pororoca from scott pagano on Vimeo.

"An exploration through a mysterious underwater world inspired by the forms and movement of sea life and micro organisms. Hybrid organic and synthetic creatures undulate and wander through heavy waters in concert with the cinematic soundtrack."

Directed / Designed / Animated by Scott Pagano
neither-field.com

Labels: 2D, 3D, Experimental, Film Short, Music Video

Note: Some Nudity, MNBSFW.

Stanley Kubrick Meets David Lynch?

ANALOG trailer from Ebbëto on Vimeo.

"ANALOG is Ebbëto's 2nd short film. His first, Lagartija Nika, can be seen online at Tokyo's CON-CAN Film Festival site. ANALOG is a 27 min, black and white, Science Fiction film made in 2009. This short extract features the music of OIL 10 "Passagen", by the French electronic music composer, Gilles Rossire.

The film tells the tale of a machine traveling in deep-space which has as a primary function the preservation of a living organism: a man. Strange events with biblical analogies begin, disturbing the machine and making it rethink it's priorities."

More Info/Full Credit List

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Labels: 2D, Bizarre, Experimental, Film Short

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. - Discover more animation and arts videos.

"With over 2,026,435 views of the official film on Dailymotion in the six days since its release, Pixels has really spread far and wide very quickly. We wanted to find out more about the film and had a chance to ask the creator Patrick Jean a few questions. Now working as a 2D and 3D artist at One More Production, where this film was made, Patrick is a 2002 graduate of Supinfocom and has also previously worked at the French VFX powerhouse BUF. Patrick's original storyboards for the film are also below. Take a look!"

Check out the full interview at motionographer.

Labels: "Making Of", 2D, 3D, Film Short, Interview

Nature by Numbers from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo.

A short movie inspired by numbers, nature and geometry and how they are all interconnected.

More information

Labels: 3D, Film Short

Dark and surreal mixed with stop motion, kinda reminds me a bit of Jan Svankmajer's work with some serious mograph underpinnings! Check out Nando's 2010 reel as well, some very nice pieces.

"Whale Song" for Modest Mouse from Nando Costa on Vimeo.

Nando Costa Reel 2010 from Nando Costa on Vimeo.

Labels: 2D, 3D, Bizarre, Demo Reel, Film Short, Stop Motion

Great Roundup at aetuts+ on several visual effects treats, many of which we have posted to our inspirations page in the past, by Topher Welsh.

"A subject we haven't touched on for a couple months is the wonder of visual effects and compositing breakdowns. Take a look at the largest roundup of this genre to date!"

Check out the full article at aetuts+

Here's a small sample of inspirations covered:

Nokta . from Onur Senturk on Vimeo.

Mnet "Urban Bubbles" from panic embryo on Vimeo.

Brian Alvarez 2010 Reel from Brian Alvarez on Vimeo.

Labels: "Making Of", 2D, 3D, After Effects, Demo Reel, Experimental

Ida Walked Away from takcom™ on Vimeo.

Video for the Portland band AU, from their new release Versions.

Music : AU
myspace.com/peaofthesea
au-au-au.com

Video : Takafumi Tsuhiya /TAKCOM
takafumitsuchiya.com

Labels: 2D, Experimental, Film Short, Music Video, Retro

A great way to find talent, and great way to find inspirations too! Click "Next Reel" to see a random motion design reel. If you see a reel you like, just hit "Like This Reel". This will help bring the best reels to the top. Check it out

Labels: Demo Reel

Oh how I wish I had a bigger video for this one. The story is that Megaforce, a French post house, did this amazing video, but rumor has it Kudi didn't like his performance in the video. I think the video is AMAZING. Kudos to Megaforce. The other video isn't bad but this has some pretty stellar effects. It's all MC Eschery. The song is pretty excellent too, featuring MGMT and Ratatat.

Watch it here

Labels: Music Video

Disco Biscuits "On Time".

Some of you may know David Torno. He's a friend and I interviewed him and Brandon Parvini for their work on Flight of The Conchords' Ladies of the World.

David recently worked on this new Disco Biscuits music video, On Time, which I must say is SUPER catchy song and the video is fantastic! All the post was done by the same core team that did the Linkin Park 'New Divide' video last year, and they are brimming with talent. Every video I've ever seen from them is slick!

The video premiered this week on MTV Networks. David said, "The director is Noah Rappaport, a colleague and very good friend of mine. This is his directorial debut. 'On Time' was a post heavy video that involved animating and compositing a CG robot, aka "Roger", into a real world environment as well as having him interact with live action actors." David worked on the C4D Lighting Rigs, 3D Motion Tracking, Virtual Set Creation.

So what else was involved in the creation? The post was done with Cinema 4D and After Effects. Cinema 4D was used to model, texture, light and animate Roger the robot. The smoke effects were also done with C4D. The color correction, environment lighting enhancement, Roger re-lighting effects, spark effects, handheld motion, DOF matching and virtual set creation were done in After Effects.

Credits:

• Noah Rappaport: Director, C4D Animator, Post Supervisor
• Brandon Parvini: Color Correction, Compositing, Virtual Set Creation
• Jeff Lichtfuss: Compositing
• David Torno: C4D Lighting Rigs, 3D Motion Tracking, Virtual Set Creation
  

Additional artists:

• Anton Moss - modeler
• Rodolfo Roth - texture artist
• Brian Horgan - animator
• Daniel Bacchiocchi - MoCap Clean-up
  

Labels: Interview, Music Video

Just beautiful.

Labels: Commercial

The Can from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Honorable Mention 2D animated film at The Hyde Tube Festival 2009/Paris

Written and Directed by Carlos Lascano More Info

Labels: 2D, 3D, Adobe, After Effects, Character Animation, Film Short

Some really interesting effects. Music video directed by Francois Vogel.

Labels: Music Video

Kind of interesting how it evolved over the years.

Labels: Logos, Retro

It's a bit dark, I'd highly recommend you watch it full screen. Truly amazing- RealFlow used for fluid simulation?

"Nokta (Dot) is an abstract film project which is an improvisation of organic pieces while considering themes like power, chance and luck. I also wanted a perspective that can be subjectified by viewers."

Labels: 3D, Experimental, Film Short