SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
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The Elwins – So Down Low by Alan Poon
Post-its are a tool of choice for the pixelated minds of our ADD information age and here, elusive auteur, Alan Poon, uses them to pull off another fun yet deftly woven short in this music video for the Elwins. Poon has an innate sense of timing, framing and idiosyncratically spot-on progression. If you have never…
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Adventure Time by Kirsten Lepore
What time is it? Change in animation time! Cartoon Network’s delightfully bizarre children’s show/stoner staple Adventure Time will be debuting a stop-motion episode as part of the upcoming seventh season, set to premiere this winter.
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1/100 Shibuya Crossing by Terada Mokei
Not a single matchbook cover in Japan survived their merciless patience. Head of the firm at Terada Mokei, Naoki Terada, a self proclaimed “architect, designer, modeler, and culinary specialist” might give J.R.R. Tolkien a run for his money in the universe-creation business. 1/100 is apparently the preferred scale for creating architectural models, but with models…
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Breakin’ Brussels Sprouts by Max Winston
Can’t be stop motion, right? But yes ’tis and we are indeed a little obsessed of late with the avant grade approach of Max Winston and how he’s been bringing his edge to the airwaves. A must see making-of video is below, and all, or at least a portion, of his bag of tricks is…
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Pinocchio by Gabriel Nóbrega
Director Gabriel Nóbrega of VetorZero re-appropriates scenes from the classic tale of Pinocchio. The animations are part of a larger documentary called “A Vida Privada dos Hipopótamos”, exploring the experiences of foreign prisoners inside Brazilian jail. Sparing no attention to detail, the sets and figures are weathered and textured to imperfection, recalling the seminal period…