Runaway success of animation

If there's one thing that people love it's stop-frame animation, it's an all round winner, as is slow-motion footage, actually that's two things. But it shows that in this crazy go-go-go society we live in, there is still admiration for the slow and the crafted.

'Going West' is a paper caper stop-motion film animated by Andersen M Studio, for the New Zealand Book Council, the very last scene 'where books come to life' is the stand out part for me. Enjoy!




Via Designboom

Lexical loveliness

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

Sit back, enjoy and start wishing you were an animator.

Post-it animation is appealing...

Got a deadline? Procrastination to the extreme as demonstrated by Bang-Yao Liu in this epic post-it note stop frame animation. I genuinely forget it's made from post-its half way through, fantastic immersive piece of animation! 

We Have Band stop-frame animation

Incredible animation for We Have Band's single 'You Came Out' made by the mighty Wieden + Kennedy, seems like our neighbours are branching out into music videos, tricky, time consuming ones at that! Bravo. 

I'm in a tangle over this clip

Spaghetti Western, by PES, winner of a Sundance 2009 award, it's simply genius.

Watch over and over...

Piggin' stop frame animation

Outstanding stop frame animation from Japan. 

Directed by Takeuchi Taijin.

You will be transfixed!

Can you imagine the time it took?!

Happy miniature land

I've shared tilt shift images before but it makes me so happy, so here's the latest installment from Keith Loutit, from Sydney's Mardi Gras parade. Happy sunny Tuesday! Also check out his bath tub animation, look out for the falling fisherman, great spot Henry!


Mardi Gras from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

See you on Facebook

Great animation, "What Facebook Is For", couldn't have said it better myself.

Beware: lemmings!

I have always been creeped out by lemmings, am I alone? 

This is an incredible animation by a group of fourth year 3D animation students at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Vantaa, Findland.

It's lengthy, but worth the watch, I like the tiny detailed observations, like the wine box, the windows and Lemming sounds. Bravo!

More information on the making of, over at Make, thanks to Elly for the find.

Sleep walking

For all you somnambulists out there... indulge in some beautiful sleepwalk stop-motion. I believe it's the music video for the song featured, but I know little else about this video, sorry.

Watch it here.

The Raftman's Razor

Sit back and enjoy this captivating film. I don't want to analyse it, or over think it, but it is beautiful it its own unique way. Thanks Jemma for this fabulous find.

Lost & Found

This is my last post for a while, but it's a goody.

Try and catch Oliver Jeffers' animated version of his best selling children's book 'Lost & Found', I was lucky enough to receive this book as my Digit Secret Santa present this year, it's a beautiful tale, a tale as old as time. Boy finds penguin on doorstep, penguin follows boy, boy sets off to return penguin to the South Pole. I won't spoil the ending for you, but try and catch it over Christmas, or yule be sorry, ho ho ho.

Channel 4, Christmas Eve, 2.30pm

Channel 4, Boxing Day. 12.30pm (repeat)

Created by the impressive studioaka who are also responsible for the Lloyds TSB adverts, which bear more than a passing resemblance to scenes in Lost & Found. Happy Christmas everyone, over and out.