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Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
…on December 19, 2010. Robot Chicken is a stop–motion, half hour comedy series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. Every episode features pop culture parodies from TV sitcoms, movies,… |
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The trailer for Phil Tippett’s Mad God promises a twisted nightmare (viewer discretion advised)
…Phil Tippett (Star Wars, Jurassic Park), the world’s pre-eminent stop motion animator, every set, creature, and effigy in this macabre masterpiece is hand-crafted and painstakingly animated using traditional stop–motion techniques…. |
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Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
…Academy Award nominees for the 2006 ceremony. Instead, they included one cel-animated film from Japan, and two films using what some might call the rather antiquated form of stop–motion animation…. |
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Regis and Rudolph star in stop-motion music video
…The Regis Philbin Christmas Album. Featuring appearances by Kelly Ripa, Live executive producer Michael Gelman and Donald Trump, the short bears a stop–motion resemblance to the 1964 Rankin/Bass adaptation of… |
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Henry Selick bringing stop-motion back to Disney
…with Disney/Pixar to make stop–motion features for the studio. John Lasseter’s decision to bring Selick back to the studio is seen as another boost for the painstaking hand-crafted technique. The… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…compilation grants us a second volume of amazing stop–motion shorts from Hollywood legend George Pal, including some rarities representing his earlier European works. The Sweatbox Review: The Blu-ray release of… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…animated via stop–motion animation! Bill Justice and Xavier Atencio were the men behind this drastic change of pace for Disney. The people puppets are relatively simple, while the animals are… |
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New website for clay animation now available!
…on the clay animation and stop motion animation process. This website is designed with interactive tutorials on how to create, animate and edit clay animation and stop motion animation projects.”… |
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Watch the evolution of stop-motion animation
From Vugar Efendi at Vimeo: “With the release of Kubo and the Two Strings, it is a perfect moment to go back in time and see the evolution of stop–motion… |
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Solomon and Matheson's stop-motion film: Hitler to be killed by Automatons
Ain’t It Cool News has the scoop on a project from writers Ed Solomon (Men in Black) and Chris Matheson (A Goofy Movie). In the stop–motion project that has already… |
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Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
…this incredible human being, who happens to be this incredible innovator and pioneer in special effects, stop–motion animation, and literally the father of science fiction and fantasy in modern film…. |
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DreamWorks Animation's Siggraph Presentations
…sketches that focus on specific breakthroughs ranging from CG tree lighting to adapting the stop motion style in 3D animation. The following are more details on each sketch presentation: *… |
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Monster House: Widescreen Edition
…the motion capture files to make for compelling animation. It’s not impossible to do this, but limits of time and money make it difficult; and you must have experienced motion… |
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\\Elf\\ pays tribute to Rankin-Bass holiday specials
…Comin’ To Town\\) by using stop–motion animation instead of computer generated effects, according to {{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1762 Animation Magazine}}. When Will Ferrell converses with a stop–motion snowman, he was shot on… |
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Twenty Questions with the AV Staff
…“subscription”? 11. Traditional cel animation, CG animation, stop–motion animation, or motion capture? DAN: I’ve managed to find a beauty in each one that I often dislike the notion that I… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…animated releases in movie theaters, 2010 again brought every medium to the screen, from stop–motion and CGI to motion-capture and traditional hand-drawn, with an impressive list lining up for Academy… |
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Brave, Pi, Thrones win big at VES Awards
…in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Brave: The Forest; Tim Best, Steve Pilcher; Inigo Quilez, Andrew Whittock Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture The Avengers: Midtown… |
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Henry Selick keeping very busy, talks \\The Wall and the Wing\\ and \\Moongirl\\
…a CG world. With stop–motion, I generally think that smaller, more confined worlds work better”. Also on tap for Selick is the stop–motion feature adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s \\Coraline\\, Tim… |
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Ambitious plans for Portland-based animation studio Laika
Variety reveals what Laika has in the works post Coraline , and it’s quite exciting! The studio, which does both CG and stop–motion features, was created when Phil Knight, whose… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Two – There Is Now A Level Zero
…the lead, they released films that covered all forms of animation – hand-drawn, stop–motion, and computer generated – in an attempt to compete with the industry elite in Disney, from… |
