Changethethought

Superfad brings just a fraction of friction to this Durex ad. Sure you have seen it as it has swept the web like a wild fire.

written by Christopher | tags: Advertising, Durex, Motion Graphics, Superfad

I received an email about this the other day and it sounded like it could be a really great competition especially considering some of the judges involved.

TheCrane.tv, Discovery Campus and Reelisor.com are hosting a film competition for creative talents from all over the world in the categories: Culture, Art&Design, Lifestyle, Fashion, Ideas, Travel and “Green”. We reward creativity and encourage you to offer fresh, insider perspectives into your topic of choice. We would like to feel inspired and enriched by your contribution.

Launch: 18th November 2008 at the International Film School Festival, Munich
Deadline: 28th February 2009

Films: There are no boundaries to your creativity. The short videos can be non-fiction, fiction, animated or could be in a journalistic or documentary style

Jury:
Ora Ïto (Product Designer, ORA-ÏTO)
Karl Lagerfeld (Fashion Designer, Chanel)
Flavio Albanese (Editor in Chief, DOMUS Magazine)
Fernando Sulichin (Film Producer, Central Films)
Kirill Razlogov (Director of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research)
Laurent Claquin (Senior VP CSR and Executive Committee member, PPR Group)

Specifications: Between 1 and 5 minutes long, preferably in English (or subtitled) and all standard file formats

Submissions: Electronically via the upload portal on www.thecrane.tv

Here you can also register your email address to receive the latest news on the competition.

The winning films will be selected by our accomplished jury and announced at the international launch of TheCrane.tv in March 2009. The rewards for Laureates include cash, equipment and TV broadcast. All entries will be available for viewing on www.thecrane.tv when the competition is over.

written by Christopher | tags: film, Motion Graphics, Movies, The Crane.tv

New reel, above, and work from Motherland.

written by Christopher | tags: Illustration, Motherland, Motion Graphics, Updates

Brian Gossett has updated for the new year with a new site and new work. Good stuff.

written by Christopher | tags: Brian Gossett, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Since 78

Pretty cool little film here.

written by Christopher | tags: Milk, Motion Graphics, Movies, Roger Bastien

Nice motion and illustration work from Carolina Melis.

written by Christopher | tags: Carolina Melis, Graphic Design, Illustration, Motion Graphics

The Seed is an animated journey through the life of an apple seed. The animation was funded by Adobe through their agency of record, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. In a nutshell, John Kelly was given free reign to create a piece to promote their new version of software, Adobe CS4.

Story and direction : Johnny Kelly
Production manager: Jo Bierton
2D animation: Michael Zauner
3D animation: Eoin Coughlan

Paper modeler: Elin Svensson
Assisted by: Anna Benner
Stop frame DOP: Micolaj Jarosewicz
Stop frame animation: Matthew Cooper
Compositing: Alasdair Brotherston

Music: Jape
Sound supervisor: Mike Wyeld
Foley artist: Sue Harding

Executive producers: Charlotte Bavasso, Chris O’Reilly
Producer: Christine Ponzevera

Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Creative director: Keith Anderson
Associate Creative Director: Tony Stern
Associate Creative Director: Frank Aldorf
Art director: Johan Arlig
Copywriter: Steve Payonzeck
Art director: Karishma Mehta
Copywriter: Gregory Lane
Interactive Producer: Stella Wong
Art Buyer: Jenny Tai

written by Christopher | tags: Adobe CS4, Animation, John Kelly, Motion Graphics

Mato Atom is a director, a designer and well…whatever (that is what the website reads anyway). I have posted Atom’s work before on my last blog and could have sworn I had posted it again sometime this year, but it really doesn’t matter. The work is so good that it deserves another mention. Look and be inspired.

written by Christopher | tags: Director, Graphic Design, Mato Atom, Motion Graphics

Accent have a new website and some new work on display. There are some really great branding projects in their book. Lots of great logo work.

written by Christopher | tags: Accent, Branding, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics

Updates in the portfolio of motion designer and illustrator Craig Hubbard.

written by Christopher | tags: Craig Hubbard, Graphic Design, Illustration, Motion Graphics

Updates in the portfolio of motionographer Leandro Feuz.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Leandro Feuz, Motion Graphics, Peppermellon TV

Red hot new work in the portfolio of the uber-talented G’raffe. Outstanding motion work.

written by Christopher | tags: Buck, G'raffe, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics

Please enjoy and be utterly hypnotized by Carlo Vega’s strange but wonderful most-recent experimental motion piece entitled, ‘I Like You Like Triangles‘.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Carlo Vega, I Like You Like Triangles, Motion Graphics

New website and a lot of work at 21-19 (once you start clicking through all of it). There is some really great stuff in there as well running the full gammit from print, motion and interactive.

written by Christopher | tags: 21-19, Graphic Design, Interactive, Motion Graphics

Directed by Cisma cisma.tv
Animated by Birdo birdo.com.br
Sound by Combustion combustion.ws

Old skool baby.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Black Thin King, Motion Graphics, Music Video

Fantastic motion boards from Los Angles-based freelance Director and Designer Nathaniel Howe.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Motion Boards, Motion Graphics, Nathaniel Howe

“Universal Music commissioned Wyld Stallyons to produce a music video for Irish indie outfit, The Blizzards’ new single The Reason.

Taking the lyrics as our inspiration, we took the germ of an idea from the singer of the band and combined it with some thoughts of our own about unrequited love and giant monsters destroying a city. We blended 3D and 2D animation to create a strange, monochromatic world for our characters to inhabit; and thanks to the power of Relentless energy drinks and our ability to go without sleep for days, the video was turned around in record time.”

written by Christopher | tags: Motion Graphics, Music, Music Video, The Blizzards, Wyld Stallyons

Design Bum (Issara Willenskomer) has launched a new website. Issara is great if you have not yet visited his previous site or heard of him. His design resource download section has bee a staple for me for the last couple years and it has got to be one of the more generous freebie sections from a portfolio site out there. There is some exceptional stuff in there that really does come in handy more often then you might think. He has done some equally exceptional work for some big clients as well.

written by Christopher | tags: Design Bum, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics