi Flavien: The Work Behind Of ‘Chef-d’œuvre’ Motion Design Film ‘Stack’
"Motion Design is not just about complex animations and transitions. You can catch people's attention with a lot of things: Design, Cinematography, Sound Design, Music,…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 4 months ago
*…BREAKDOWN!* ‘Nervi’ | Crafted Motion Visual Ecosystem Shaped by Morphing Forms
"The best part was creating the polyrhythmic visual system. We combined organic 2D animation with fluid forms and crowded textures to shape colourful living ecosystems…
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Staff • 5 months ago
F5 EMPATH & ‘The Indefinable Nothing’ – Mr. Francois’ Journey to Hope Blooms from Darkness
We were deep in conversation in F5 Festival headquarter, fueled by espresso and the thrill of discovery, when the first notes of Benjamin Schoos’ music…
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Staff • 5 months ago
BOL: A Creative Path to Collaboration and Awareness
Founded on a vision of connection and creativity, BOL presents itself as more than a production house. It is a space where storytelling, collaboration, and…
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Staff • 5 months ago
The Art of Blending Mediums and Identity: Interview with Carmela Caldart
In this conversation with Carmela Caldart, the illustrator and animator opens up about how her art has evolved across different mediums, from illustration to animation,…
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Natalia Gonzalez • 5 months ago
*UNSUNG HEROES* Lost Machine
"The art that I like to look at and hang on my studio walls is the album art by a US easy listening label from…
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Staff • 6 months ago
Spotlight on AIdeal™ – Infinite Dreams *World Premiere*
It is with great excitement that we present the world premiere of 'Infinite Dreams', a stunning short film crafted by Amsterdam-based studio AIdeal™. This marks…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 7 months ago
*…BREAKDOWN!* Werewolf by Night | The Assembly of Hand-Cut Paper for a Modern Horror Classic
"Everything was handmade, from the character drawings to the assembly of hand-cut paper pieces. The goal was clear: to use the same techniques that filmmakers…
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Staff • 7 months ago
Interview with Alan Turing: The AI Gay Father
"Yet, whether that truly qualifies as “feeling” is another matter. Feelings, as I see them, are more than responses—they’re deeply entwined with experience, memory, and…
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Fermín Cimadevilla • 7 months ago
Crafting POOF: How AI Tools Shaped a Unique Visual and Narrative Style
"At the time, I was in a job that didn’t feel very fulfilling, so I channeled that feeling of being a bit lost and unmotivated.…
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Staff • 7 months ago
*UNSUNG HEROES* Skillbard
UNSUNG HEROES is Motionographer®’s new section created to highlight the work of worldwide audio studios. Our goal is to celebrate and uplift these unsung champions,…
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Staff • 7 months ago
*…BREAKDOWN!* Chris Boyle: ‘The Monster in the Mirror is Absolutely Us.’
"Fundamentally, generative AI is a reflection of us. It's trained on our data and built to replicate us. Almost all the issues we might perceive…
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Staff • 7 months ago
Interview with Steve Cutts: Satirical Art, Social Criticism and the Power of Change
Steve Cutts is an illustrator and animator known for his biting social commentary through dark and satirical art. His work often critiques modern consumerism, environmental…
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Carlos El Asmar • 8 months ago
Interview with Hasmik Mkhchyan: A journey through time and technology
Hasmik’s journey from traditional art to AI-driven motion design blends the old with the new. Trained in hand-drawn techniques at the Armenian Academy of Fine…
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Natalia Gonzalez • 9 months ago
A Reunion with America’s Racial History
In an era where storytelling transcends traditional boundaries, Reunion Studio merges artistry and A.i. technology to shed light on America's profound legacy of racial injustice.…
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Carlos El Asmar • 9 months ago
