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Rebooted by Michael Shanks
It’s not easy for a movie-star to age - especially when you’re a stop motion animated skeleton monster. “Rebooted” tells the story of Phil--a Harryhausen-esque Stop-motion-Animated Skeleton, who is struggling to find work in modern Hollywood due to being an out of date special effect.
“I Am Here” for Klinex by Effie Pappa
Effie Pappa’s TV ad “I Am Here,” for Klinex, introduces audiences to the company’s initiative to donate cleaning products to schools. This popular brand of cleaning products in Greece began the campaign during the country’s deep financial crisis, when research showed that a large number of kids were not using the schools’ toilets, as they felt they were not sufficiently clean.
Imaginé by Eleanor Giovanni
“Imagine´” is the first music video for this pair of musician/animators known as Eleanor Giovanni, and it took the prize for best music video at the 2019 Canberra Short Film Festival.
The Peculiar Crime of Oddball Mr Jay by Bruno Caetano
In a city where nature has been forbidden, a small crime by a simple man triggers a chain of unexpected consequences.
All Tender Things by Tatu Pohjavirta
“Is it possible for us to honor other people’s sacred values?” This is the central question director, Tatu Pohjavirta seeks to answer in his new allegoric short, "All Tender Things."
Canon EOS R Stop Motion Firmware Provides 1920 x 1280 Live View
For the first time, we're officially recommending a camera system for shooting professional quality stop motion with Dragonframe!
Honest Tea’s “Small Decision, Big Impact” by Passion Animation Studios
“Small Decision, Big Impact” communicates the way in which large-scale change can come from choices that are very small (perhaps as small as a little wooded puppet).
LOEWE’s “An Otter’s Tale” by Nina Gantz
In a film by Blinkink’s Nina Gantz for LOEWE’s and in collaboration with acclaimed puppeteer Josie Corben (Isle of Dogs), this week’s pick mixes live action with Corben’s highly stylized, hand-cut and sewn fabric puppets for the launch of LOEWE’s William De Morgan Christmas Capsule collection.