Motoko

01/06/2023

Behind-the-scenes of the promo we made for Filmhub Zuid-Holland. Filmhub; the process from film-shoot to 3d animation to final result.

Filmhub Zuid-Holland is part of a national network of film education hubs committed to teaching school kids the language of film, because the world opens up for those who learn to ‘speak film’.

View the entire project on our website:
https://www.motoko.nl/en/production/animation/the-world-of-film/

16/01/2023

https://www.motoko.nl/en/production/animation/planet-finance/

Get rich sleeping or keep working and stay poor? Director Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance, an unpredictable and often complex world where you can earn money if you think you know what the future will bring.

Motoko created an animation package to support the content for this six-part documentary series. A look behind the glass facades of big money where risk is tradable and disasters are seen as an opportunity.

From Monday 16 January every week at 22.15 on NPO 2/ VPRO

Get rich sleeping or keep working and stay poor? Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Finance, an unpredictable and complex world where you can earn money if you think you know what the future will bring. Get rich sleeping or keep working and stay poor? Director Marije Meerman takes you to Planet Fina...

29/10/2021

The black raven is back! We were honoured to provide once again the promo for Crossing Border Festival and this edition without zoom talks or live streams, but the real deal with live acts on location. So grab your best self together and visite Crossing Border 2021 from the 4th till 6th of November, just like in the good old days! Special thanks to Marte Forms for the marvellous sounddesign.

12/08/2021

Motoko produced three animations as part of the exhibition "Doggerland" at the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden. The story of Doggerland begins in the time of the ice ages, when Doggerland was a vast grassy steppe. Over the past million years, the bottom of the North Sea floor was mostly dry land.

In collaboration with a team of experts at the RMO and Keen, Motoko developed two story lines about the intriguing story of the now flooded Dogger Bank area, starting a million years ago, through present time, into the near future.

On our website there's more background information: https://www.motoko.nl/en/production/animation/doggerland/

01/03/2021

Our short animation “Life at Oranjehotel” is nominated for no less than three awards at 2021: Best Film of the year, Best Animation and International Audience Award. From today until March 10th you can watch the 8 nominees for Best Film of the Year and vote for our Audience Award: www.shortcutzamsterdam.com/audience-award. Feel free to vote for your favourite film, but of course we hope you’ll support ours! 😁🎥 🗳🏆

14/12/2020

We are excited and honoured to be nominated with our short animation "Life At Oranjehotel" for Mr Zee Best Film 2020 at Shortcutz Amsterdam 🤞Congratulations to all the other nominees!

05/11/2020

Last week we were interviewed by the nice people from filmfestival about "Life at Oranjehotel" that is part of the Shortcutz 2020 short films competition. Starting tonight at 20:20, their new online live stream "The Shortezt Hour" will go live on their site and YouTube. We have the honor to kick off the first episode of the show with our animation and the interview. Check out or visit www.shortcutzamsterdam.com/shortezt-hour for full details on the program and how to tune in.

03/11/2020

Here's a behind-the-scenes of the trailer we created for 2020 - a combination of 3d and 2d animation techniques 👀

22/10/2020

Black raven madness in a virtual world! We’ve been given the opportunity to create this years promo for the literature & music festival: Crossing Border. This year the event is entirely online and free for everyone to watch! From 3-8 November. Special thanks to Marcin Pawlukiewicz for his excellent music & sound design.

20/10/2020

Some crow magic! Putting our last hands on the new promo for .

09/06/2020

For over half a year, we worked on this 10-minute animation for the Oranjehotel Memorial Centre. To give some insight on the production we placed an in-depth case study on our website: https://www.motoko.nl/en/production/animation/oranjehotel/

04/06/2020

Inequality is rooted in the United States and to make a change it needs some fundamental reformation. A few years ago we collaborated with Submarine Amsterdam and director Roger Ross Williams who explored the forces that fuel America’s sprawling prison system. His documentary unveils a disrupted criminal justice system in which the victims are mostly poor Afro-Americans, trapped in a vicious circle as part of modern-day slavery. ⁣
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28/05/2020

Throwback or… Tax Free Thursday 💰 Six years ago we produced a line of animations for two similar episodes of VPRO Backlight: The Wall Street Code and Tax Free Tour. Those who’ve seen these episodes can confirm it exposed a serious disproportion on how money and wealth are distributed worldwide, which is unfortunately still relevant today 🤔

05/05/2020

⁣Today it is Liberation Day in The Netherlands! It marks the celebration of freedom and the end of the Second World War. In the context of 75 years of liberty we selected some striking scenes of the animation we made about “ The Oranjehotel”. Here prisoners were held in isolation for weeks. During those lonely days prisoners daydreamed about their liberation, just to survive.

The full animation and story about The Oranjehotel is exhibited permanently at - which is currently closed due to the Corona crisis, but hopefully re-opened soon.

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04/05/2020

In the context of 75 years of liberty we selected some striking scenes of the animation we made about “ The Oranjehotel”. Today the first scene in which Dutch prisoners are captured by the occupier and as usual facing against the wall.

Oranjehotel was the nickname for the Scheveningen prison during the Second World War. Over 25,000 people were detained at this prison in Scheveningen by the Germans, for interrogation and prosecution.

The full animation and story about The Oranjehotel is exhibited permanently at Nationaal Monument Oranjehotel - which is currently closed due to the Corona crisis, but hopefully re-opened soon.

30/04/2020

After finishing “Life in Oranjehotel” we decided to work on an extended version of the animation with more details, elaborated scenes and in addition a narrative spoken by Wim van den Heuvel. Together with audio designer Marcin Pawlukiewicz we managed to complete this huge project with over 100 shots in our spare time. Hopefully, coming soon to a theater near you! 😁

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28/04/2020

Motoko created for the third time in a row the leader for the popular Dutch TV program Boer zoekt Vrouw.

Here’s a short behind-the-scenes of the process: from cutting up photos into many layers to re-building the locations in 3D!

Since 2016 Motoko is responsible for the design a visual identity that portrays farmers in their natural environment, adding a touch of nostalgia and romance. The identity is commissioned by Blue Circle and also been used in all communications around the program, from website to print.

14/04/2020

DNA is a brand of Dentsu Aegis Network Netherlands (DAN), one of the largest international networks of media, marketing and communication agencies. DAN helps clients build relationships with their target group through efficient use of data, media, creation and technology, integrating brand, media and digital communication solutions.

Studio Motoko produced this video for their new Audience Insights solution. Audience Insights helps targeting audiences for relevant advertising, using behavioural data.