Motionographer

Giantstep is a creative technology company that partners with brand, agency, and entertainment clients around the globe. Pushing the boundaries of digital media, the team leverages design, visual effects, animation, programming, virtual production, and more to reimagine consumer experiences between the virtual and physical worlds. Giantstep has offices in Los Angeles and Seoul.

“You’ll see that my progress didn’t come from just picking myself up by the bootstraps. It came with good timing, a little bit of luck, and a studio with great leaders who wanted to listen and let me grow."

For the creatives and producers from one-stop cross-media production company Sarofsky, it was their third James Gunn superhero action adventure, following "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2." Once again, the assignment presented atypical challenges for Sarofsky's expertise in typography, motion design, blockbuster VFX, and storytelling on a colossal scale.

K+C’s Main Title highlights the most pivotal scenes of the story, serving as a prologue that conveys the overall tone of the series. Quirkiness and absurdity amidst a dire setting, the titles are loaded with deep symbolism and as the series plot moves forward, the meaning behind every vignette comes to life and ties back to the whole story-arch.

BOL is a full-service animation and illustration production house made up of a hand-picked roster of international directors and illustrators. Their unique strengths and diverse voices cover a broad spectrum of narratives, styles, and techniques, to develop short-form commissioned and original content across all screens and media.

If there is one thing a global pandemic has taught us, it’s how creative we can be in our own skin, how much we enjoy what we do and how we can work better and more effectively with others. Over the course of this last year, we’ve exploited the chance to spread our wings and handpicked designers and artists to join our creative team, while also securing loyal clients, from around the World.

On the heels of noteworthy additions such as Executive Creative Director Chadwick Halbritter and Partners Brandon Porter and Conor O’Neill, Nomad is continuing to expand its rich creative team with the addition of Senior Lead Flame Artist Steve Morris to its NYC studio.

Check out our 91 outstanding films from 28 countries -- we have something for everyone! Shorts and features, drama, romance, comedy, horror, animation, thriller, documentary, music videos and web series. Winter Film Awards is dedicated to showcasing the amazing diversity of voices in indie film and our 2021 lineup is half made by women and 53% by or about people of color.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Elevation, the Atlanta-based creative company that crafts beautifully designed solutions and stories aimed at helping brands Outdare Gravity. Founded in 1996 by Stephen Cocks, the company started as a small VFX studio called Big Mouth Post.

The origin of Motion Design studios, as told by their founders.