Inside Man - Animations

Here are two animation reels featuring work that's appeared on CNN's Inside Man. There's usually one or two of these animations per episode and they're just a really fun way to fast track a lot of information so the audience can get back to the story with proper context. Ultimately, I just really dig CNN's commitment to not just journalism but entertainment as well.

Inside Man Season 1 Animation Montage from Native to Noise on Vimeo.

Inside Man Season 2 Animation Montage from Native to Noise on Vimeo.

True Detective - Infographics

How big is your secret lair?

Source: Which Villain Has The Best Hideout? created by: Movoto.com

Movie Quotes as Charts

Movie quotes as charts

History

This is a great informational animation.  I haven't looked at the rest of their portfolio, but I think the simplicity here really interesting, and a great example of how a simple mechanism works really well with a great story.

Movies as maps by Andrew Degraff

Great web gallery courtesy of Wired.  But check out Andrew Degraff's work here.  This is an easy one, but name that movie.

To keep things in perspective...

 

  Here is today.

DAAAMN infographic

L'ESPACE CHANTIER

Really enjoy the color and design of this piece from KAIROS. I like how they handled the stats up front, as well as the introduction of the 3D map.

Saudi Aramco

Well it's happening. These icon driven infographic animations are becoming more and more commonplace in the work environment. Clients are asking for them at a higher frequency and more animators are creating them. This trend has lead to Sebas & Clim creating over 100 animated icons to illustrate more than 50 interviews they were given. That leads me to believe that in a short matter of time websites like iStock will be chock full of these things. Now I want to be clear that I not only think these icons are well designed and animated, but are a great source of inspiration. However, it scares me a little to think that something I do so often in my professional work could be replaced by stock art. This means in the future I have to do a better job of taking these fact heavy scripts I get from clients and transforming them into a story that flows seamlessly from beginning to end, while taking the viewer on the same journey. A journey that is less about stating the facts and more about the viewer coming to their own conclusions.

Bring Back the 40 Hour Work Week

Visual.ly

A prolific source of information design inspiration. Imagine animating some of some of these pieces.