SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
Coraline in 3D, The Dragon Stop Motion Connection
2009-02-21
From November 2006 to April 2007 I had the pleasure of working on the movie Coraline as the Supervising Art Director. During this time, the art department used an early version of Dragon Stop Motion to help with mock-ups of sets and to test some of the 3D (stereo) effects used in the movie. To
Read More >: Coraline in 3D, The Dragon Stop Motion ConnectionRaf Wathion and 300,000 Candles
2009-02-13
Director Raf Wathion and a team of 20 animators created this spectacular stop motion commercial for Electrabel. Raf had fun with the process. He left the animators in the shots to keep a down-to-earth, organic feel to this beautifully choreographed light show. We asked Raf how he felt about using Dragon Stop Motion. Raf –
Read More >: Raf Wathion and 300,000 CandlesStop Motion Poetry for Fleet Foxes “Mykonos”
2009-02-06
We were just sent this beautiful music video directed by Sean Pecknold for the Fleet Foxes song “Mykonos”. Sean and his team spent four weeks animating cut paper on a glass multi-plane rig. The images flow so well with the track, quite cinematic! You may also know Sean as the filmmaking entity “Grandchildren”. Here is
Read More >: Stop Motion Poetry for Fleet Foxes “Mykonos”United Airlines “Heart” wins the Annie Award
2009-01-31
Animation industry notables gathered at Royce Hall in Los Angeles for the 36th Annual Annie awards yesterday. ASIFA-Hollywood awarded prizes for last year’s best animation, including projects from film, television, commercials, video games, and short subjects. It was a night of animation giants, with amazing presenters and presentees such as Henry Selick, Nick Park and
Read More >: United Airlines “Heart” wins the Annie AwardAnimating on ‘United States of Tara’
2009-01-24
I met Jamie while working on ‘Coraline’ in Portland, OR so I was excited to get the chance to work with him again on the USofTara credit sequence. I was also very interested in testing out the features of his stop-motion software, Dragon. When I arrived, Jamie had shot a test using a real pop-up
Read More >: Animating on ‘United States of Tara’
