Showing posts with label stop motion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stop motion. Show all posts

January 10, 2009

Animation: Puppetboy


Puppetboy - chapter 1, "A Lady Visitor". Stopmotion animation series by Johannes Nyholm.

January 17, 2008

Animation: Bickford + Zappa



Another clay animation video...

Music: Frank Zappa - Dupree´s Paradise
Animation: Bruce Bickford

"On January 10 and January 11, 1984, Pierre Boulez conducted his Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris, to record three classical compositions of Frank Zappa's record "Perfect Stranger"
The Animations are made by Bruce Bickford in 1976. Some material is used in the Frank Zappa films "Baby Snakes" and "Dub Room Special" - Quote from YouTube uploader Mekaniktom

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June 2, 2007

Russian animation: Cheburashka

This is not the first time we mention Cheburashka* and his friend Gena the crocodile or Russian animation for that matter. You can read "all" about the little critter, including what he is or was in my home country Sweden, in Wikipedias article - the important thing right now is that Bibi posted some Cheburashka films on Videos with Bibi. Yes, I know, they are neither subtitled nor dubbed, but they are beautifully animated. So I suggest you at least have a look to see what Cheburashka is all about.


* "Cheburashka.../... is a character of children's literature from a story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. He is also the hero .../... of the animated film series by Soyuzmultfilm studio." ... "Cheburashka is a funny little animal, unknown to science, who lived in the tropical forest. He accidentally got into a crate of oranges, ate his fill and fell asleep. Cheburashka is not a personal name; it is a species name invented by the puzzled director of the shop, where he was found."
According to Wikipedia only four Cheburashka films were made (1969, 1971, 1974, 1983).
In my home country - Sweden - we never got to see the films, we only had a Cheburashka puppet show as the children's segment of the TV-show "Sveriges Magasin". Here they were called "Drutten och Krokodilen (Jena)" and lived in a bookshelf; they were immensely popular.


Quotes from Wikipedia


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May 15, 2007

Animation & Nostalgia: The Tooth Trolls


This film is nostalgia for me even though it was made all the way back in 1954. Karius og Baktus (Karius och Baktus, Karius and Bactus e t c) is a Norwegian film by Ivo Caprino made with the pedagogical purpose of getting kids to brush their teeth properly. It features two irritating "tooth trolls" nesting in some kids teeth.


In the 70s they made us watch it in school several times and I know I thought it was kind of grim. Of course we preferred watching it to having regular classes. As if the film wasn't enough I was given the book, probably by my Norwegian godparents. Was it because I had bad personal hygiene? I would like to think not.


Click here or on the image to get to Bibi's excellent video blog Videos With Bibi (updated daily!!) and her equally excellent post called Ivo Caprino Short Stop Motion Animations I, where you'll find Karius and Bactus and four more films by Ivo Caprino.

Update: Ivo Caprino Short Stop Motion Animations II

By the way, if you like stop motion movies and you happen to stumble upon a movie called Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix) you should watch it. This is Ivo Caprino's masterpiece from 1975; also great nostalgia for me.



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September 22, 2005

Creature Comforts

This is sort of an update to the post I made the other day about Aardman Animations. Bountiful Brazilian Bibi of Bibi's Box has found the best of the Ardman productions which is the one where the animals at a zoo are interviewed. Here it is: AtomFilms - Creature Comforts or if it doesn't work for you try this (mov.). There are more Aardman at AtomFilms - look here. Also there is this little piece of government information.


UPDATE! Here's the first and original Creature Comforts - the one that won Nick Park the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1990. Also there's quite a lot of other Creature Comforts clips to watch on YouTube.


UPDATE! A clip from the upcoming new Wallace & Gromit movie can be seen here. Thanks again Bibi.

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September 18, 2005

Aardman




Are you a fan of Aardman Animations Ltd? Brows around. There are great clips in there!

Good news! There's a new Wallace and Gromit coming out in October - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Keep your eyes out for more clips!

Head on over to the Creature Comforts site and watch a few nice "episodes" of talking animals.

UPDATE! See this.

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August 10, 2005

Doggy Poo


"Everything has a purpose"
"I'm just a doggy poo"
"Sometimes dreams really do come true"


Se trailer här. (QuickTime)
Doggy Poo i IMDb

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August 5, 2005

Animation: Drutten och Jena

Här kan du se en kort snutt av Drutten (Tjeborasjka) och Jena (i QuickTime)

Visste du förresten att Drutten och Jena numera bor i Farsta.

Druttens (Tjeborasjka, Tjeburasjka, Cheburashka) hemsida.
denna sida hittar du bilder om du klickar på länkarna.

Här hittar du ytterligare ryska animationssnuttar.

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