Trevor Tuttle

After a year hiatus, Print in Motion—Print magazine's only competition devoted entirely to motion graphics—is back and better than ever. And to announce this year's glorious return, we invited L.A.-based filmmaker (and one of our very own Imprint stars) Trevor Tuttle, to create this year's promo spot. With the help of some very talented people, [...]

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This innovative spot for MTV Brazil was created by director Dulcidio Caldeira of Paranoid Brazil. Such a clever way to create stop-motion. Apparently, to achieve this effect, the balloons were fastened to a rail which went the length of two football fields. The popper traveled at a rate of 600 balloons per minute.

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  (notes on) biology from ornana films on Vimeo. Danny Madden, Jonathan Silva and Will Madden (collectively known as Ornana Films) created this brilliant hand-drawn exploration of "bored in class" doodles. Wait for it, because it's worth the ride.

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The Saga Of Biorn from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo. This fine little piece comes to us from an animation school in Denmark called The Animation Workshop. Created as a Bachelor's project by a talented team of animator and CG artists, this film is well designed, has a solid story and a punch of humor. [...]

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With the Oscars looming, follow this Academy Award Winning Trailer closely and next year you may cookie-cutter yourself into an acceptance speech. This astute piece of satire was created by two guys (Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher) who collaborate under the name BriTANick. They met while attending a performing arts camp in Georgia and have [...]

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Lemony Snicket's End Titles from Jamie Caliri on Vimeo. I first saw Jamie Caliri's work at the end of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. This closing credit sequence had greater impact on me than the actual movie. The sequence were created by director and animator Jamie Caliri. I met Jamie a few years [...]

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Israeli directing duo Yuval and Merav Nathan are at it again. This music video for Eatliz perfectly showcases their patient stop-motion skills. This directing team received a Grammy nomination for their work on Oren Lavie's Her Morning Elegance. This video is primarily sand sculpture... shot on a beach in one laborious night with the more [...]

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Here is the second installment in our exploration of PES and his promiscuous world of stop-motion animation. On Tuesday, we saw his latest film The Deep. We travel back to his first stop-motion animated piece: Roof Sex. Although playful and inventive, I'd recommend headphones if you're watching this in an open office.

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Here is the most recent film by director PES. Being a fan of stop motion and contraption, this film to hit me just right. Commissioned for Showtime Short Stories, this film is more of a meditative poem than the whimsical punchline that traditionally punctuates his work. Over the coming days, I will be featuring some [...]

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Based on the Hemingway novel of the same name, this paint-on-glass animation by Aleksandr Petrov took over two years to create. The result earned Mr. Petrov many awards, including the 1999 Academy Award for Animated Short. Click on the image above to view (yeah, you gotta navigate through some commercials but it's worth it). Mr. [...]

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