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Stop Motion Pinocchio

Stories have been swirling all around about the Stop Motion Pinocchio film that Deadline/GDT/Henson and Gris Grimly are making. Here is an excerpt of what Gris posted on his blog to 'set the record straight"...

GDT has been like a big brother and mentor on this project. None of this would be happening if it weren't for him. Many young filmmakers would kill for the opportunity that I've been granted. Maybe they deserve it more. I never went to film school. I haven't worked my way up from the mail room. I haven't invested a lot of time and money into film projects and festivals in hopes to be discovered. I am just a man with a vision and the work ethics to make it happen. Fate has been on my side and in the interest of Pinocchio. I threw the die...and they landed in my favor.

That's showbiz...I guess.

...for more of his post and the rest of the story go here.

The Brick Thief: A LEGO Short Film

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Reloaded - Baskerville

I am amazed at how much stop mo is being produced these days!The tank shooting popcorn is really clever. Animated & Directed by Marieke Verbiesen, who has been animating this music video in a basement for seven months!

In this playful stop motion animated music video monsters move to the beats & melody of the music. The characters come into existence after a failure in a laboratory, from which they manage to escape and find their way into the city, leaving a path of destruction behind. For this music video modern day remote controlled animatronics were used in combination with classic stop motion animation techniques in order to bring colorful cartoon like characters to life.

Penny

I heard that Pee Wee Herman is coming to Broadway! NPR aired a really interesting interview with Paul Rubens - the creator of Pee Wee Herman, Friday night. One of my favorite segments of the Pee Wee show was the Penny Cartoon. I wanted to post it for those who have never even heard of Pee Wee. I loved Pee Wee Herman even though I was a bit hold for the show and am so glad he is back with a more adult version.

Penny's approach to animating shorts was to record a little girl... just telling stories, pick the most interesting one and animate to it. It's so much better to work this way than trying to mime to an actor from a film. There is so much more room for creativity. I encourage students to try it! You can record your friends talking... Ardman has used this technique for their shorts for years. Taking the story out of context, but still respecting the delivery and content of the line is where Ardman and the penny cartoons excelled.

I am a Forest

I am a Forest hq from Alex Schulz on Vimeo.

cute...

David Crowder Band - SMS [Shine]

Nice... I love Lite brite.

I also love how the worked outside of the lite brite screen!

This video was created by using a LITE-BRITE® branded toy board and 700,000 pegs.

Happy Halooweenies!

If you do not like violence, don't watch.

Especially violence against little chickens.

UAE Ecological Footprint Animation

UAE ecological footprint animation (English)- EWS WWF from WWF on Vimeo.

awesome... all the way to the end!

Gerontomatic

Really great stop mo short!

Dedicated to Rowsby...

"No I won't ride your segway."

PES

More fun PES movies...

Jamie, you will like this one - there is a plane in it.

Dictaphone Parcel

Dictaphone Parcel from Lauri Warsta on Vimeo.

Animated short film, Royal College of Art, London, 2009

Dictaphone Parcel is an animation based on a sound recorded with a dictaphone travelling secretly inside a parcel. As the hidden recorder travels through the global mail system, from London to Helsinki, it captures the unexpected. We hear a mixture of abstract sounds, various types of transport and even discussions between the mail workers. The animation visualizes this journey by creating an imaginary documentary.

Dictaphone Parcel was awarded the Passion Pictures Prize in London, in February 2010.

Procrastination

Procrastination from ism studios on Vimeo.

I have been procrastinating on this one painting

for a while now...

time to get busy.

Dot. The making of.

Nokia N8: 'The World's Smallest Stop-Motion Animation

Holy schnikes!

Below, is the whole film...

Unbeknownst to her Creator, Eve longed to become a cheerleader

The video was created from 2,100 separately shot and edited photographs after the actual gallery photo was shot. The action was then storyboarded and the animation was shot in reverse. The entire production required about 8 weeks of work. The photo, "Unbeknownst to her Creator, Eve longed to become a cheerleader,"is on display from July 3 through July 30, 2010 at Pannikin Coffee & Tea in La Jolla, California, and is part of John's third solo exhibition, Seven Signs of the Kewpie Apocalypse.

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

Dean Fleischer-Camp interviews SNL’s Jenny Slate as Marcel

...this made me laff so hard, i almost peed my pants...

must watch of the day

i dedicate this to one of my students

Christopher Perkowitz-Colvard

cuz it made me think of him

Accumulonimbus

Accumulonimbus from andy kennedy on Vimeo. In Andy Kennedy’s Accumulonimbus. Created by stop motion animating clay on glass, the film is a meditation on motion and the life cycle of matter… I love the walking houses! Making of post here.

Coraline Puppeteer

Coraline vs. puppeteer: how stop-motion animations are made

Funny Animation Scraps