Creative Focus :: Stop Motion

Hornet Animates Bat for Lashes’ Lilies

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Hornet mixed-media director and stop-motion specialist Peter Sluszka is tapped to direct a music video for “Lilies,” the fourth single from Bat for Lashes from the acclaimed album, “The Haunted Man.”

Oscar® Tour 2013 Day 3 Stops at Tippett Studio

Day 3 continues with a tour of cg and stop-motion wizards Tippett Studio.

Macropolis Short Wins Ireland's Best Animation Award

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Flickerpix wins the Irish Film and Television Academy award for Best Animation for its short film, “Macropolis.”

Tim Reckart Talks Head Over Heels

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: 2D, Awards, People, Short Films, Stop-Motion
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The director, fresh from his Annie Award win for Best Student Film, discusses his Oscar-nominated stop-motion gem.

Interactive Book Shows the Making of ParaNorman

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Focus Features releases an interactive booklet providing a closer look at Laika’s “ParaNorman.”

Head Over Heels Director Launches Reckart Productions

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Director Timothy Reckart launches his own production company, Reckart Productions, with two stop-motion feature projects in development: “Super Special Ed” and “I Lost My Mind.”

Laika Announces New Boxtrolls Feature

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Focus Features and Laika reunite for October 2014’s “The Boxtrolls,” based on Alan Snow’s bestseller “Here Be Monsters,” and starring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Tracy Morgan.

Selick’s Shadow King is Greenlighted

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K5 International will begin pre-selling the animation project, which began life at Disney, to buyers at the European Film Market.

Making Havoc: A Stop-Motion Sci-Fi Epic

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I've launched a Kickstarter campaign for my latest project, a stop-motion sci-fi action adventure and I need your help!

PES Talks Fresh Guacamole

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The innovative director discusses his unique brand of object-based stop-motion filmmaking.

Strange Hill High Gets Second Term

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CBBC orders a second season of the television series, “Strange Hill High” to air in 2014.

UCA Grad Animates Captain Sparky Short for Tim Burton

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UCA grad, Mark Waring animates the short film “Captain Sparky v The Flying Saucers” for the DVD/Blu Ray release of “Frankenweenie.”

Imira Teams with Zumbastico on Horatio and the Plasticines

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Imira Entertainment and Zumbastico Studios are collaborating to co-develop and co-produce “Horatio and the Plasticines.”

An Electrifying Frankenweenie DVD Release

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The just released DVD set of Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie should be afforded a spot in the collection of any animation fan as well as any serious student of the medium

Safeway Trades Paper for Elastic

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Elastic Director and Annecy International Film Festival winner Andy Hall team with DDB Chicago to create “Paper,” a whimsical new :30 for Safeway’s “just for U” app.

Celebrity Deathmatch Creator Wrecks Stop-Motion Havoc

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Celebrity Deathmatch creator Eric Fogel helms his passion project -- a stop-motion animated post-apocalyptic action/adventure called “Havoc.”

Sam Fell Joins Passion Pictures

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Animated feature film director signed for worldwide commercials representation.

Depression Gets Animated in Rocks in My Pockets

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Latvian-born animator Signe Baumane is creating an animated feature for adults: a funny film about depression.

Book Review: The Making of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Fred Patten's Book Reviews | Site Categories: Books, Films, People, Stop-Motion
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Fred Patten looks at Brian Sibley’s book chronicling the making of Aardman’s exquisite Oscar-nominated stop-motion feature.

ParaNorman, Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie lead Oscar Nominations

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The race for Oscar gold is on as the 2013 nominations are announced.