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Porsche’s all-electric Mission X concept car (claimed to be the fastest road-legal car ever) receives an appropriately spectacular unveiling courtesy of directors Ole Peters, Axel Brötje, and the Sehsucht design and motion team.
Paris-based director/concept designer/CG artist Mehdi Hadi unleashes his deep passion for the universe of automotive racing in this glitchy, hyper-detailed merger of 3D and motion design.
Recounting the investigation of a crime that shocked Brazil in 2002: the murder of one of the biggest names in the Brazilian Worker’s Party — Celso Daniel
New York marquees made in bold hand-written type embrace the spirit of the gritty punk rock zine culture while we referenced street flyers of the Lower East Side
The bands tour behind the Iron Curtain secretly involved the U.S. State Department, the Nixon White House, the governments of Yugoslavia, Romania and Poland.
The historical TV-Show miniseries “Bonn – Alte Freunde neue Feinde” is a six-part political thriller based on true events during the tense Cold War
A fast-paced edit of graphics, images of Atlanta and the players from the Hawks Basketball team.
A new series launch the “Redacted” promo was for the highly anticipated Treadstone series on USA Network. Produced by Spillt
Love stories that were kept in the closet for a long time reflecting the history, legislation and norms of the time.
Lots of scratches and brushstrokes in these titles.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Client: Silver Pictures
Produced at Prologue
I know this scrapbook is all about motion graphics & animation but this is so well cut it deserves a mention.
Japanese digital artist and director Daito Manabe’s latest collaboration with UK electro-master Squarepusher
An exploration of the disparity and the difference that gender, regardless of party, can make.
Manages to look low-tech and true to the retro however lots of CGI used. The story of vinyl records, designed & produced by Imaginary Forces.
Schizophrenia is a mental illness that changes the way you think, feel, and act — and with the right treatment, it can be managed. Michelle Hammer tells her story.
Some really nice work here from Borderlands – using a variety of techniques to create a dynamic video for amnesty international.
Lots of plexusy goodness in this techy, data driven animation for Prozone by Rich Hinchcliffe.
Another great sequence for The Division – by Patrick Clair
Some very nice 2D motion graphics mixed with live action to make for a pretty dynamic piece for Shopify
Rodeo FX delivered over 100 visual effects shots for Dave Meyers dystopian vision of Justin Timberlakes Supplies”.
Art Directed by Erik Gagnon.
A great rant using big named players shot on greenscreen and collaged with lots of GFX.
Yest another great title from Patrick Claire and his colleagues at Elastic for the Netflix TV series.
Film on the history and future of Audi’s light technology. Lots of motion graphics and trapcode plugins.
A personal project from Terrence Ginja Martinho based on the book “Man Meets Woman.”
Great title sequence from “The Drawing Room” apparently about the U.S. government’s systematic persecution of gay and lesbian State Department employees during the Cold War.
Chaotic spot for Tiscis sportswear collaboration with Nike called NikeLab x RT.
Directed by JN director Luca Finotti
Really ecletic mix of styles in these series of animations from Dutch firm PlusOne.
The names of the consumer brands have been removed but all the more intriging.
Apple launches their iPhone 7 and new watch with a short 107 second summary of their conference in this video. It’s as simplistic as you’d expect from an Apple video, but always done very well. You can find out more about it’s cleverness here.
Often seen as part bumpers during football matches these William Hill adverts combine live action and lots of different styles but it’s the comic strip overlays that appeal most to me.
One of a series of promos for Ultimate Fighter on Fox using rapid editing and splashes of hand-drawn type and scratched elements. By State Design.
Been meaning to post this one for a while. It’s from Elastic TV. A great mix of the banal and the political.
Here is another interesting video, spy stuff. Lots of overlays and tracking footage and data gives it that high-tech espionage look. By First born.
More excellent motion graphics from Antibody. Directed by Patrick Claire
Looks like Rubicon but with a figure orchestrating. Another animation from Marcus Eckert.
Quirky German animation with George Melieres overtones. Direction and animation: Jeroen Houben & Jurjen Versteeg.
Nice title sequence using interesting motion on hockey notation and jump cut editing
Very good use of presenter in a studio cut with very stylised graphics. Design & Animation: Oz Smith
Creative Director: Greg Millar for BBC sport.
Conceptual trailer for female missionary who left American Civil war ravaged Virginia for China. Well crafted trailer.
I guess these guys got in before airmiles added their fees & taxes. Great little sequence which must have been months in the planning.
What appears to be a great piece of motion capture was actually created using stills which were then applied to 3D models of human heads to create the idea of cameras moving around frozen action.
Just lovely simple advert with actor, one camera and the sunlight. Like the brashness of the jump cuts.
Technical graphics and kaleidoscopic animation provide a data heavy car commercial.
Classic Title sequence for True Blood. Using a mixture of archive and shot footage with a edgy heavily graded look. Thanks, Bolex.
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We are most proud of managing to create an absorbing sequence which lasted well over a minute of tv time using just one photograph.
