Experimental Motion Design & Creative Video Projects That Break the Rules

Welcome to Play — a space dedicated to experimental motion design, creative video projects, and design-led exploration from the studio floor of Motion Videos.

This isn’t where briefs begin and end. It’s where instinct takes over. A playground for experimental motion design, visual storytelling, and untethered creativity — all designed to test boundaries, sharpen skills, and push what’s technically and artistically possible in 2D and 3D animation, cinematic videography and video production.

Here, you’ll find experimental video projects that don’t always follow the rules — and that’s exactly the point. These aren’t polished commercial pieces bound to client deliverables; they’re bold, sometimes chaotic, always honest. Whether it’s testing new motion graphics techniques, experimenting with camera rigs in wild locations, playing with 3D animation workflows, or pushing typography in ways that would never pass brand guidelines — this is where the creative muscles get stretched.

Some projects explore new rendering tools or animation styles. Others are built around challenges: what happens when you shoot on a Sony FX3 in near-total moonlight? Can you animate sound-driven graphics using only expressions in After Effects? What does a 3D logo feel like when rendered with zero lighting — just raw form? Play is where those questions become creative fuel.

This page is also a showcase of personal growth and exploration. Every project is a stepping stone — an evolving timeline of style, technique, and storytelling. From high-concept short films and motion tests to visual experiments inspired by nature, music, or even the tools themselves, each piece reflects a commitment to craft and a curiosity to go further.

The experiments featured here often blur the lines between motion design, filmmaking, animation, and art direction. Many of them test real-world applications of creative software like Cinema 4D, Redshift, After Effects, and X-Particles — but always through a visual-first, story-led lens. And while some projects remain digital-only, others are captured on location: up hills, in storms, in shadows, and under streetlights — wherever the idea leads.

This is more than a reel of unused clips. It’s a statement: creativity doesn’t always need permission. Sometimes it just needs space. And Play is that space — a curated collection of short motion experiments and creative video ideas crafted without constraint, guided by instinct, and made simply for the joy of making.

So whether you’re a fellow creative looking for inspiration, a potential client curious about our process, or someone who just enjoys watching ideas take shape in motion — Play offers a raw, behind-the-scenes look into the experimental heart of Motion Videos.

Experimental motion design and creative video projects by Motion Videos UK

There’s time to be serious, but in work and life we all need to play.

Mastering Moonlight — Sony FX3 tested on a wild camping quest.

The search for the perfect forest in The Peak District.

Capturing a work-a-thon with MadeByShape.

'Stillness in Motion' experimental short film.

Lest We Forget — A Remembrance Day Tribute using experimental motion design.

Vertical videos for social media.

OHELL1 — Crossfit OL1 short-form social media promo video for halloween using AI
Behind the screams of OHELL1 — short-form social media promo video for halloween using AI

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