Animation Producer & Director: Jacob Mazonson
Agency: The Front
Illustrator: Sophia Foster-Dimino
Additional Animation: Scott Hanshew
URL: https://artists.spotify.com/
We created a suite of animations for Spotify’s S4A artist education series.
From napkin drawing to final frames, we helped ideate through visual metaphors to deliver a set of illustrations that help keep things light when talking about the ups and downs of touring or connecting with fans.
Process: Concept sketches, art direction, storyboards, illustration, UI animation, character animation, motion design, , after effects compositing, cinema 4d
Director: Jacob Mazonson & Raf Anzovin
Agency: Arnold World Wide
Art Director: Kelly McCullough
Producer: McCabe Walsh
Animation Studio: Anzovin
One of a series of animations telling imagined stories that came straight from some of the most imaginative kids on this planet. We worked with a number of kids to guide them through imagining and telling stories of a fantastical cruise. The results included amazing voice over and a story that practically animated itself.
The video has over a quarter million views on youtube and well exceeded rating benchmarks for Travel content on Facebook and Instagram social media.
Role: Lead Technical Director
Creator: Evan Viera (Orchid Animation)
In-association with Bitfilms
Caldera is a short film that premiered at SXSW in 2012. The film portrays a world through the eyes of a young girl suffering from mental illness. We see a stable and mundane existence juxtaposed against the delight and danger of her uninhibited hallucinations.
Awards:
Grand Prize: Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival
Best Short Finalist - Bang Awards
Best Animated Film - Rockport Film Festival
Best Short - View Social Awards
Nominated for “Best Picture” - Maverick Movie Awards
Nominated for “Best Director” - Maverick Movie Awards
Award of Distinction - Prix Ars Electronica
Award of Innovation - Seattle International Film Festival
Best Animated Film - Rome Independent Film Festival
Producer / Director: Jacob Mazonson
Animation Studio: Anzovin Studio
Client: American Canoe Association
Canoes, kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards were involved in 20% of all boating casualties when this PSA was made (U.S. Coast Guard 2013 Recreational Boating Statistics). In partnership with the American Canoe Association we created a video aimed at empowering kayakers and canoeists to take responsibility for their safety on the water.
The PSA is the most popular video the ACA has ever produced at over 40,000 views. Based on this video the ACA partnered with Jacob and Anzovin Studio to win a grant to produce another production animated survivor stories tolled by the survivors themselves.
The project went on to receive the following awards:
2015 Reel Paddling Film Festival World Tour - First Place in Instructional Category
2014 Association TRENDS All-Media Contest - First Place in the PSA Category
2015 National Paddling Film Festival - First Place in Best Professional Safety/Instruction Category
Director: Jacob Mazonson
Agency: Arnold World Wide
Art Director: Kelly McCullough
Producer: McCabe Walsh
Animation: Tamara Hahn
One of a series of animations telling imagined stories that came straight from some of the most imaginative kids on this planet. We worked with a number of kids to guide them through imagining and telling stories of a fantastical cruise. The results included amazing voice over and a story that practically animated itself.
The video has over a quarter million views on youtube and well exceeded rating benchmarks for Travel content on Facebook and Instagram social media.
Director: Jacob Mazonson
Animation assistance: Roslyn McMurray
So often 3d computer animation is a style rather than a medium. To stretch my technical and creative abilities I set out to develop an animation style that leverages modern tools while drawing upon the spontaneous anything goes methods of traditional techniques.
