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SHFT animator extraordinaire Liz Klein creates a moving message about the environment and climate change, using the tried and true technique of stop motion animation. Just in time for the holidays. Watch this before they run Rudolph....read more
Animated interpretation of the Hindu legend Shiva and the Hunter. In the story, a Hunter in search of game is forced up a tree by a hungry tiger. In order to stay awake the Hunter plucks the leaves from the Bilva tree which pleases Shiva who is fond of that particular leaf. With the arrival of the sun, the Hunter looks down and finds the tiger gone. In the tiger's place is Lord Shiva, who......read more
Glorious animated representation of the great outdoors, interpreting fantastic song from Canadian indie band Zeus. What a set! ...read more
North Carolina new-folk trio Bowerbirds enlisted Alan Poon to direct the video for "In Our Talons," from their debut album Hymns for a Dark Horse. Poon hits it out of the park with with this stop-motion spectacle done in the style of a nature documentary. Says the director, "We explore 3 magical creatures from 3 different lands, equally beautiful yet doomed by the hand of......read more
For Conor Finnegan's IADT grad project, the young Irish animator gathered an assortment of cameras and went to work with paper clouds and scale models to create this wonderful, dialog-free short film that speaks to man's relationship with nature. It's a delight to watch. With talent like this, it seems pretty certain that Finnegan will get some solid clients in no time....read more
The video for "Dear God," the soulful first single from Monsters of Folk, featuring Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), M. Ward (She and Him), and Jim James (My Morning Jacket), is a kaleidoscopic affair. Directed by Laura Faggioni, the semi-animated film opens with a view of earth from space, zooming down on a man laid out on the ground. The perspective then goes microscopic, into the......read more
A collaboration between director/animator Chopsy and Bristol beat maestro Architeq (Tirk Recordings), "Into the Cosmos" tells the story of old LPs that are mysteriously summoned to a warehouse from their forgotten homes in attics, shelves and garbage bins. The combo of stop-frame, pixelation, live action, and time lapse animation is smoothly outfitted with music and sound effects by......read more
Alex Schulz's adorable animated short "I am a Forest" tells the story of two forest critters whose world gets turned upside-down. Created entirely from paper, the set and characters show off Shulz's impressive scissoring skills. But what's maybe even more amazing is the story itself, which wraps in under a minute. At the end, we're left with a burning question: If a......read more
This video for Romanian musician Subcarpati, an animation of a street sign figure coming to life, shows some major commitment to creativity. According to the film's creators, Ionut Negrila and Mihai Calota, “The story makes more sense if you understand the lyrics." Well, we don't, but that's not keeping us from falling in love with it. The zero-budget production......read more
How we managed to miss this one, which was posted to Vimeo six months ago, we have no idea. Created by LA animator Kirsten Lepore, who is clearly a genius, "Bottle" is a stop-motion short exploring the transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle. Never mind the technical brilliance, the story triggers every emotion ever invented. Thanks to Booooooom for the......read more
