ionoi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cPWCaRWe0w

via nerdcore.de

http://www.vimeo.com/1191910?pg=embed&sec=1191910

a stunning stop motion, painted on a wall

http://www.vimeo.com/993998

*thanks florian, nice one!*

I´ve never seen something like this before

Paul Robertson new Film

*thanks matthias, again!*

visual guidance is a blog collecting retro and vintage music videos from the net, a huge ressource for vj-material indeed!

http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com

here the 20 most viewed:

http://visualguidanceltd.blogspot.com/
2007/09/20-most-popular.html

The rise of the net gives birth to a huge archive of retro video material, to be used in electro music videos. not to mention kraftwerks avantgarde style was first, some of them are really neat; i picked some:

Drexciya - “Devil Ray Cove”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ti13Mu1KW4

Bochum Welt - “Robotic Operating Buddy”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr4uDxUR8Y4

The Tuss - “Rushup I Bank 12″:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBwUJMZNOgQ

WC Olo Garb - “Disco King School Rebel”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdrlp2oVcw0&feature=related

WC Olo Garb - “Krew [Blood]“:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npZTxSZjW28

*thanks hc, too!*

the animation archive has many pics and posts on classical hand drawn animation techniques

http://www.animationarchive.org/

Evan Mather´s development is amazing, especially his early works are really funny:

Evanmather.com | Quentin Tarantino’s Star Wars

why it´s sometimes so hard to contentrate on what you want to do? well, because you are procrastiating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXziurFkQxM

*via nerdcore*

kinetic typography is the art of representing spoken word as a typographic animation

http://www.alwayswatching.org/features/
great-scenes-television-and-film-told-using-only-typography

on youtube are quite many examples too:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=
kinetic+typography&search_type=

via nerdcore

http://loopable.wordpress.com

Swiss Graphic Design History - a photoset on Flickr

stunning old school neon logotype-motiondesign for a music video from justice - “DVNO”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e_XzCR2MbrU

*thanks rainer - nice one!*

edit:

here is a top 100 list of the best music videos (via nerdcore)

http://zuender.zeit.de/kavka_dir/2008/kavka-11-musikvideo?page=all

“storytime” is a short animation film by terry gilliam, it´s from 1968 and previews many phytonesque techniques

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUqHzk26kI

stunning frame-in-frame techinque:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1cx7iFhByHI

stunning track, perfect clip, just watch:

http://www.nastyhobbit.org/player.php?clip=gary-jules-mad-world

*thanks peter, nice one!*

exhibitions, performances and workshops around the topic visuals, music and live performance, if you are in vienna, go there!

exhibition: 19.jannuary to 10.february 2008
lineup: many many acts, see timetable on the website

http://www.soundframe.at

modeselektor rock, so its about time for a post on them:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iM3nNdvJwic
“my mosquee” is a track by modeselektor, the visuals are from the VJ-label “pfadfinderei”. this track was released on a collaboration work between the two, its called labland and is available on dvd:

http://www.amazon.de/Pfadfinderei-Modeselektor-Labland-Designstudio/
dp/3899551044/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1200220772&sr=1-1

here is a small clip of the dvd

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OupIGj195Bg&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uy_ckdkaM7g&feature=related
“Rock Paper Scissors”, modeselektor & pfadfinderei live concert

here is an interview with the guys in 3 parts:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wQy0ZdwHMys&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=59XDh12wK04&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-rFgFvYhgM&feature=related

david sent me some very interesting vids from “knife”, who produce neat minimal music and stunning visuals, live and in their videos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VrjwqXwyzNU
Heartbeats. we know this song from the first sony bravia ad - the original song is from the fist knife album “deep cuts”

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kCqTsZwDi5k
Silent Shout. same name as the album title, interesting how the live show and the video correspond:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c7EYiFzNohU

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UNZxW6C4BNg
Pass this On live. from the first album “deep cuts”

the live-visuals were made by andreas nillson, which was also responsible for most of the videos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SU1JrMS45RQ&feature=related
stunning live-performance in a tv-show, with the characters of the original music video

the video for “marble house” is completely different, made with stop motion animation
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-WhQ5TiBHVk

an album including a live dvd can be found here:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000L43OJ4/

*thanks david*

impressive motion design from sil van der woerd for lolly jane, neat 3D integration

http://silvanderwoerd.com/new_worms.html

*thanks johannes*

surreal and very analogue music video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVFVKE440Ls

this one is also very neat; from big face: style crusader

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAPz0k-cGxA

robyn&kleerup: with every heartbeat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB9vqCIviMk 

both via manystuff

super geeky monsters are drawn here, really creative and nice to watch; illustration marries web 2.0, really nice and intelligent

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HmXY3Q-2JkM

the original site and all of the over 100 monsters can be found here:

http://344design.typepad.com/344_loves_you/
2006/11/daily_monster_0.html

*thanks matthias*

impressive, a stop motion animation, drawn onto a whiteboard. not also the technique is interesting, but also the animation style and the character design, so be sure to check out this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46eaeAfeqw

*thanks oskar*

finally, tv, net and content could marry:

http://www.hobnox.com/

*thanks de:bug*

logotypes you know for sure are , well, modified

essential german language skills needed;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgE3qdP1nuU

*thanks martin*

i LOVE this one, perfect music, perfect clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKcDa0Kp2K8

a very analogue approach to motion design in this videoclip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXM5LGfpmrE

a very tricky choreography for daft punks “harder, better, faster, stronger” only with the movement of hands

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq–Nw

*thanks christoph*

edit:

here another versions with full body movement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYD_-A_X5E 

around the world is much simpler though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPLOiBM8hLk 

technologic is a litte bit more comple:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyIC3Munnyw 

a weblog, dedicated to the split screen technique in music videos

http://www.splitscreen.us/

*thanks stefanie*

if you´re going to japan in the near future - don´t miss the dotmov film festival

http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2007/
11/dotmov_festival_2007.html

justice has a nice video, its called D.A.N.C.E. and has a wicked motiondesign

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs

*thanks andi*

cycle is the motiondesign work of packrick lindsay, which is, well, strange, yet very interesting to watch

http://cycle.free.fr/

wim crouwel vs. bureaudestuct

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMCdmoJ8Ab4

what is typography is nicely shown in this movie from the vancouver film school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14NY21zJcGo

a very interesting video showing an intersection between streetart and motiondesign, a stop-motion animation drawn over a wall over and over again; stunning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jfcpa_x4Lg

*thanks christian*

“It’s video – more than 15,000 shows, with more added daily.
It’s online – all you need is a broadband internet connection.
And it’s free. So what are you waiting for?”

http://www.joost.com

for sure you know joox already:

http://joox.net/

a very interesting blog dedicated to animation

http://www.fpsmagazine.com

The goal of the contest is to produce the best short film (3 min) within 24 hours, participate! (or be sure to check the results)

“On Saturday, October 13 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern time), we’ll post a top-secret list of elements — special props, dialogue, settings — you get the idea. Choose any three to include in your movie. Then all you and your team have to do is write, cast, shoot, edit, score, and upload your 3-minute masterpiece within 24 hours. No problem, right? “

http://www.apple.com/education/insomnia/

*thanks rainer*

a very interesting list of motion design events
and conferences via the website motionographer.com

via http://www.motionographer.com/

youtube isnt´t the only truth:

http://www.5min.com/

http://stage6.divx.com

many cutting-edge music videos, all videos are youtube links:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/36588
/Staff_List_100_Awesome_Music_Videos

a very interesting hybrid video of recorded video footage and animated insects, stitched together very well

http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=7209282843949564567&q=insect+animation

*thanks peter*

typefaces are used to form images and faces, nice animation:

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/gallery/swf/
index.html#u_sContent=wordsatplay

very nice 3d/analogue animation!

http://www.lafkon.net/tc/

*thanks phillip/bernhard*

nice analogue/digital mixing techniques there:

http://www.pixelamusement.com

nice reel, pretty analogue website too:

http://www.petpunk.com/

via bd4d

a visual interpretation ofa pulp fiction scene, sound from the film, animated typography for the visual
http://www.jarrattmoody.com/intonation.html

via lifelounge

brand new site design, an interesting ressource on motiondesign:

http://www.motionographer.com/

like this, very minimalistic one:

http://motionographermedia.com/
transistor/PRIME_MONTAGE_20.mov

http://www.tuffsheet.com/

wicked films; french based artists:

http://www.pleix.net/films.html

http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/07020601.html

*thanks dave*