This is a bit of an oddity, in that it doesn’t feature puppets and it’s not actually stopframe animation. In fact, despite the title of the video, it’s not animation at all, but live action. But this is a stunning piece of work from, unbelievably, Ukraine’s Got Talent. No naff dance routines or music hall [...]
There’s something about Japanese stopframe animation. Surreal, Saccharin sweet and disturbing in equal measure, it’s difficult to tell whether it’s aimed at precociously troubled children or emotionally childlike adults. Maybe that’s why I like it so much. Aside from all these fine qualities, this story about curious cat Komaneko is also a penetrating study into [...]
Did you know that you have a much better chance of getting your animated film shown at a festival if it’s a stop motion puppet film than a drawn or computer animated film? Here’s why. At the recent London International Animation Festival, I couldn’t help but notice there were very few puppet or stop-motion films [...]
Just to demonstrate how little the mainstream media world knows, or probably cares, about puppet animation, London free newspaper Metro featured an article about Bob the Builder‘s 10th birthday that seemed to get its creator wrong. The article quoted Keith Chapman – the writer who came up with the concept – as the character’s designer. [...]
Lots to come from the London International Animation Festival, which this year I managed to see quite a bit of. OK, so I was dog tired last week thanks to relentless work, which meant, I have to confess, I found it a tiny bit difficult to stay awake during Saturday’s documentary about Stanislas Starewitch (it [...]
