Neomorphus and Making of

Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:17
Last Updated on Saturday, 23 April 2011 21:38
Written by Marc Spess

Neomorphus

Once in a while a grungy stop motion film comes along that you can't take your eyes off of.

Neomorphus is one of those films. The sets, puppets, lighting and animation draw you into a new world almost as soon as it starts. The premise behind the film is different characters evolving rapidly and adapting to the mutating surroundings and issues that arise.

You might expect this film was made in Germany, Poland or Russia. But it is in fact made in Brasil by the team Animatorio. They have an official site for the film that you can see here with the videos below and a small gallery. Here is the film itself.

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Below is the behind the scenes for the project. You can see some pop-throughs, 2-D reference animation and the motion control setup. There are also some deleted scenes that the director wasn't happy with.

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Eerily Amazing & Nightmarishly Stunning! (in the best sense of the terms, of course)
written by Ron Cole, April 24, 2011

It might be a mistake for me to attempt to write any words to describe what I think of this film because it speaks volumes for itself, every time you watch it. Each individual shot in this film is it's own independent work of art, worthy of a full panel discussion.

If I were forced to pick one element of this film that I like the most, it would be the animation itself. In watching it, I just know that these animators could animate white b***s rolling around on a white table, and somehow make it jaw-dropping. BRAVO!!! smilies/cheesy.gif

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written by Ron Cole, April 24, 2011

(the censored word 'b***s' in the above comment is another word for 'spheres' but, I think the censorship gods interpreted it in a different way smilies/cry.gif

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written by Jesse O, April 24, 2011

Wow, that was an interesting film. Really nice colorization and style, kind of freaky too.

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written by Dan, April 25, 2011

I thought this was absolutely amazing. Like a freaky dream. smilies/grin.gif

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written by Amy, April 28, 2011

STUNNING! I haven't seen anything as good as this for a long time, stop motion should come back with a bang, I'm sick of all of these 3D films coming out, bring out the good stuff!

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written by WhiteRabbit, May 17, 2011

I absolutely loved this - right up my alley smilies/wink.gif

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