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The previous post of Pas reminded me that Justice also released this really cool video with motion graphics on t-shirts for the song D.A.N.C.E.. This video made by the French duo Jonas & François has been nomitated for “Video of the Year” by MTV in 2007, so you probably have seen it before. They’ve done a similar video with LP covers which is the one above, which is a teaser for the ED Banger Vol. 2.

The duo has done many music videos like Madonna’s 4 Minutes, but it seems like the ones using animations are the best ones. The one above is the music video for Kavinsky’s Testarossa Autodrive.

As with their other videos, here’s another one that’s recognizable for its animation, rotoscoping and typography: Flair’s Better than Prince. If anybody knows the official page for Jonas & François please post the link – it’s seems like my Googling skills are a bit off today.

If you’re a fan of Justice, then no doubt you’ve already seen this. For the rest of you, here’s the video for Justice’s “DVNO”, a really nice motion graphic using popular titles and putting their own spin on it.

Watch this to see the title designs that the video was inspired from.

A highly catchy and amusing rendition of internet culture, all in just under 3 minutes!

Often it’s the most simple message in its most basic form that reaches an audience effectively. This is just one of the many videos created by the group who go under the name “Common Craft”, be sure to check out their other videos too!

An abstract music video for Yoshinori Sunahara’s “Lovebeat” which has geometric shapes visualize the song. Directed by Junji Kojima, who is experienced in the field of commercials and music videos and has founded the studio “Teevee Graphics“.

He has also done a few short films as well, like this hilarious short tutorial about sushi (and some of the Japanese absurt traditions).

A stop motion video where there’s animation on shirts! Over 222 shirts have been used in this Rhett & Link music video directed by Joe Penna. Here’s some info from YouTube:

We changed shirts over 100 times each, taking individual pictures of each unique shirt. The designs on the shirts are not photoshopped. They are real shirts for each frame of animation. The video was exported at 30fps, while the T-shirt animation moves at 6fps (with a few exceptions where it moves faster) So, for each shirt, we took 5 pictures, so the animation of us (Rhett&Link) moves at 30fps, but the T-shirt animations move a bit slower. There are a few places where the motion seems so smooth that it looks like video. That’s because, in those parts, there was no changing in T-shirts, and Joe used burst mode to capture the frames, making it look very smooth.

It’s smart how this doesn’t only meant to sell their music, but shirts as well!

Still a sucker for Google promo & demo videos. This one is really simple, but I like the flow and motions of the video. Not really sure who made it. Not really sure if I would use it either.

http://www.vimeo.com/5020497
Not the best lyrics in this song, but this fan made video is making up for the lyrics! Made by Joerg Narton as a final project for his university. In case you don’t ever read the comments, here’s what he said about making the video:

“i used Cinema 4d for 3d modeling and 3d Animation, Xfrog (as Cinema 4d plugin) for modeling and animating the plants and ornamental shapes and After Effects for 2d Animation and compositing.”

I’m not really sure how this sort of ink/grow/organic style is called, so if you have the official term for it, enlighten me!

One of the best looking Opening on s Jdorama, I’ve seen so far. The colours are quite simple but blends very well with the typography.

A fairly old video I found last year, but one that is definately worth watching if you’re interested in typography or motion graphics. Very simple, clean job on the video, reminding us that simplicity is sometimes the best form of sophistication.