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Mario Enters the Real World

David Delony — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:27:41 +0000

Everybody loves Mario, so it’s great to see people doing something creative with the character, like making stop motion movies of him in the real world.

The video, “Super Mario Beads 2,” was created by Marcus and Hannes Knutson, of the Swedish studio Lefvande bilder. It’s gotten over a million views ...
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Stop Motion Gameboy Classics In Minecraft

Federico Lo Giudice — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:24:46 +0000

Users can create literally anything in Minecraft, even some Game Boy Classics of the early 90′s, thanks to the magic of stop motion animation.

The simple, yet beloved Game Boy graphics turned out to be perfect for the people at MinecraftA2Z to fulfill their vision of creating a faithful reproduction of ...
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Jelly Bean Music Video

David Delony — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:49:18 +0000

Although music videos are a rare sight on MTV, the channel that made them popular, YouTube is overflowing with them. One unique video by singer-songwriter Kina Grannis is done in stop-motion with jelly beans.

The video for the very catchy “In Your Arms” took 288,000 jelly beans and almost two ...
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The World’s Largest Stop-Motion Animation Set

Darrick Mattsen — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:02:28 +0000

Stop-motion films are still popular, to some extent, as they can be a fun project for many film-makers. Essentially a mix of photography and cinema, they also can be a lot of detail-oriented hard work, especially in Nokia’s new flick.

Sumo Science at Aardman created this stop-motion film called “Gulp” for ...
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Nail Art Animation Brings a New Level to MotoChic

Nayla Khan — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:30:31 +0000

When it comes to advertising it is always the very different ads that linger on and have a stronger recall value. How different can a small car get and how can it appeal to customers? In the small car segment there are numerous players and all are trying their level ...
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Mario On Paper

Flor Sgarlatta — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:42:09 +0000

Obsessions, everyone knows, can be a nasty thing and Mario sure has one with his darling Princess Peach. He’ll stop at nothing to rescue her and though Nintendo’s had us fooled for years, making us believe he is somewhat of an heroic/stoic plumber, this adorable animated short shows us a ...
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Rubik’s Cube Stop-Motion Tetris

Darrick Mattsen — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:05:32 +0000

The Rubik’s Cube is often considered to have been a fad, yet it still holds up today as a relatively popular toy, at least to the extent that people of various ages can recognize one. This stop-motion video takes a different spin, so to speak, on the rotating puzzle. Fashioning ...
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8 Bit Nintendo and Lego Stop Motion

Alexandru Chiuariu — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:50:32 +0000

8-bit games may represent something that will soon be seen in history books, but they will still be a great source of inspiration for decades. The 8-bit Nintendo games characters transposed in the Lego world will surely leave many people awestruck.

Ninja Moped (previously known as Rymdreglage) is a Swedish pop ...
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Mechanical Sympathy: Reel Tape Looks Back on its Real Life

David Delony — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:25:56 +0000

Animator Tom McDermott has created a poignant short film that examines our relationship with technology and its obsolescence.

McDermott made “Mechanical Symathy” as a thesis project to “breathe life into an inanimate object using stop motion animation techniques.” The project used over 6,000 still photographs and was completed in about 5 ...
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