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Inside the Painstaking Animation Process of Jay Z’s War on Drugs Op-Ed Piece
Jay Z provides a “History of the War on Drugs” and makes an impassioned argument for how the drug policies in this country have...
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Krank! Collective Directs Animated Pixies Music Video
Krank! Collective directs the animated music video for Pixies “Tenement Song,” which offers a look at the many sordid characters who inhabit a city...
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Le Cube Creates Vibrant Animated Opening for MTV’s ‘Bugging Out’
Latin American-based design house Le Cube creates the vibrant animated opening sequence for MTV’s new show “Bugging Out.” The sequence features electronics giving a...
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‘The New Yorker’ Celebrates U.S. Open with VR Cover
Artist Christoph Niemann and The New Yorker celebrate the start of the U.S. Open with a cover with a VR component. “Serve!”is a 360-degree...
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This Music Video Is Like a Playful Picture Book Brought to Life
Artist/director Hoji Tsuchiya brings his playful illustrations to life for the music video for Japanese singer/songwriter Uri Nakayama’s quirky “Spring Time-Old Man.” Check it...
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Time Travel Back to the 1960s French Riviera with This Ultra-Cool Animated Spot
France’s red, white, and blue flag, and the chic, retro feel of the French Riviera, serve as inspiration for the ultra-sleek animated spot celebrating the 50th...
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Transformers and Geiger Influence This Retro Futuristic Music Video
Jason Galea animates a non-stop music video for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard that bombards the viewer with imagery that manages to be...
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Ariel Costa Creates an Animated Collage for Green Day
Director and animator Ariel Costa creates an energetic, animated collage fit for punk gods Green Day and their new song “Bang Bang.” Watch below.
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‘Fantasia’ Inspires Animated Tegan and Sara Music Video
A bipedal horse hangs up the stars in the night sky in the whimsical animated music video for Tegan and Sara’s “Hang On to...
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This Powerful Animated Video Explains Gender Inequality in Politics
Animator Tom McCarten visualizes writer and producer Christine Laskowski’s video on gender inequality in politics and how the U.S. has lagged behind so much of...
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Chvrches and Hayley Williams Get Animated in New Music Video
Chvrches and Hayley Williams test out a variety of superpowers in the animated music video for “Bury It.” Jamie McKelvie directs. Watch below.
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Elastic Animates New J.K. Rowling Story
Elastic animates a magical new tale from J.K. Rowling, written as a prequel to the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film. ...
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This Collage-Like Animated Spot Celebrates the History of Chanel No. 5
The renowned Chanel No. 5 bottle comes to life in a beautiful animated collage-like video which poetically traces the history of the famed scent. Cyrille...
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Go on a Meditative, Psychedelic Trip in This Animated Music Video
Curtis Peel directs the psychedelic, animated music video for Eric Krasno’s “On the Rise,” about a cyclops monk who envisions an ancient civilization beneath...
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A Collage Comes to Life in Beck Lyric Video
Jimmy Turrell art directs the animated lyric video for Beck’s “Wow,” with animations from Antonio Vicentini and original typography from graphic designer Bráulio Amado. ...
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Aardman and Rapt Media Release Interactive Animated Film ‘Dead Lonely’
Short online film explores the space between interactivity and storytelling.
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This Animation Joyfully Recounts the Return of a Thought-to-be-Extinct Animal
Little Fluffy Clouds’s animated “As the River Flows” playfully showcases the habitats of the Northern California river otter, who returned to the Northern California watershed...
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Watch Lady Macbeth Take on a Terrifying Animated Form
One of Lady Macbeth’s most famous scenes is brought to vivid, terrifying life via a live-action/animated hybrid from director David Wilson and animator Ian Miller. The...
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Comic Books Inspire Peepshow’s Visions of Hell for Nat Geo Show
Animation collective Peepshow was responsible for creating the various imagery of hell for National Geographic’s new show, Map of Hell. Peepshow composited live-action with...
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Inside the Upcoming Live Segment of ‘The Simpsons’
On May 15th, The Simpsons is going to attempt something that has never been done with an animated show: a completely live segment. For...
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Aardman’s Hilarious Clay Animals Celebrate the Work of David Attenborough
Aardman Animations promotes a special BBC documentary celebrating the famed naturalist's 90th birthday.
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Animated ‘Mountain Men’ Promo Visualizes the Square Nature of Modern Life
The animated promo for The History Channel’s Mountain Men visualizes the geometrical opposition of nature vs. modern living, as voiced by show star Eustace Conway....
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Claymation Gets Sinister in Radiohead Music Video
A cheerful and comforting old-school claymation style is juxtaposed with a sinister storyline in Radiohead’s music video for “Burn the Witch.” Chris Hopewell directs....
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This Animated Short Explains the Aurora Borealis in Less Than Two Minutes
The animated short video below, created for the Royal Observatory Greenwich, succinctly and cleverly explains the science behind the Northern Lights. Amael Isnard directs. Watch below.
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Why ‘Nerdland’ Feels Oddly More Real as an Animated Feature
"I think you can make the characters that much more absurd , and you buy it," director Chris Prynoski says.
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New ‘Simpsons’ Couch Gag Pays Tribute to Disney
Veteran Disney animator Eric Goldberg (Aladdin, Pocahontas) pays tribute to his roots with a Disney-inspired Simpsons couch gag. Watch Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
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This Charming Animated Music Video Takes a Page from Pixar
Director Uri Lotan creates a charming animated world that looks whimsically handmade in his music video for Israeli trio Jane Bordeaux. Watch below.
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Animated Death Cab for Cutie Music Video Illustrates the Dark Side of Seeking Fame
Walter Robot animates the allegorical music video for Death Cab for Cutie’s “Good Help (Is So Hard to Find),” in which an office grunt...
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Extraordinary Animations Bring Early 1900s U.S. Cities to Life
In the extraordinary video found below, photographer and animator Alexey Zakharov brings real vintage photos of New York, Washington, Detroit, Boston, and other cities from the early...
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How They Made the Interactive Animated Jeff Buckley Music Video
The interactive music video for Jeff Buckley’s “Just Like a Woman” allows users to click through four different animated storylines that each tell a...
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Watch the Trailer for R-Rated Animated Feature ‘Nerdland’
The film, from director Chris Prynoski and written by "Se7en" scribe Andrew Kevin Walker, will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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Fantastic Adult Swim Idents Mix the Elderly with Virtual Reality
Art&Graft’s charming new idents for Adult Swim shows what happens when old people and virtual reality mix. Creative director Mike Moloney explains about to Brief...
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This Animated Music Video Stylishly Challenges Social Class Preconceptions
Quentin Baillieux mixes 2D and 3D animation in the stylish music video for Charles X’s “Can You Do It?” As producer Eddy explains to...
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These Animated Promos Beautifully Illustrate the Tales of Syrian Refugees
Ramon Campos Irarite’s interactive documentary The New Promised Land follows the harrowing tales of five young Syrian refugees. To promo it, illustrator/animator MiraRuide created three motion...
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Get a Taste of the Mind-Bending Animations for Skrillex’s Tour
Graphic designer and animator Kadavre Exquis‘s tour visuals for Skrillex are a barrage of neon color and movement–a perfect compliment to the popular DJ’s electronic...
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Elastic Animation Teases New J.K. Rowling Pottermore Stories
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is releasing a new series of short stories this week on her website Pottermore. The stories set up the...
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Three Animators Provide Different Interpretations to 30 Seconds of Sound
Musician and sound designer Simon Pyke’s 30 Seconds of Sound Visualized project asks three different animators to visually interpret 30 seconds of atmospheric sound created...
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Aardman Produces Short Film to Accompany Stephen Hawking’s Reith Lecture
Aardman has produced a short animation for BBC Radio 4 to accompany Professor Stephen Hawking’s Reith Lecture that took place earlier this month. What would it...
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Classic Album Covers Inspire the Title Sequences for ‘Mozart in the Jungle’
Each of the ten episodes in Amazon’s second season of Mozart in the Jungle features a different orchestral arrangement of the theme song (Phoenix’s...
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Art Collective PFFR Animate Psychedelic Conception for Animal Collective Music Video
Art collective PFFR created the animated music video for Animal Collective’s “Floridada” featuring a swinging (literally) Florida, tick-tocking planets, and a psychedelic conception. Watch below.
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Kris Merc’s Animated Music Video for James Reflects Modern Society
The video is inspired by elements of anime, propaganda art, Diego Rivera’s murals, and graffiti paintings.
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Animation Paints an Optimistic Future for UNESCO’s Education Initiative
Director Matt Smithson’s animated PSA for UNESCO’s Global Education First Initiative explains the impact of transformative education across the globe. “This animation aims to...