One week ago, Laika—the Oregon-based stop motion animation studio behind films like Coraline, The Boxtrolls, and Missing Link—won everyone’s heart with a funny and endearing 1-minute TikTok video mixing live action and animation. No one ever said animating was safe. Follow us on #tiktok to see more! #fightlaikaanimator #fightchallenge #animation #stopmotion #laikastudios #laikansathome pic.twitter.com/TjG2QtRfZk — … Continued
Playgrounds: The Art Department 2019 in Eindhoven was a blast. We got to interview some of the artists after their talks (see Leon Tukker, Mike Hill and John Nevarez). But we also pointed our camera and mic at the crowd. Meet 14 amazing and incredibly talented upcoming artists below. Find out what inspires them and … Continued
With the holiday season already upon us, we’re turning our focus to a nostalgia-soaked title sequence that’s made millions of us feel all warm and fuzzy for generations. For more than five decades, the iconic 1964 TV film Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer has become as much a staple in Christmas households as eggnog, nutcrackers, … Continued
One of the most fun and catchiest (in an artistically appropriate way, mind you) videos of last month was ‘Barkie’, a song taken off the new album from Dutch electronic four-piece De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig. Directed by Opslaan Als productions together with visual artist Thomas de Rijk, the 3D animated characters seem to come straight … Continued
John Mayer’s new video on 2Pause ‘Submarine Test January 1967’ is one to fall in love with. The animation is made entirely without post-production. How? Producer Virgilio Villoresi used animation techniques from the pre-cinema era, aka optical toys. Lucky for us, there are lots of music videos created with optical toys like the ombro cinema, … Continued
Wonderful! This fantastic 3-D animation integrated in a real cityscape that is just ever so gentle on the eye. Go see it now on 2Pause; then come right back here; see the making-of pictures and read the Q&A we did with creator Alain Maessen from the Dutch production studio Aap Noot Film.
Last month was an excellent time for lovers of retro futurism in music videos. No less than three amazing videos aired, that clearly got their divine inspiration from the last three decades of the 20th century. Intropial by Nils Muhlenbruch Aquila by Kadavre Exquis He^rt by Starcadian
Educator Matthew Winkler made a very charming attempt (for TED-Ed) to explain the fascinating basics of storytelling: the hero’s journey.
We teamed up again with the amazing Playgrounds Festival for a bigger and better edition of our Motion Design Fest in Amsterdam. Date: 20 November 2012. Watch the short impression of the event (above) by Christiaan Grammar. Or watch a series of interviews and Profiles of some of the creators shot backstage during the event and on location … Continued
Here’s to the ones standing in the wings, the support teams in the background, the quiet achievers. Their names are often overlooked but without them not only would nothing get done, but significant contributions to arts and greater mainstream culture would surely be lost… Director and self-proclaimed “fan boy” Neil Berkeley seized the opportunity to shine … Continued
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