Interview with Phil Tippett // Who Created the Star Wars Creatures? - That Was Me

Who Created the Star Wars Creatures? - That Was Me by That-Was-Me

Corpse Bride: Character Animation Tests

Creative Paper Company Ad Brings Tissue Paper Animals to Life Through Stop Motion

(via PetaPixel)

Auntie Claus: Stop Motion Kickstarter Project From Athena Studios

This new Kickstarter project from Athena Studios looks amazing. Great to see another stop motion project in the Bay Area!

// Athena Studios

Aardman Studio Tour

Interview with Animation Director & Aardman Co-founder Peter Lord

Stop Motion Vids By Ian Padgha

Here are some fun stop motion vids from Ian Padgha! Check out more of his work here

// Vin Videos






Thanks Colossal for the heads up!

RIP Ray Harryhausen 1920 - 2013

Amazing artist, animator, and filmmaker.  A legend in his own time. He will be missed.














The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998)

Stop motion music video 'Time To Go'

Fun stop motion music video for 'Wax Tailor'. Stop motion animation by OH YEAH WOW in Melbourne, AU.

Making of pics here

Ray Harryhausen 90th Birthday BAFTA Tribute

I know this video has been around for a while but I just saw it the other day. It's a great reflection/celebration of the life, work and creative influence of  Ray Harryhausen. The Ray Bradbury interview is especially awesome!

Paranorman: Director and Producer Interviews

Also check out

// Paranorman B-Roll Footage Of Awesomeness

Special Screening of 'James and the Giant Peach' by SF Film Society

For those in the San Francisco Bay Area this is a great opportunity to see 'James and the Giant Peach' on the big screen. Plus a Q&A afterwards with some of the artists who worked on the film. (Sat. Aug 11th)








 // James and the Giant Peach via SF Film Society

'The screening will be followed by a Q&A and show-and-tell with artists who worked on the film—and some of the puppets and props they used—and are currently working with Henry Selick on his next stop-motion project.'

Saturday, August 11, 11:00 am
SF Film Society Cinema1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)




 

Interview With Henry Selick

This is an older interview with Henry Selick. He talks in depth about the making of Coraline. 

Also check out // Henry Selik's 'Demo Reel'

Henry Selick Demo Reel

I first saw this reel at a lecture Henry gave at ImageMovers Digital. It's great to see his early 2D work as well as his classic MTV bumpers!

Michael Jackson video reference for The California Raisins TV Commercial (1989)

I found this great reference vid of Michael Jackson the other day when I was searching for information on the 'The California Raisins'. As it turns out, the footage was posted by animation supervisor and stop-motion whiz Webster Colcord who I've had the privilege to work with on past shows. I emailed him about the video and he said that it was performance reference for two shots he animated on the project. To the right are a few pics from the production that Webster sent over. The 'Raisins' were produced at Will Vinton Studios. You can read more about the history of the studio here: History of Will Vinton Studio. 


And be sure to check out Webster's blog:
// Webster Colcord - Animation And Stuff

[EVENT] Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema Phil Tippett, Special Effects Master

Just wanted to give you Bay Area friends a heads up about these upcoming lectures by Phil Tippett.

// you can purchase tickets through the link below

Behind the Scenes: The Art and Craft of Cinema Phil Tippett, Special Effects Master via BAM/PFA San Francisco Film Society

 

// Thursday, November 17, 2011
7:00 p.m. Phil Tippett: Illustrated Talk, followed by Starship Troopers
(Paul Verhoeven, U.S., 1997). Join special-effects legend Phil Tippett (Jurassic Park; Robocop; Empire Strikes Back) in a wide-ranging discussion on the movies, special effects, and his influences, followed by Verhoeven’s intergalactic bug-attack epic Starship Troopers. (129 mins, plus lecture)

// Friday, November 18, 2011
7:00 p.m. The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
Nathan Juran (U.S., 1958). Introduced by Phil Tippett. For this fantastical tale from a 1,001 Nights, Ray Harryhausen perfected the integration of three-dimensional animated figures and live actors, and inspired generations of filmmakers and special-effects artists to come. (88 mins)


Behind the Scenes is a collaboration between BAM/PFA and the San Francisco Film Society. Major support for Behind the Scenes has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support has been provided by the San Francisco Foundation and the BAM/PFA Trustees.

 

Greg Barth Stop Motion Animation

 //GREG BARTH

Behind The Scenes

Hebdos Québec (Director's Cut)

'Classic Creatures' Return of the Jedi (1983)

This 1983 PBS behind the scenes look at the creatures of 'Return of the Jedi' is an awesome glimpse into the ILM model shop during it's prime. There's lots of footage of work in progress puppets and stop-motion rigs from the film.

Interview with David Allen

This is a rare interview with animator/director David Allen. He discusses his work on the film 'The Howling' (1981).

This is deleted footage from "The Howling"

Cutting-Edge Animation On A DIY Homestead [via NPR]

This NPR article about the creative studio Encyclopedia Pictura is very interesting. Not only do they create super cool commercials, music videos and animated shorts but they have also built a DIY 'Hobbiton' like community called Trout Gulch in Aptos, CA. Wow! Check out the links below to view the village and listen to the interview.


Listen via NPR \\  Cutting-Edge Animation On A DIY Homestead

EP's DIY village \\  Trout Gulch pics

Studio Website \\  Encyclopedia Pictura

View EP's work on Björk's 2008 video 'Wanderlust'

Making of 'Face by Face' by Michael Parks

My friend Michael Parks just posted this behind the scenes vid of his stop motion commercial piece for Copic Markers.



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