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Posted by: Marc_Spess on Friday, May 09, 2008 - 11:11 PM |
I don't own a Macintosh computer, but from the looks of it - Frame by Frame is a good and inexpensive "as in FREE" program to capture your animation. It also has a timelapse function built into it. The requirements seem simple, OS X and a web cam. Download it here. And if anyone wants to review it we'll post your review on the site.
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Posted by: Marc_Spess on Friday, May 09, 2008 - 10:58 PM |
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Loose Moose released three new Chips Ahoy! commercials for TV. The quality of the puppets is top notch. The company is probably most well known for the Brisk Iced Tea commercials, probably because they are more action based. The Chips Ahoy! are more based around the comical side of life as a chocolate chip cookie. What do you expect if you taste so good? Find out in the new commercials.
Watch the first new spot called "Date" here.
Watch the second one called Eulogy here.
Watch the third one called Agave "Spanish telenovela spoof"here.
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Posted by: Marc_Spess on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 08:16 PM |
In the early 1980's, Liberty Studios in New York was given the task of making an intro for HBO. How they made all the mini sets and models is detailed in a short documentary that you can watch here. Its fun to see how everything is made by hand. If you compare the completed spot to a CG shot done today - the differences are obvious. CG will look more realistic while hand made shots have a different quality. Is it cartoony? How do you describe it? I guess "special" is the best term, since it falls in the category of special effects.
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Posted by: Marc_Spess on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 04:52 AM |
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Bright Eye Pictures has released a few really good documentaries about the reclusive Bruce Bickford and his clay animated films. I have only seen one, and was very impressed with the way Brett Ingram portrayed the human side of Bruce. He tied Bruce's life experiences with his art. So weather you like the clay animation style he creates or not, the documentary called Monster Road really made you think.
The directors recently released a film based around Bruce again called Luck of a Foghorn. It is bundled with their release of Bruces film called Prometheus Garden, so you can't just buy it by itself. Watch the official trailer for the film here.
Check out Mike Brent's Darkmatters blog where he gives his impressions here. As you can see, even Mike was shocked and he is a Svankmajer fan. But in the end he really appreciated Bruces work, so the film isn't for everyone.
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Posted by: Marc_Spess on Monday, April 28, 2008 - 02:20 AM |
There's a neat forum thread by Auteur about the construction of a red haired puppet. The face parts are made of plastic with replacement pop-in mouths. The arms and legs appear to be silicone, and if you go through the second page of the thread you can view the molds. It's a really professional job, and it just shows how well a puppet turn out - even with aluminum wire underneat it. Take a look at the puppet here.
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