Ian Pfaff’s demo reel

August 21, 2009 @ 7:07 pm

Ian Pfaff’s Demo Reel from Ian Pfaff on Vimeo.

Don’t even try because you can’t make a better demo reel than this! [via]

Mainframe’s ideal future

July 18, 2009 @ 6:51 pm

One day… from Challenge Your World on Vimeo.

Mainframe, a production studio specializing in motion graphics and animation, created this wonderful and light-hearted video for theChallenge Your World 20/20 series.

The Challenge Your World 20/20 is a series of 20 videos each year that showcase a wild invention that can somehow solve environmental issues the world is facing. The inventions can be absolutely ridiculous and don’t have to be actual products which explains why the video above gets away with such hilarious suggestions.

Obama’s Presidency (so far) in words

July 16, 2009 @ 11:17 am

Type only – Obama so far… from Jatin Makwana on Vimeo.

Jatin Makwana keeps it simple and to the point in this animation that fits Obama’s Presidency into just a few moving words. Looks nice.

Autokratz – Stay The Same

July 16, 2009 @ 8:49 am

AUTOKRATZ – Stay The Same from Maison Kitsuné on Vimeo.

Directed by Laurie Thinot, this music video for the song “Stay The Same” by Autokratz is full of wonderful animations of birds and people and the various life cycles that they go through. Love it!

Computer-animated video of the Tsar Bomba nuclear bomb detonation

July 16, 2009 @ 7:58 am

This video is computer-generated and it shows a clear representation of what you would have seen if you had watched the Russians drop the “Tsar Bomba” onto the earth in 1961. The Tsar Bomba is the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. [via]

Stop-motion animation made on a copy machine

May 13, 2009 @ 11:40 am

copy-copy

Motionographer posted this link to Copy Copy, an ad for Fortis Bank that uses stop-motion images of sketches coming out of a copier to get its message across to viewers.