A stop-motion video that is not only LEGO… not only Batman… but a full-on LEGO Batman re-creation of the opening sequence to the best animated series of all time: ‘Batman: The Animated Series’!
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After a summer of remakes, it’s refreshing to see an original story.
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I love living in Portland. One of the perks was an opportunity to go behind the scenes at nearby LAIKA, the stop-motion animation studio responsible for the new movie ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ which will be in theaters on August 19th.
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Earlier this month, I was invited to visit LAIKA to get an advance look at its upcoming film, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings.’
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Scott Adsit, best known for ’30 Rock’ and being the voice of Baymax in ‘Big Hero 6,’ was kind enough to set aside some time for an interview during DragonCon 2015.
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OgoSport’s BILD + AnimateIt! Stop Motion Animation Essentials Kit brings together the #ogosport OgoBILD line of construction toys with Aardman Animation Studios’ stop motion animation software.
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Yesterday LAIKA released the theatrical poster for The Boxtrolls, their upcoming stop-motion animated film.
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Here’s a little more about my visit to the set of The Boxtrolls.
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Back in April, I had the chance to visit LAIKA’s studios to get an up-close look at the making of The Boxtrolls, their upcoming film.
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They may get killed in inglorious ways every time they beam down to the planet surface, but when the going gets tough, send in the Away Team to handle the job.
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Check out this cute video from LEGO featuring the galaxy’s best known father/son combination celebrating Father’s Day.
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Classic monsters abound in this family-friendly Kickstarter campaign to fund a fun and spooky stop-action movie.
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Ray Harryhausen, Academy- and BAFTA-award winning visual effects master who inspired generations of film makers and film-goers, died Tuesday, May 7, according to the Harryhausen Foundation Facebook page. He was 92. Prepare your Sinbad festival.
Continue ReadingThis video is a hoot! And watch to the end for a little Black Mesa fun.
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Continue ReadingI’ve always loved stop-motion animation. Sure, CG animation is improving by leaps and bounds and the appearance is approaching reality — Brave was really pushing the envelope with Merida’s hair and the lush Scottish environments. But there’s this visceral appeal …
Continue ReadingJust recently I’ve been checking out some animation projects on Kickstarter, and there are a few stop-motion projects there that I thought were worth highlighting. I’m still on the fence on which ones I’ll back (I’ve spent a lot on …
Continue ReadingJay Grace has a very cool job. As a Senior Animation Supervisor at Aardman Animations, he works on some of the best stop-motion animation films being produced today. In a world that has quickly become dominated by computer animated hits …
Continue ReadingI first discovered Wallace & Gromit in college, when I was working at Learningsmith in Boston, a store that sold a lot of educational games and toys and videos. As a huge fan of stop-motion animation, I was immediately drawn …
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Learn how to make fun stop-motion movies with your kids, without spending Hollywood money.
Continue ReadingI love all the classic holiday stuff you see on television each December. Even though I have most of my favorites on DVD there’s something special about seeing them when they’re actually being aired. It doesn’t count if you record them or stream them later. I’m talking about the random channel surfing that suddenly turns up […]
Continue ReadingAddress Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo. A friend of mine sent me a link to this today: Address Is Approximate, a stop-motion film made by Tom Jenkins from The Theory as a personal project. A small desk toy …
Continue ReadingThis video took 30 people and 288,000 jelly beans to make over a period of 22 months. Plus the song “In Your Arms” by Kina Grannis, of course. It’s clever enough to inspire all sorts of questions. Thank goodness we can take a positively yummy look behind the scenes. Grannis has come a long way, […]
Continue ReadingCelebrate Art Clokey’s 90th birthday today with a Google doodle honoring his pioneering work in stop-motion animation! Clokey presented Gumbasia to the world in 1955 from University of Southern California. Then, from Gumby and Pokey in the 50s to Davey and Goliath in the 60s, his influence has been seen right up through this decade! […]
Continue ReadingIt isn’t the most beautiful. It isn’t the greatest narrative. It is “Gabe’s Star Wars Movie.” But, every five-year-old should be allowed to create their own LEGO Star Wars stop motion animation. Why? So we get more classic lines like, …
Continue ReadingThis piece is mesmerizing enough without realizing the effort Sumo Science and Aardman Animations put into creating it. The pixilation artist (a “human puppet” playing fisherman in this piece) notes that it takes about 16 hours to create 20 seconds of screen time. Promoted as the largest stop-motion animation film, Gulp was shot on three […]
Continue ReadingThe Midwest US is about to get clobbered today with a mix of rain, freezing rain, snow, and lots of wind. It’s the kind of day to hunker down and figure out how to entertain your young ones when you …
Continue ReadingWhilst on one of what I’m sure will be many trips to the toy shop in the run up to Christmas we spotted a bumper pack of Plasticine, in all the colors of the rainbow and more, and it just …
Continue ReadingI’ve been a fan of stop-motion animation since the later days of Gumby and Pokey. It intrigued me then, and still does now, that you could create such a compelling illusion of movement by taking a series of very-slightly-different photographs. …
Continue ReadingYou know that feeling when you see something that somebody much younger than you has done, that blows you away with its creativity and execution, and you realize that you couldn’t make something that awesome now, let alone when you …
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