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The ECG blog is organized around production decisions: creative strategy, business of video, on-set work, post-production, animation, marketing, and the practical questions clients ask before they make something.
Motion Desk
Animation and Design Tools
Animation, motion design, visual systems, explainers, and the tools behind graphic storytelling.
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Features, field notes, and practical production thinking.
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Strategy Desk
Video Marketing
47 articles
Campaign thinking, brand video, distribution, performance, and the business case behind better video.
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Planning Desk
Pre-production
1 article
Scripting, story development, budgeting, creative alignment, and the decisions that make production smoother.
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Finishing Desk
Post-production
17 articles
Editing, color, audio, restoration, delivery, and the invisible work that makes a video feel finished.
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Field Guide
Production Tutorials
24 articles
Practical production craft, crew, camera, lighting, audio, directing, and on-set decisions.
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Animation
Animation
Tsunami Tuna Motion Capture
How Tsunami Tuna Motion Capture can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
The Importance of Motivation in Character Animation
How The Importance of Motivation in Character Animation can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
Behind the scenes of the Scuf Infinity 4PS 3D Animation
How Behind the scenes of the Scuf Infinity 4PS 3D Animation can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
Creating a Stereo-Safe Camera
How Creating a Stereo-Safe Camera can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
Dissecting the Production of an Animated Film
How Dissecting the Production of an Animated Film can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Production
Production
Posthumous Performance: CGI Helps the Dead Live On
Posthumous Performance: CGI Helps the Dead Live On is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
After Effects Tutorial - How to Make an Easy Item Carousel
How After Effects Tutorial - How to Make an Easy Item Carousel can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
After Effects Tutorial: Dynamic 3D Outlines
How After Effects Tutorial: Dynamic 3D Outlines can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
Going Deep - Art Techniques Used to Show Depth
How Going Deep - Art Techniques Used to Show Depth can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Production
Production
Your Kids Are Watching Better TV Than You Are
Your Kids Are Watching Better TV Than You Are is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece has a real chance to work.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
There is No Animate Button
How There is No Animate Button can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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Animation
Animation
Special Effects - Animation Exceeding Reality
How Special Effects - Animation Exceeding Reality can make complex ideas clearer, more memorable, and easier for the audience to follow.
Updated 2021
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3D Product Animation from ECG Productions helps turn footage, assets, or unfinished cuts into sharper, cleaner, delivery-ready video.
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Arby’s | Arby’s Foundation Impact
Arby’s | Arby’s Foundation Impact shows how designed motion can make an idea clearer, more memorable, and easier to follow. It helps teams compare script clarity, st...
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VR Filmmaking: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It’s Changing Storytelling
VR Filmmaking: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It’s Changing Storytelling shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan arou...
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Animation vs Live Action | How to Choose the Right Format for Your Video
Animation vs Live Action | How to Choose the Right Format for Your Video is a strategy read for teams deciding who the video needs to reach, what it needs to say, wh...
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WHAT PRODUCERS CAN LEARN FROM ICE CREAM
WHAT PRODUCERS CAN LEARN FROM ICE CREAM shapes the budget conversation: the scope drivers to understand, the risks to plan around, and the decisions worth making bef...
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Design and Animation: Meet Anneli, the Animator
Design and Animation: Meet Anneli, the Animator is a production read about what needs to be planned, captured, protected, and handed to post so the finished piece ha...
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