Steven Briand, aka BURAYAN, created this incredibly creative stop motion video using various paper sculptures. The reason why I think it’s so successful is because he takes advantage of the limitations of stop motion, thereby allowing him to create surprising yet believable transformations. What else can I say except it’s fantastic!
Jonathan Chong created this colourful stop motion piece for Australian musical artist Hudson. No word yet on how long it took, but this music video for the song Against The Grain is executed extremely well.
Kina Grannis’ music video In Your Arms took almost 2 years to complete as the backgrounds are made entirely out of jelly beans. This stop motion video, which has 2222 frames, involved 30 people and uses an astonishing 288,000 jelly beans. Was it worth it? Judge for yourself.
It’s incredibly difficult to come up with an original concept these days. While I’m sure similar ideas have been explored, the following short created by Constantine Konovalov is both creative and refreshing.
For 3 years, Opportunity explored as much of the planet Mars as it could. It traveled a total of 13 miles and took 309 photographs of the desolate planet. I always thought it would cool to be able to travel there, but after viewing the following time lapse video, it doesn’t look very exciting. Hey NASA, surely you didn’t travel 225 million kilometers and bring only a black & white camera?
This illuminating film was created by painstakingly masking a mirror and using it to project light within a room. Directed by Sarah Wickens in 2009, What Light is an incredibly imaginative and unique stop motion piece.
I have been impressed by some of the recent advertising campaigns (1 , 2), but this stop motion video created for the restaurant chain Chipotle is quite possibly the best one yet. The advertisement features Willie Nelson signing the popular Coldplay song “The Scientist” and speaks about the sustainability of our food system.
What happens when you take 2335 photographs, then re-photograph them within 10 picture frames hanging on the wall? You get a stop motion video within a stop motion video. The amount of work that went into Dave Wallace’s video Stop Motion Photographer is mind boggling.
Some careful planning and a lot of patience went into this video of a man creatively growing a beard. Can you figure out how it was done?
You may recall the World’s Smallest Stop Motion video, which was created to advertise a Nokia phone. They are at it again, this time, on a grandeur scale. It’s hard to believe this is actually a stop motion animation, considering the amount of work involved. Fortunately, there is also a behind the scenes video to prove that it’s true.
To promote their Picanto car, KIA put together a sweet stop motion animation, created by painting individual fingernails. Each nail took about 2 hours to create and a total of 1200 nail polish bottles were used. 900 painted fingernails were created over a period of 25 days/nights to create the following animation. I wish all advertisers took this amount of time and effort to create their commercials.
If you are a fan of both LEGO and stop animation, then you are in for a treat! Now you can bring your LEGO world to life with this specially designed digital video camera. It features a macro lens, and allows you to take both video and stills. It is currently on sale for $59.99, but can only be shipped to the United States.
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Three years after the Guggenheim shortlisted video ‘Lucky’ was made, OhYeahWow is at it again with the Australian group All India Radio. Their latest video took more than 6 months to create, and after watching the video, you will understand why.
The following is a short film which stars a girl named Dot who is only 9mm tall. It was shot using a Nokia N8 with a microscopic attachment. The video has Dot facing a handful of obstacles as she runs through a microscopic world. The figurines were created with a 3D printer, and are so small that they had to be painted using a microscope.
Sean & Lisa Ohlenkamp created this stop motion video about books that organize themselves within 2 bookshelves. I can’t imagine how long this took to complete. Watch the video, which includes a dancing banana, after the break.
The Brick Theif is a stop motion film about children and their imagination when they play with LEGO’s. Definitely worth the watch. Video after the break.
Check out this stop animation film that was created by drawing with light. It took more than 300 hours to create, including the use of 200 stencils. Now that’s dedication! Video after the break.
The following video was created by taking a series of photocopies and placing them together to form a story. At 325 photocopies per minute of video, that is a lot of work! Watch the video after the break.
