Smooth or Un-Smooth Stop Motion. That is the question!
With modern tools, it's possible to make stop motion extra smooth. In the video above, the frame rates were adjusted to add in-between...
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May 312 min read
Team Fortress 2 Stop Motion Community and #FixTF2?
Did you know that when Team Fortress 2 was in early development at the Valve gaming company, it was going to be styled in clay animation?...
May 231 min read
Tool Sober Set Revisited
Fred Stuhr was a stop motion film maker, music video and art director. He was born October 3rd, 1967 in Pasadena California. Sadly he...
May 221 min read
Making Harold Halibut, a Stop Motion Game
Have you heard that Harold Halibut was released recently? The designers melded stop motion with the digital to keep the functionality...
May 162 min read
Bottle George, Short Film about Addiction
Akihiro Nishino and the famous Japanese Dwarf Studio created a film about addiction. It isn't out yet but the preview that was released...
May 101 min read
Ken Pontac and John Lemmon ClayFighter Interviews!
Have you ever played the original ClayFighter games? We put names, places and faces to the game in a really fun interview with Ken Pontac...
May 21 min read
Factory Transmedia Goes Out of Business
The 24 year old animation studio Factory Transmedia has just recently gone out of business. Citing audience and economic changes as to...
Apr 251 min read
Good Intentions Short Film Thriller
A hit and run car accident leads a woman to be haunted by her decision to leave the scene. She slowly becomes more and more paranoid to...
Apr 221 min read
UnwieldilyElephant: Silicone Puppet Test
If you've ever come across the Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, you might recognize the beast in the above video. The Ray Harryhausen Beat was...
Apr 181 min read
Where it all began: Willis O'Brien
Paper Finz has quite a number of really well researched videos surrounding the beginnings of stop motion. In particular King Kong and the...
Apr 91 min read
Mark Gustafson goes Behind the Scenes
Have you ever watched Fantastic Mr. Fox? If you have, you might be wondering who the people were that worked on it. Or you might ask, who...
Apr 71 min read
Snowman from Neon Cat Productions
When you think of stop motion studios, you might think of the big names such as Laika or Aardman. But have you heard of Neon Cat...
Apr 42 min read
Rag Doll Short Film
I stumbled upon a short film called Rag Doll that was directed by Leon Lee. The video description says that "Although Yingying’s mother...
Apr 21 min read
Clay Animation Pioneer Eli Noyes Passes at 81
Eli Noyes may not be a household name, but he was one of the first clay animators to receive an Oscar nomination. This was a major...
Mar 301 min read
Lee Hardcastle's Dreaming Child
Lee Hardcastle is still releasing new films! Dreaming Child is one of the more tame ones to be released on his channel, which shows a boy...
Mar 271 min read
Georgina Hayns on Fabricating Stop Motion Puppets
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio had a lot of puppet fabrication problems to be solved. For example, how would Pinocchio look if he was to...
Mar 251 min read
Fear Of Flying by Conor Finnegan
Conor Finnegan completed this funny short film about Dugal, who faces his fears and pushes the boundaries of his comfort zone. In short,...
Mar 221 min read
Walking the Dog: Ghostbusters Fan Film
Stunt Puppet Pictures has been working on bringing this fan film to life for quite a while and now it's out! Walking the Dog hearkens...
Mar 191 min read
Shrine Of Abominations
Have you heard of Shrine of Abominations? It's a stop motion psychedelic horror film by Skinner and Ross Kennedy. Word has it that the...
Mar 171 min read
The Forbidden Zone Short film
Zach Tolchinsky completed this amazing short film last year called The Forbidden Zone. The story is of Dumont who has to break free from...
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