I’m not usually a big fan of pixellation (animating the human body), but this is very well done – a music video of the track “Her Morning Elegance” by Oren Lavie. Typically, I’m so out of touch that this is totally new to me – but it won a deserved Grammy this year for best [...]
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Stop.Frame has been following the progress of Doctor Knowgood – a short puppet animation film by Dutch animator Arnold Zwanenburg, shot in Indonesia over the past six months or so. It’s taken a few weeks for Arnold to adjust to being back in Rotterdam, but he’s [...]
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; I’ve been following the progress of Dutch animator Arnold Zwanenburg, who has been shooting Doctor Knowgood, a stop motion puppet animation about a know-all monkey in a lab coat, in scenic Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The film is now finished, and had its premiere a couple of weeks ago [...]
It’s always nice to get some feedback from animators about Stop.Frame. Puppet animation is a bit neglected online, so the point about this blog is to publicise some of the animators working in the field and also give some practical help and advice to would-be stop-framers. So I was really pleased to receive a comment [...]
I’ve just come across the national Film Board of Canada’s repository of animated short films online. There are 319 of them (though Madame Tutli-Putli also has its trailer, for some reason, so that’s 318, I guess). They’re part of its wider collection of 1000+ live action, experimental and documentary films online. You can search the [...]
This is a bit off-topic for Stop.Frame, given that Tim Burton’s new Alice in Wonderland is a part live action and part digitally animated movie, but what the heck. Here’s my two-minute critique (warning: spoilers ahead). I did enjoy it – certainly much more than the other high-profile 3D movie phenomenon everyone has been talking [...]
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; In another slice of Indonesian puppet animation, Arnold Zwanenburg (below with his set) discusses the making of props and sets for his production of Doctor Knowgood – the story of a know-all monkey in a lab coat – and how the local environment inspired his creativity. 3) [...]
My first experience that claymation animation could be for grown-ups as well as children came in the late 1970s, when I discovered punk rock and alternative music. As a young teenager I started watching the Old Grey Whistle Test on the BBC – a music show aimed at adult fans, rather than Top of the [...]
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Filming is now well under way of the Studio Googoo production of Doctor Knowgood – a puppet animation about a know-all monkey in a lab coat. In the second of this series about the making of the film, we’re looking at the move from character idea [...]
Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; In the first of this series on the making of Doctor Knowgood – the story of a self-important monkey in a white coat who believes he’s a doctor – we’re looking at character concept and design. How did animator Arnold Zwanenburg come up with the idea [...]
