Funginears Looks Like Fun
Funginears – a new project from Kyrian Ginearian and friends – looks like a very promising amalgamation of puppets, actors and animation that explores music in a fun and unique way
Tag Archives: animation
Monday Morning Inspiration: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On
Just a random, hilariously cute little animated film to help you start your week.
Higglety Pigglety Pop
I just watched two clips from the upcoming NFB adaptation of the Maurice Sendack classic Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life and I haven’t been this excited to see a puppet film in awhile. It’s directed by Canadian filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski who previously directed the acclaimed stop motion film Madame Tutli-Putli. Higglety Pigglety Pop is done in a hybrid style that’s very similar to Tutli-Putli, utilizing live-action puppets, actors, animation and digital manipulation.
The Line Keeps Getting Blurred
Over at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, Stephen Worth has a short post about animating robots. Stephen mentions how the job description of an animator is rapidly changing and muses about the possibility of animators being hired to “animate” robots, which sounds suspiciously similar to what a puppeteer does. Although robots and automata aren’t generally considered [...]
Never Had a Year Like `09
Well, another year has come and gone. I’ve been a little too busy doing puppetry to write about for the past several months, but before 2009 comes to a close I wanted to share JibJab’s annual year end video, Never a Year Like `09.
Puppetry: Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You?
It’s hard to believe, but handmade puppet films just might be the next big thing.
Lou Romano’s Art of UP
Lou Romano shares some of his beautiful conceptual art from Pixar’s Up on his blog (image c Disney/Pixar). Up was the number one movie at the box office this weekend, which is pretty unsurprising since many critics are calling it Pixar’s best movie yet and because, well, it’s a Pixar movie. I haven’t seen it [...]
Memorial Day Inspiration: Sita Sings The Blues
Sita Sings The Blues is an animated feature by Nina Paley licensed under Creative Commons. Happy Memorial Day to all my American friends! (Here in Canada, it’s just another Monday…) Whether you have the day off today or not, find sometime soon to watch Sita Sings the Blues. It’s a feature length animated 2D film [...]
Black / White
Black/White is a stark, monochromatic video that blends shadow puppets and animation. To promote their spring and summer collections this year, Gap commissioned five original songs based on a specific color and a corresponding video for each. My favourite of these is Black / White, which features a song by Danish post-punk duo The Raveonettes [...]
Monday Morning Inspiration: Jamie Caliri
Stop motion animator Jamie Caliri creates distinctive, beautifully crafted stop motion animation for film and television. In my current “day job” I design opening credits and title sequences. When I’m searching for inspiration I often watch the work of one of my favourite animators, Jamie Caliri. His amazing credits include the title sequences of Lemony [...]
