Combining the artwork of Molly Crabapple, the Music of Kim Boekbinder, and animation of Jim Batt, “I Have Your Heart” is an extraordinary cutout stop-motion animation MK&J: Making this film was a long and detailed process. The characters and scene elements were hand drawn by Molly Crabapple, then scanned and photoshopped into layouts for moveable Read MoreRead More
Robot Chicken Visual Effects Artist Andrew Racho talks about how he got started in the business of television and film industry. This is a great watch for any current college students looking at getting into the Visual Effects field. Andrew has worked on Robot Chicken, Morel Orel, Titan Maximum, and Frankenhole, along with his own Read MoreRead More
Stop Motion is the culmination of practical effects, animation technique, and countless hours of hard work. From Clay-mation to LEGO brick animations – we’ve put together a list of 36 tutorials to help you make your characters come to life. Pictured above: Ray Harryhausen and his Skeleton Puppet for “Jason & The Argonauts” View the Read MoreRead More
Director Jamie Caliri’s beautiful stop motion animation video for “The Rifle’s Spiral,” a new track by The Shins. Caliri observes: “It’s now more like the years before MTV, when music videos did not have a formula. You can be expressive and idiosyncratic.”Read More
It may be impossible to make David Lynch’s 1977 debut film Eraserhead any stranger, but that didn’t stop animator Lee Hardcastle from creating this 60 second claymation remake of the cult classic.Read More
Mourir Auprès de Toi is a short film by Spike Jonze, Simon Cahn and handbag designer Olympia Le-Tan. Set inside the famous Parisian bookstore, Shakespeare and Company the animations are a result of 3,000 pieces of hand cut felt by Le-Tan. Read More
This short film by ftjelly called Digital Analogue, uses over six thousand still photos shot and edited together to create this cool stop motion tribute to analog cameras. Read More
It took 25 animators over 5 months to create this video with 350,000 Post-it Notes. It marks the opening of a new store for Brazilian shoemaker Melissa in São Paulo. More than 30,000 people took the opportunity to write messages on the Post It notes. Read More
This one-hour documentary details the technological innovations in the field of animatronics, art design, film making, and Henson magic. Read More
Before the CGI era, filmmakers had to rely on models and puppets to star in their monster films. One of the legends of the stop motion techniques is Ray Harryhausen whose credits include Mighty Joe Young, Jason and the Argonauts, and One Millions Years B.C. Here are every one of Harryhausen’s creates present in chronological order in one video:Read More
Stop motion animation is a repetitive and time-consuming process which only the most patient filmmakers can master. Below are 24 amazing examples of stop motion videos using a wide range of techniques and styles.Read More
French Canadian Filmmaker Patrick Boivin created a shot by shot LEGO stop motion recreation of Pixar’s Cars 2 Trailer: Read More
