Labels: 2D, 3D, Commercial
Toolfarm Network: AE Freemart | Final Cut Studio Planet | Maltaannon.com
415-462-1982
Recent comments
at
2:30 PM
at
11:18 AM
at
10:08 PM
at
12:41 PM
at
11:09 AM
at
9:16 AM
Michele Yamazaki at
12:25 PM
The Last 10 Posts
Psyop/Adidas Zheng Zhi
Glassworks Ad for Bank of Ireland- "Dragon"
Club Social
Super Bowl Ad Blitz 2008
Chicago Motion Graphics Festival Highlights/ Best of STASH
Greenpeace - Sunshine
mgFest08 Intro Video
Miller Genuine Draft - New Year
Universal PictureBox Campaign
Birds on Fire for Zune
Out With the Old - Dell
Chrysler Town and Country - Jenga
Snicker's Rugby
Zune - Intergalactic Swap Meet
XM Radio XM-erator
Sharp Aquos Commercial - Floating Screens
Vitamin Water - There's Something in the Water
Playstation 3 Viral
Starbucks - Bear Hug commercial
Playstation 3 Long TV Ad
Zune - The Balad of Tina Pink
Guitar Hero III commercial
Helio Fin Commercial
Daf - Face it Act Now
Hummer - Selector Ad
Royal Electric Feilfri by Umeric
Farmer's Insurance - Stolen Car
Pontiac - Worlds
Offhollywood RED Shoot - Behind The Scenes
Publicité DartyBox
A Hand-Drawn Look in 3D for Steelers’ Safety
Heinz Challenge Ad
GE - Ecomagination - Frog commercial
Yet another edit of the retro-futuristic motion logos
AT&T 1993 "You Will" Ads
Every Cigarette is Doing Damage
Zune - Dogfight commercial
The Van is Back: Honda Odyssey
MTN: Stickies
Anagram Skateboards
Bacardi Peach Red Commercial
Zune - Float Commercial
Harry Potter Commercial, green screen shoot
Paul McCartney iTunes Commercial
Sprint Dream Commercial
Airbus - Travel in Peach
Salvador Dali commercials
Compositing Seasons to Grow Beer: 'HarvesTED' for Toohey's Extra Dry
London 2012 Olympic Brand Animation
Ariston Aqualtis - Underwater World
Paulig Presidentti Coffee Ad "Fantasia"
Revolutions - NewTek (Video Toaster Demonstration)
You've Come A Long Way, Baby
The 88 Sears Commercial
Ed Banger Volumen 2
PBS Frontline Promo - When Kids Get Life
Red Light / Green Light by Impact BBDO
Sneaux - Human Skateboard
El País - Route through the history
Napoleon & Mona Lisa by Digital Studio
Vote Smart
Cosmic Zoom by Tristan Syrett
Crayola Creativity Central
Contribute to Toolfarm Inspirations
HP 'Paulo Coelho' from Motion Theory
Slide Sundays by Kuro
Superbowl ads
HunterGatherer - AMP
AOL - Omnibus
Lobo Skank One Song
Exopolis Portfolio
Apple iPod Shuffle Commercial with the Prototypes
Bravia
Andrea Giacobbe's Arte "Tracks"
Freestyle Collective:Jet Blue
Fox Classics Sunday Night at the Movies
Psyop Happiness Factory
Jack and Coke
Apple iPod - 1000 Songs Ad
Fox Classics 2006
United Airlines Dragon Commerical
noitulovE - Guiness
Imaginary Forces Samsung Ad
Carlton Draught Big Ad
HP Brand Campaign: Picture Book
iPod Commercials
Homemade iPod Ad Goes Viral
New Citroen C4
yU co Opens ABC's "Desperate Housewives"
a52: Carnivale
Winterfresh:2004
Transistor Studios
Has a link gone cold?
Videos get moved and pulled all of the time and it's tough to keep them updated. Please email us if you find a dead link with the URL of the posting. If you know where there is a working link, even better! Thanks a million!
Inspirations Archives
Inspirations
Psyop/Adidas Zheng Zhi
This is the second spot in TBWA China's campaign for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by Psyop. Gorgeous work- I like the pencil drawing/hand drawn look.
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
Glassworks Ad for Bank of Ireland- "Dragon"
This is a nice piece by Glassworks for the Bank of Ireland. This is the last in a series of ads that are all very well done. Their work was recently featured on the Best of STASH 2007 reel at the Chicago Motion Graphics Festival.
Labels: 3D, Character Animation, Commercial, MGFest
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
Club Social
Club Social are pizza flavored snack crackers, I'm guessing. It's in Portuguese. The animation is so cool. Awesome 3D layer work with AE.
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Super Bowl Ad Blitz 2008
YouTube has put a Super Bowl Ad Blitz up, allowing you to watch the spots without all that football. Okay, honestly, I didn't watch the Super Bowl. I went out shopping, went swimming at the gym and came home and watched some bad reality tv.
I watched some of the spots on YouTube and there were a couple of cute ones. I really liked the Coke ad with Stewie and Underdog parade baloons.
E*Trade Talking Baby - kinda creepy.
FedEx Carrier Pigeons - I love the Giant birds.
Feel free to leave a comment and talk about your favorites or least favorites.
I watched some of the spots on YouTube and there were a couple of cute ones. I really liked the Coke ad with Stewie and Underdog parade baloons.
E*Trade Talking Baby - kinda creepy.
FedEx Carrier Pigeons - I love the Giant birds.
Feel free to leave a comment and talk about your favorites or least favorites.
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Chicago Motion Graphics Festival Highlights/ Best of STASH
In case you missed it, here's a few of the highlights from "Best of Stash 2007" at MGFest08.
Microsoft Zune Ad by Fulltank.
Music Video: Faithless-Music Matters by Micros Image.
Coca-Cola Happiness Factory- The Movie by Psyop.
Microsoft Zune Ad by Fulltank.
Music Video: Faithless-Music Matters by Micros Image.
Coca-Cola Happiness Factory- The Movie by Psyop.
Labels: Character Animation, Commercial, Experimental, Film Short, MGFest, Music Video, Television
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
Greenpeace - Sunshine
What do you think? Good motion tracking with Trapcode Lux or they actually jammed flashlights up their bums? Awesome commercial!
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
mgFest08 Intro Video
Lift Motion Design and Creative Chaos created this astounding intro video for the Motion Graphics Festival 2008 in Chicago, Jan 15-21st. The production process heavily integrated the motion design with the sound design by The Great Mundane.The inspiration came from the integration of several creative practices at this year's festival, which focuses on motion design, sound design and motion programming.
Production, costuming, and makeup were done at Foundation Post and the piece was edited by Matthew Glover.
Adobe After Effects was used for almost all the animating and compositing. The final edit was done in Final Cut Pro and the audio composition was created in Ableton Live.
The final piece will play before a live audience at each of the 4 motion graphics screenings at the festival: Stash's Commercial Art screening, Lumen Eclipse's Video Art screening, the Art in Motion screening, and the Conscious Motion screening.
"It was wonderful to have the opportunity to collaborate with other motivated and talented artists. I really do not think this project would have been possible with out each individuals passion and dedication to do what they love. And that love is responsible for the drive to follow through on the never ending quest for perfection to create a positive final product." from Jeffrey Acciaioli (The Great Mundane, Composer/Sound Designer)
Labels: 3D, Bizarre, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Miller Genuine Draft - New Year
A big golden zeppelin flies over major cities of the world, dropping beautiful metallic snowflakes, making the cities light up. This was created by the Russian agency Агентство MILK (we'll see if that holds up - it looks like AreHTCTBO MILK in Cyrillic)
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Universal PictureBox Campaign
Two of four 30 second animated commercials for the launch of the new PictureBox movie channel. The spots are directed by Alon Ziv and created by Th1ng, a Soho, London based collective of directors. Fun motion work.
Romance:
Horror
Romance:
Horror
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Birds on Fire for Zune
I know they've been around for awhile, but some of these Zune spots are very well done and are interesting to look at (shocker!).
Labels: 3D, Bizarre, Character Animation, Commercial
Posted by Alicia VanHeulen
Out With the Old - Dell
Here's a lovely new spot for Dell called Out with the Old where a couple dozen old monitors and CPU's shatter into bits. I can't imagine the amount of cadmium, mercury and lead floating through the air in that room. I digress...From rhinofx CD/VFX Supervisor Vico Sharabani (from Joey Tomatoes):
This project was quite challenging from a visual perspective, lending itself to a wide variety of both creative and technical timing solutions. During the original planning process, we were working closely with The Snorri Brothers, and determined that the entire piece should be shot in live action and we would later manipulate and augment the footage digitally. Having done quite a bit of these slow-motion stylized effects, we suggested they shoot with a Phantom camera-a high-speed, HD digital camera that captures 1000 frames per second. The challenge here was that we had only one take with three camera angles for each explosion and had to manipulate the timing, synchronization, and details of footage to really make it work. Working with live pyrotechnics can always be difficult in compositing, as we have to turn unpredictable and instantaneous explosions into a consistent and cohesive visual output. To do this, our artists worked in Flame to recreate scenes, enhance some explosions, clean up others, match debris consistency, manage timing, and color correct to maintain the crisp starkness of the background environment. We also took advantage of the latest Linux Flame HD technology to preserve detail for the high-res rendering. Overall, it was really a seamless translation between production, effects, editing, and post production, and I think that really comes across in the timing and flow of the final product.
I love knowing what happens behind the scenes like that.
Via JoeTomatoes.com
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Chrysler Town and Country - Jenga
My friend Mike sent me this video from Consumer Reports, putting the Chrysler Jenga commercial to the real world test. Needless to say, it's easier to play computer generated Jenga in your minivan than it is to do it for real. I like the ad though. Truth in advertising? I can't answer that.
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Snicker's Rugby
Who knew eating high fructose corn syrup could turn you into a rugby monster! Very cool character animation.
YouTube: "Spy Films finishes another Snickers Spot With Directing team Alex & Steffen. Agency: BBDO Moscow, Russia"
Via Antville
YouTube: "Spy Films finishes another Snickers Spot With Directing team Alex & Steffen. Agency: BBDO Moscow, Russia"
Via Antville
Labels: Character Animation, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Zune - Intergalactic Swap Meet
Zune has really stepped up the advertising with this series. Here's their newest, Intergalactic Swap Meet. It was created by 72 and Sunny and directed by Stockholm's againstallodds. The colors are poppin' and the characters are superb. It's just lush. Via Stash
Labels: Character Animation, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
XM Radio XM-erator
SplendAd.com is a site that tells you which songs are featured in commercials. Commercial music is usually really good, you know. Not the garbage spewed on FM or MTV. I saw this ad posted for XM Radio, XM-erator which features the music of DJ Mehdi (feat Chromeo) with a tune called 'I Am Somebody'. Chromeo had this kick ass video for Tenderoni that was out this summer and that fact alone made me want to watch the commercial.
XM has some fun commercials utilizing their yellow archy lines from their logo. You've probably seen the one which features the song 'I Ran' from Flock of Seagulls and their logo making the different styles of hair according to the music. Very clever. Watch it here.
They have hq versions of the ads on the XM site.
XM has some fun commercials utilizing their yellow archy lines from their logo. You've probably seen the one which features the song 'I Ran' from Flock of Seagulls and their logo making the different styles of hair according to the music. Very clever. Watch it here.
They have hq versions of the ads on the XM site.
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Sharp Aquos Commercial - Floating Screens
I'm watching Planet Earth on Discovery Channel tonight and they're playing these commercials. Wieden + Kennedy did the ads (I think that agency has come up twice this week on the Inspirations). The spots up aren't on their site yet.
I'm guessing that all the footage must be tracked and placed on to the screens in post. I can't imagine that they did this live. They did use a vfx artists. I saw her name in the credits - Sophie Gateau. Do you know how the commercial was done? Please leave a comment.
I'm guessing that all the footage must be tracked and placed on to the screens in post. I can't imagine that they did this live. They did use a vfx artists. I saw her name in the credits - Sophie Gateau. Do you know how the commercial was done? Please leave a comment.
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Vitamin Water - There's Something in the Water
Another goodie via Jim G. Old school hand-drawn animation combined with the hands drawing them. They interact, it's neato, you buy Vitamin Water. The circle is complete.
Labels: 2D, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Playstation 3 Viral
This is a really bizarre and entertaining viral ad for Playstation 3 from Norm Murro and TBWA\LONDON. The Mill did the VFX/post on the ad. Via Stash Media
Labels: Bizarre, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Starbucks - Bear Hug commercial
A cute animation for Starbucks from Wieden + Kennedy featuring a girl in snowshoes who gives a bear a bear hug. The music is by Badly Drawn Boy called 'I Love N.Y.E.'.
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Playstation 3 Long TV Ad
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Zune - The Balad of Tina Pink
This gorgeously shot commercial for Microsoft Zune, The Ballad of Tina Pink, was sent to me today by two different people. It's really making the rounds, I guess. It was produced by Method Studios of Southern California and it's a visual knock out of the ball park.You may recognize Method Studios from their Audrey Hepburn spots for The Gap.
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Guitar Hero III commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Helio Fin Commercial
Great animation! I love the Flickr and YouTube sections. Really nice 3D and use of the Kaleidescope filter too.
Via Big Mike Design Blog
Via Big Mike Design Blog
Labels: 3D, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Daf - Face it Act Now
Daf - a Chilean production company has created this great PSA for Face it Act Now (FIAN). They have fun, captivating concept that precisely support their message. I have a student from Chile this semester and we were just talking about Chilean video production.
Via Motionographer
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Hummer - Selector Ad
My friend Dru IM'd me the link to this facinating ad for Hummer. It was directed by Joseph Kosinski, and award-winning artist who is based in L.A.This is one of the coolest commercials I've ever seen. It gives the feel of a video game without going too far in that direction. The effects are inspiring.
I'd never buy a Hummer though, as awesome as this commercial is. I'm more of the eco-friendly type of driver. Did you hear the next generation of Prius will get 80mpg and have a more powerful engine!?
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Royal Electric Feilfri by Umeric
Royal Electric Feilfri... Beautiful eye candy with a pair of shoes forming in an underwater enviroment from the cellular level.Labels: 3D, Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Farmer's Insurance - Stolen Car
Incredible VFX spot by Campbell-Ewald. I've never had my car stolen, but I can imagine it would feel just like this.
Via Ninja Crayon
Via Ninja Crayon
Labels: Commercial
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Pontiac - Worlds
Bill Bergen, a former student of mine, sent me the link to this great Pontiac commercial. The particles are just beautiful.
The commercial was done by The Mill, who also did the Snow Patrol "Set The Fire To The Third Bar" video, with the cool juxtaposed faces on the one-way glass.
The commercial was done by The Mill, who also did the Snow Patrol "Set The Fire To The Third Bar" video, with the cool juxtaposed faces on the one-way glass.
Labels: Commercial, Music Video
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Offhollywood RED Shoot - Behind The Scenes
Toolfarm Forum Expert Jim Geduldick worked on a video about the Red camera. That's the back of Jim's head at 1:11.
When I was 18 I worked at Chi-Chi's as a hostess. I'd have to check IDs in the evening to let people in the bar. The jukebox played Kickstart My Heart non-stop. I can't hear Motley Crue without thinking of Chajitas.
When I was 18 I worked at Chi-Chi's as a hostess. I'd have to check IDs in the evening to let people in the bar. The jukebox played Kickstart My Heart non-stop. I can't hear Motley Crue without thinking of Chajitas.
Labels: Commercial, Film Short
Posted by Michele Yamazaki
Publicité DartyBox
I've been away on vacation for a week and the Toolfarm Expert Forum has been crazy busy while I was away. Zach posted a question about how this video was created. Mylenium gave him a good honest answer. Read the post and feel free to add your own comments and ideas.