Prodigious Studios

Prodigious Studios is a guerrilla marketing juggernaut based in New York City. Our full service creative team generates compelling animated and interactive content, special events, social media and community-based marketing campaigns. With access to top talent and an instinct for the currents of culture, Prodigious Studios is uniquely positioned to leverage a full range of highly original custom content across traditional and digital platforms, employing puppetry, stop-motion and digital animation, illustration, copy- and script-writing, videography and 2D and 3D design. Recent projects include book trailers, retail window and street art displays, videography, murals, store newsletters, comic books and graphic novels, and an extremely popular improvisational puppetry series. Founded by multimedia artist Rebecca Migdal in 1998, Prodigious Studios has a track record of excellence. We specialize in innovative, cutting edge solutions for clients in the arenas of publishing, media, education, retail, fashion, and general marketing and advertising.

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Goldfish Bowl

Just keep swimming ♫

It’s beach season, so go out and get your swim on! 

Beautiful 2D animated gif by James Nellson. More awesome designs on Dribbble.

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Zoetropes, we <3 you eternally.

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Check out Pask D’Amico’s awesome stop-motion and digital animation using scans of original 19th century phenakistoscope images in honor of the inventor, Joseph Plateau.

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Los Angeles offers an incredibly moving tribute to Orlando.

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Powerful and beautiful video of LA’s loving tribute to the victims of Orlando. By Alex Bohs.

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Bank Street Bookstore Interior Design by Prodigious Studios - 3D model

3D model created for interior design proposal for the new Bank Street Bookstore location. Model by Nere Kapiteni; Window and decoration design by Rebecca Migdal.

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PIXAR'S "FINDING DORY" IS HERE! If you're not already excited for one of the most anticipated movies of the year, get pumped with a behind-the-scenes look at their most complex character to date: Hank the Octopus!

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The Minimalist Animation of ‘Archer’

Producer Neil Holman and art director Chad Hurd detail the limited but highly stylized animation techniques they wield to devastatingly hilarious effect on their hit FX animated series.

Take a peek under the hood of the highly popular animated series, Archer! Pushing the limits of animation with the basics of Adobe Creative Suite and 3D programs. Wowee!

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A rousing moment from Urchestra’s memorial Ursonate concert for their beloved non-human member, Bailey the Poodle.

Performed at El Taller Latino Americano on June 3.

Urchestra performers: vocalists Andy Laties, Rebecca Migdal and Jenny Gonzalez, percussionist Eric Blitz, GLOVE and Don Rice (saxophones and bells).

Published in 1932, Kurt Schwitters’s “Sonata In Primeval Sounds” is the granddaddy of sound-art poems: an hourlong opus that develops 26 abstract themes in classical sonata format. Andy Laties’s rousing participatory interpretations were honored in Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art’s major “Art In Chicago 1945-1995″ retrospective. Free-improv ensemble URCHESTRA has performed a dozen times in New York City (Bowery Poetry Club, Judson Church and Vox Pop), the Boston area (Outpost 186 and 119 Gallery), and Western Mass. (GonzoQuest in Holyoke; Easthampton town center).

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3D interior and window display design showcasing Bank Street Bookstore's new location. Window designs by Rebecca Migdal. 3D model design by Nere Kapiteni.

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Originally an interactive game, created for the Naqoy.com website, for Godfrey Reggio's 2002 "Naqoyqatsi" film ("Life as War").

By rebecca Migdal.

Check out more of our animations, illustrations and designs at Prodigious Studios.

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Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic - Trailer

A CINEMATIC SHADOW PLAY FOR ALL AGES. FEATHERS OF FIRE tells the action-packed tale of Zaul and Rudabeh, two star-crossed lovers of old Persia. Zaul is raise...

Breathtaking shadow play using shadow puppets, live actors and animation inspired by one of the most epic Persian tales from "The Book of Kings".

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Animator Andy Kennedy visualizes what it’s like to have trouble sleeping in this week’s experimental ‪#‎FridayFilm‬, “Slow Wave.”

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A young Frog Prince finds himself transformed into an octopus by a witch. The worried Frog King and Queen go looking for their missing son and instead find the overly affectionate OctoPrince. Will the King and Queen recognize their little frogling through all those tentacles? Another original, one-of-a-kind, improvised and utterly un-rehearsed "Fractured Fables" performance by Yippee Skippy Puppet Theater at Bankstreet Bookstore. Puppeteer: Rebecca Migdal. Accompanist and Emcee: Andy Laties. Camera: Nere Kapiteni

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Nothing says balanced breakfast like a piping hot spoon of "Shugga Crax"!

A satirical commercial made for Alberto Bonilla's play, "Walking to America".

Animated by Rebecca Migdal.

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A Fractured Fables twist on Aesop’s “The Tortoise and The Hare”. Donkey decides to prove his speed by challenging a baby to a race. He doesn’t realize that the baby has a special magical trick, and it’s not up her sleeve.

Another original, one-of-a-kind, improvised and utterly un-rehearsed “Fractured Fables” performance 7-12-15 by Yippee Skippy Puppet Theater at Bankstreet Bookstore. Puppeteer: Rebecca Migdal. Accompanist and Emcee: Andy Laties. Camera: Nere Kapiteni

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Phi, an alien robot, gets lost in space and finds itself stranded on Earth when its fuel runs out. It finds a fuel source to recharge, but is thwarted in its attempts by a ferocious feline.

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Animation: Nere Kapiteni Academic Institute: New York Institute of Technology-Manhattan Music: "Hypnothis", "Space Fighter" and "Bliptron" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com/music) Sound Effects: Nere Kapiteni and Adobe Audition Sound Library Phi the Robot Firefly Sound: Jonathan Croce Bubbles the Cat Sound: Emilian Gatsov (soundcloud.com/secondbody)

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A step-by-step instructional video made for installation of the Guttershell, a patented double nose, surface tension gutter guard.

Flash animated video by Rebecca Migdal.

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A lovely Queen bakes a scrumptious Gingerbread Monster cookie for her darling King’s birthday. All is well until a trickster witch brings the cookie to life! Will the baked beasty stay true to his sweet disposition or take a bite out of the King instead? Another original, one-of-a-kind, improvised and utterly un-rehearsed “Fractured Fables” performance 4-24-16 by Yippee Skippy Puppet Theater at Bankstreet Bookstore. Puppeteer: Rebecca Migdal. Accompanist and Emcee: Andy Laties. Camera: Nere Kapiteni