4 posts tagged “stop motion”
I've said it before (above) and I'll say it again, I love stop motion:
1) The cat caught a mouse. We have an indoor cat.
2) Upon investigating possible mouse holes in our closets, we found out that moths had spent the summer terrorizing our stored sweaters. If you've never had a moth infestation before it's quite disgusting. Those assholes ate through all but three of my sweaters.
After coming to the realization that they were beyond saving, I had a moment where I said to Jfresh (in my mind, so not really out loud), "Honey... I am now convinced that New Jersey is out to get me. First the car, then the ruination of my camera, and now the sweaters."
I give up New Jersey, you win. I'll eat your scrapple and like it.
If you haven't already seen or heard about this, I'm shocked because it's all I talked about last week. "Get the Glass" equals great animation AND a simple game. It's burning up the cubicles at work faster than a California wildfire, faster than the flu, and nearly as fast as "D*ck in a Box."
Too bad I really don't like to drink milk though. I would post more as I learn about it, but you probably are only here for the link... so here you go Greedy Gus.
Wu Tang, Wu Tang!! More stop motion, this time in the theme of old school video games. These must have taken a heck of a lot of time to complete. I know when i get a crazy idea, it's always easier just to do it myself like this one:
But to work with a giant group of people? Oh the humanity (and by humanity I mean scale)! This second piece is incredible:
*****UPDATE*****
The first video ("Game Over" by PES) was actually created by the same people that do the stop motion Bacardi commercials... They have developed a very unique style that definitely sets their art apart from others AND they showcase a lot of it here.
Stop motion is one of the oldest forms of animation. You set up a still scene, take a photo, move the scene around a little bit, take a picture, and so on and so on. Once you have a series of photos, you view them in order to see the fruits of your labor. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, but ALWAYS worth watching because you never quite know what it's going to look like.
Probably the most famous stop motion projects in the world (currently) are the adventures of Wallace and Gromit,
who have major theatrical releases, shorts, product promotions, and
even a museum. But like all stop motion pieces, they started out
with a short, a cartoon just a few minutes in length.
Back in the day, I too ventured into the world of stop motion. It took a long time, but it was some of the easiest, hardest, and ultimately rewarding work ever with a camera. After 4 grueling days and 2 separate shoots, our vision never quite came to fruition of a DJ inside my head; but with help of illustrious designer NewBlackMedia and the musical stylings of DJ Process it got pretty damn close.
I included the clip, but only to compare it with the most current (see
hottest) stop motion peice out there right now... that's right, I'm
talking about the insane work of Saiman Chow. I like to think my work is good, but his... well, is fantastic. Pretty weird, but fantastic.
The video is the result of Adidas' new viral campaign with their Adicolor line. Several other videos have been commissioned, and I'll post when I get a chance. But they're not stop motion... so, I can't very well include them in this post about stop motion. So just relax.
