Animating a print

Guilherme Marcondes animates a printed drawing for the Anima Mundi festival.

The Eye and the Ear

The Eye and The Ear by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson (1944/45) Using images specifically to visualize the music. Motion graphics before motion graphics.

The Amazing Malcolm McLaren animates shapes

Pre-motion graphics era. 1950s whiz bang wow.

Sample motion graphics using squares, lines, circles

Square - Motion Ident from Peter Northcott on Vimeo.



2D Motion graphics from Jay on Vimeo.



NERDO - VISIONI EROTICHE from POCKO on Vimeo.


The one and only Saul Bass, master of the movie title sequence.


Studie nr 8 (excerpt) by Oskar Fischinger from CVM on Vimeo.



Straight Line Motion Graphics Challenge from Joshua Ryan on Vimeo.

More on motion graphics...

The Basics of Motion Design from Rogge & Pott on Vimeo.

Dots! Norman McLaren

Just dots.  Just weird electronic sounds.  Just great.

Animations of Place

Some examples:

Gary Schwartz's animation of the Scripps Mansion:

Rivermation: (Los Angeles river area)
RIVERMATION from Gary Schwartz on Vimeo.

TRAILER absent from Nikki Schuster on Vimeo.