Psyop: Fage “Plain”

With the lead-up to F5 taking up so much of our time at Motionographer, we were admittedly led astray and almost (keyword: almost) let a piece of stellar quality slip between the cracks. But as they say, better late than never.

Last month, Psyop released a piece unique to its typically CG pipeline and something that —on YouTube alone— has already garnered over 5 million views. In Plain, for Greek dairy company, Fage, Psyop was forced to rethink it’s pipeline when they discovered they would only be allotted two short weeks of post-production time. By approaching most of the shots in-camera and integrating CG only when absolutely necessary, the team of artists rose to the challenge and created a piece that is not only hauntingly beautiful, but a testament to their ingenuity.

In an exclusive Q&A with additional behind-the-scenes artwork, we caught up with Psyop to find out exactly how they did it. Check it out here.

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Head Gear Animation: Milk Dots

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What better to accompany our previous post about cookies than a post about milk?

Way back in 2007, we posted a Quickie for Head Gear Animation’s fantastic 5-second spots for the Dairy Farmers of Canada and agency Due North. Well, Head Gear’s added to their collection since then, and it’s definitely worth taking a few seconds (literally) to enjoy them.

Each spot—or “dot”—is a tightly packed joke told in a dizzying array of styles by Head Gear’s directors. David Gee (Writer) and Shawn Wells (Art Director) of Due North did a bang-up job writing these nuggets. Some of my favorites:

…but really, check out as many as you can. Oh, and in case you’re wondering who aced the sound design for the spots, that was Head Gear, too. Nice going!

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Head Gear Animation: Milk Dots

Fleet Foxes – A Family Affair

L’immersione è una questione di affinità, di scambi. E’ lasciarsi permeare, per scaricare i nervi ed acquisire nuove energie. Con la musica, con le immagini, ci si immerge in universi alternativi, collocati altrove per pochi minuti.
Con i Fleet Foxes è così. Non li ascolti, ti ci immergi.

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Autori di uno dei migliori dischi che ci abbia lasciato l’anno appena trascorso, il quintetto di Seattle capitanato da Robin Pecknold sta, singolo dopo singolo, costruendo un universo visuale parallelo che traduce appieno il loro folk pop sognante in immagini. L’affinità tra musica ed immagine ha, in questo caso, origini genetiche: autore dei video della band è infatti il fratello di Robin, Sean Pecknold, attivo nell’animazione e nella motion graphics. Sotto il nome di Grandchildren (Milk nelle collaborazioni con Matt Daniels) ha già realizzato per la band di Seattle lo splendido video animato di “White Winter Hymnal“, stop motion di magica plastilina ancestrale, ed il bucolico video di “He Doesn’t Know Why“.

Quello che vi proponiamo è il nuovo video dei Fleet Foxes: Mykonos, brano tratto dal primo EP del gruppo e presente sulla riedizione deluxe dell’album.

Il curatissimo Making Of del video vi racconta la lucida follia cartacea della sua realizzazione.

Articolo redatto da Didier Falzone