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September 27th, 2010
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Kansas City Motion Design Internship

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This great internship comes with all the doughnuts you can eat. Virtual ones, that is. Who can resist that? Want to know more? Are you a motion design geek? Looking for the chance to do great work, learn a ton and work with some amazing collaborators? We’ve got all that covered. Here are the deets:

Paid internship opportunity (no relocation compensation)
Full time required
Start/End Date: November 1st – March 1st
Potential employment following internship

What We Want
Well, that’s easy. We’re looking for amazing, artistically talented abstract thinkers at a junior level technical expertise. Oh and we should mention that 50% of our creative team started as interns. Opportunity knocking!

What You Need To Do
Be yourself. Express yourself. Do it within specific visual and time constraints.

How To Get The Job
What? You thought it would be easy? C’mon. You’ve got to work for it. How? That’s easy. Visually represent who you are at your core without conventional descriptions such as your name, gender, age, ethnicity, physical appearance or specific life experiences.

Animation length
Minimum – 20 sec. | Maximum – 45 sec.

Visual Needs
Fully animated infographic. Requires, but is not limited to, the use of iconography and typography, After Effects and/or 3D.

Submission Process
Go to T2′s Vimeo group “Will Work for Doughnuts” and upload your video by 11:59 pm on 10/22/10. We’ll send an email to your Vimeo inbox announcing the winners and provide you with a personal critique of your work. We’ll also announce the winners here.

What You Can Expect From Us
You’ll get to work on cool stuff. Oh yeah. You’ll be assigned real-world projects and work with the guidance of a senior level graphic artist mentor. You’ll gain conceptual, artistic and technical experience in a fast paced production environment. You’ll also be given an exit interview with the senior design team, where we will review your updated portfolio, assess your development and explore the options available for the next step in your career!

Want to know what we’re really looking for? Check out the quality and style we are looking for check out these videos.

TakePart: Participant Media – Waiting For ‘Superman’ – Infographic from Jr.canest on Vimeo.

CRAZY ENOUGH – Title Sequence from Jr.canest on Vimeo.

Build Kansas City from Standard Social on Vimeo.

September 5th, 2010
by T2 + Back Alley Team
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Elephants Can Too Jump

Okay, I seriously need to get a life. The bozos leave for a long weekend and I steal into their offices and troll YouTube for interesting videos.

This 3D animation short by Nicolas Deveaux was the winner winner chicken dinner of the weekend.

Directed, designed, animated and illustrated by Deveaux, 7 Tonnes 2 is a 3D animation short film produced by Cube Creative, a production company in Paris specializing in animation, special effects, digital art and 3d animation.

It is impossible to watch this video without laughing. And admiring the talent that it took to create it. These crazies that work here at T2 + Back Alley love this animation stuff – maybe they’ll even give me an extra treat or two when I show ‘em what I found.

August 12th, 2010
by Teri Rogers
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For Target, Animation is a Natural Choice

Target tapped Venice, California-based Motion Theory to do a spot for them integrating animation design into their marketing mix. The spot was designed to showcase the creativity, team spirit and personality of the Target brand in a manner completely different from traditional TV spots.

The “A Better Bullseye” campaign was directed by Motion Theory’s Chris Riehl. Their goal was to create a memorable cast of characters – and a spot that viewers wouldn’t tire of, even after seeing it multiple times. Today’s consumer is easily distracted – or bored – so smart brands and creative shops are using tactics like animation design and creating interactive design experiences in innovative ways.

I love the spot and think they accomplished just what they set out to do. And I also love the fact that major brands are continually looking outside the realm of the traditional and allowing motion graphics firms and 3D animators the chance to showcase their talents – and contribute to the overall brand message – albeit in a different way.

August 8th, 2010
by Teri Rogers
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Is The 3D Animation Trend Floundering?

Movie Goers Wearing 3d Glasses

Is the 3D animation trend floundering? The stampede to make more 3D entertainment began after James Cameron’s Avatar brought in $2.7 billion. After Avatar, 3D animation was seen as a breakthrough in technology and a road to higher profits for the big screen.

Gizmodo had an interesting article recently, asking the question is 3D already dying?.

Since the high-water mark of Avatar, where 71% of the revenue came from 3D screenings, numbers for big-budget 3D movies have plummeted to less than 50%.

My take on 3D? If the technology of 3D animation adds to the story and adds to the experience of the movie, I’m all for it. But technology for the sake of technology will never work.

We are storytellers and the tools we use to spin our tales are important but never more important than the story.

Before using 3D animation, producers need to ask themselves if it adds to the movie-going experience. Otherwise, it’s a distraction.

July 27th, 2010
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TRON: Legacy Panel at SIGGRAPH 2010

The upcoming film TRON: Legacy will be the focus of a filmmaker panel discussion during the SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival in Los Angeles on Tuesday, 27 July at 3:45 p.m.

Panelists in the discussion include: TRON: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jeffrey Silver, and visual effects supervisor Eric Barba and animation supervisor Steve Preeg from Digital Domain. The panelists will present a special reel from the movie and answer audience questions.

TRON: Legacy is the story of Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a man who is haunted by the disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges). Kevin Flynn was once known as the world’s leading video game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the old Flynn’s Arcade–a signal that could only come from his father–he finds himself pulled into a digital world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years. With the help Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a journey across a cyber universe that was created by Kevin himself.

TRON: Legacy hits U.S. theaters on December 17, 2010.