Op-Docs, the short form opinionated documentaries that launched at The New York Times have officially gone deeper into multimedia journalism thanks to their latest collaboration with The National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Teaming up with Kat Cizek, the NFB’s Director of the multi-year and multi-collaborative Highrise project (including the Emmy-winning Out My Window), they … Continued
The title sequence for the HBO comedy Clear History does exactly what it should — perfectly evoke the meaning of the title and plot of the movie into strikingly symbolic visuals. The deceptively simple-looking opening and closing titles elevate the viewer into the state of mind of the film and the story experience. Creative Director … Continued
Submarine Channel recently produced 4 interactive animated book trailers, which received quite a bit of positive feedback. Canada’s National Center for Missing & Exploited Children was quite smitten with our interactive scrollers, and commissioned Submarine to create an interactive animated story to help children understand the consequences of being bullied. To create the art, we brought in … Continued
With an Enter-the-Void-esque design and concept artwork created by GMUNK, Dutch design studio Onesize took a decidedly straight-forward approach to designing the main titles for the 2013 edition of the design and technology conference FITC 2013, which took place on our home turf in Amsterdam. Onesize took the opportunity to do something they’ve never done … Continued
In honor of Inauguration Day in the U.S today (along with Martin Luther King Day), we´re bringing you a sneak peek at one of the episodes from a new interactive documentary series we are working on called Unspeak. Based on the book of the same title by amazing British author Steven Poole, Unspeak looks at how … Continued
We’ll say it up front: this is not a love confession about a globally popular fruit. Or even a list of complaints lodged against them. Rather, we decided to reflect on the leaps and hurdles we encountered making an iPad documentary app. Or should we rephrase, getting one into Apple’s App Store. (spoiler alert: it’s … Continued
***CLICK HERE TO WATCH *** The interactive documentary space is a paradise for discovering the maturing of digital storytelling. Powered by the web, a host of disruptive new media technologies, and a desire to create meaningful and immersive experiences, the renaissance that’s emerged in documentary storytelling in the last several years created evergreen themes like … Continued
Watch True Romance on 2Pause In violence and destruction, love prevails, right? Before we say anything else, get ready to feel and make sure you stick around to the last shot of this music video – we promise it’s worth it! Inspired by a photo of a couple kissing on the ground during the Vancouver … Continued
The OFFF Festival’s annual opening titles have become somewhat of a landmark event in their own right. Every self-respecting motion designer and fan are looking out for these titles to debut online. It’s that big of a deal. It’s an even bigger deal to be invited to actually design the OFFF titles. In 2012, the … Continued
Watch IV.10 on 2Pause Best known for his trippy and ultra-dark animation for Flying Lotus’, Kill Your Co-Workers, Mike Winkelmaan — better known as Beeple — strikes again with ‘IV.10‘. When the video-game style journey kicks off, you are transported to an extreme animated world of bright block characters where synchronized audio and video rule. … Continued
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