Stop-Motion Love Story: The Maker
The Maker is an artful sci-fi love story with a timeless theme. Time. Less. (Watch, you’ll see what I mean.) Film-makers Christopher and Christine Kezelos, whose first stop-motion piece Zero scooped...
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LEGO ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ Is All Kinds of Awesome
A stop-motion video that is not only LEGO... not only Batman... but a full-on LEGO Batman re-creation of the opening sequence to the best animated series of all time: 'Batman: The Animated Series'!...
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Stop-Motion Master Ray Harryhausen Dies
Reading Time: 3 minutesRay Harryhausen with several of his models. Photo Credit: Potatojunkie – cc Ray Harryhausen, who revolutionized animation and inspired several generations of movie makers, died...
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A Look Inside ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
Reading Time: 14 minutesEarlier this month, I was invited (along with several other bloggers) to visit LAIKA to get an advance look at its upcoming film, Kubo and the Two Strings. I had been a couple...
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Making Kubo: A Tour of LAIKA and the Process of Stop-Motion Animation
Reading Time: 5 minutesDirector and animator Travis Knight working with Kubo on the Sun Village set for animation studio LAIKA’s epic action-adventure KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, a Focus Features...
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Review: Kubo and the Two Strings
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a summer of remakes, it’s refreshing to see an original story. Kubo and the Two Strings is the latest stop-motion film by LAIKA. Kubo is also the directorial debut of...
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How to Do Stop-Motion Animation on a Budget
Reading Time: 3 minutes I grew up with the stop-motion animation of Aardman Animations and always thought of it as something that would be beyond me to create. After watching some old episodes, my kids...
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Exclusive Blu-ray Clip: Wallace & Gromit’s World of Invention
Reading Time: 2 minutesI first discovered Wallace & Gromit in college, when I was working at Learningsmith in Boston, a store that sold a lot of educational games and toys and videos. As a huge fan...
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Dream Jobs You’ve Never Heard Of: Senior Animation Supervisor
Reading Time: 6 minutes Jay Grace hard at work on The Pirates. Jay Grace has a very cool job. As a Senior Animation Supervisor at Aardman Animations, he works on some of the best stop-motion animation...
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Animation Projects on Kickstarter
Reading Time: 4 minutes Flewn by Gabriel Smetzer I’ve always loved stop-motion animation. I remember watching the Will Vinton’s Christmas Celebration as a kid and attempting to make my own stop-motion...
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The Art and Making of ParaNorman
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve always loved stop-motion animation. Sure, CG animation is improving by leaps and bounds and the appearance is approaching reality — Brave was really pushing the envelope...
View ArticleStop Motion Lego Portal 2 Video
Reading Time: 1 minute This is a hoot! And watch to the end for a little Black Mesa fun. Click through to read all of "Stop Motion Lego Portal 2 Video" at GeekDad.If you value content from GeekDad,...
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Kickstarter Alert: House of Monsters is a Stop-Action Film with Classic Monsters
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Ray Harryhausen passed away earlier this month, I thought a lot about his contributions to movies. His pioneering of stop-action animation laid the groundwork for special...
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Happy Father's Day from LEGO Star Wars
Reading Time: 1 minuteLego Star Wars Luke and Vader To celebrate the ultimate male parental unit themed holiday, LEGO has released this delightful animated video featuring the galaxy’s best known...
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Who Are You Going to Send? The Away Team!
Reading Time: 1 minuteThey may get killed in inglorious ways every time they beam down to the planet surface, but when the going gets tough, send in the Away Team to handle the job. Click through to...
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Visiting the Set of The Boxtrolls (Part 1)
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn animator’s hands working on the delicate process of the puppet’s movement during production of The Boxtrolls. Image: LAIKA, Inc. Back in April, I had the chance to visit...
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Visiting the Set of The Boxtrolls (Part 2)
Reading Time: 4 minutesCaitlin Pashalek works on the floors in Lord Portley-Rind’s house during production of The Boxtrolls. Photo: John Leonhardt / LAIKA, Inc. Click here for Part 1 of my set visit....
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The Boxtrolls Theatrical Poster Revealed
Reading Time: 1 minuteYesterday LAIKA released the theatrical poster for The Boxtrolls, their upcoming stop-motion animated film. You can see several of the titular boxtrolls, Eggs (the boy raised by...
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OgoSport’s BILD + AnimateIt! Stop Motion Animation Essentials Kit
Reading Time: 3 minutesImage: OgoSport I’ve been itching to play around with stop motion animation for years. The little apps I’ve found for my iPhone don’t really inspire me, however, and I have...
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GeekDad Interviews Scott Adsit at DragonCon
Reading Time: 4 minutesScott Adsit, best known for 30 Rock and being the voice of Baymax in Big Hero 6, was kind enough to set aside some time for an interview during DragonCon 2015. GeekDad: How are...
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