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.The studio’s first feature film follows a group of plucky (sorry) hens as they struggle to escape their chicken farm “prison”. The film is delightfully funny and sly, and proved to be a huge hit for Aardman. More features would soon follow…
Serious advancements in digital frame grabbing software take place, but video cameras (analogue and digital) are the only feasible camera solutions. The result is a mixed blessing: very easily previewed and managed footage, that is not of a particularly high resolution. Feature films continue to rely upon physical film for image recording.
Relatively affordable DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) cameras begin to allow for very high-resolution images to be captured. But frame grabbing software is still lacking when it comes to communicating with the camera to establish the “live view” that is required by animators to create effective work.
Directed by Dave Thomas, this show focuses on Henry Wiggins, a boy who has his wishes granted each time he eats his mother’s magical carrots. This program is notable for being the first Canadian television series created entirely in stop motion.
This film was the breakout hit for the modern master of object animation. If you’ve ever longed to see chairs engaged in various sexual acts, this is the film for you. As playfully naughty as it sounds, it’s fantastically inventive fun.
This short film was a huge hit for Elliot, winning him the Oscar for Best Animated Short. It’s a detailed examination of its title character who despite a good outlook on life, suffers from very bad luck. It’s a great film to study for its extremely rich character development.
Dragonframe (then known simply as Dragon) is launched by brother team Jamie and Dyami Caliri (stop motion artist and software designer, respectively). Among its many great features, this groundbreaking tool finally solves the problem of getting DSLR cameras to provide “live view” to the frame grabbing interface. Now, animators are free to create high quality animation and capture ultra high resolution frames in one slick workflow. This opens the door for stop motion to fully move into the digital age, and for a medium that had remained basically unchanged for it’s first 100 years, this advancement is a massive one.
The comedy team moves into the feature film arena, to great acclaim. The film wins the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film that year. At this point, a noticeable increase in stop motion feature productions begins to occur, much to the delight of fans and animators everywhere, of course!
Tim Burton takes his passion for the medium another step further, with this high-spirited story of impossible love and singing ghouls. The puppets were fabricated at Mackinnon & Saunders, and make use of remarkable miniature facial mechanisms, allowing for incredibly precise movements.
This television series follows Raven, her brother Talon and their friend T-Bear on adventures, as they explore their Cree community in northern Saskatchewan. Aimed at younger viewers, but still entertaining for older audiences, this series offers a perspective into aboriginal life in Canada, and is the first stop motion series of its kind. It aired in four languages: Cree, English, French, and Inuk.
This beautifully realized short film stands out in all ways, as it builds the tension between a boy, his duck, and a hungry wolf. It’s all set expertly set to the music of Sergei Prokofiev, and won the Oscar for Best Animated Short.
Here we have television’s first stop motion series focused squarely on gay characters. With puppets fashioned in the style of Lego and Playmobil toys, this show was also notable for its distinctive puppet design.
This atmospheric short film has a truly distinctive approach to facial animation, along with some extremely unsettling (and beautiful) puppets. The filmed earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short.
Directed by Neil Burns, this film offers up all the mad scientist craziness that any stop motion fan could ask for, and marks Canada’s first stop motion feature film.
As prices for DSLR cameras continue to drop, it becomes increasingly affordable for independent artists to take full advantage of true high resolution, with 1080p (and beyond) easily attainable.
A highly original and off-the-wall comedy, this Belgian film uses rigid toys as puppets for fantastic effect. Based on a successful television series that’s done in the same style, it’s a great example of what strong writing can achieve, and proves that effective animation doesn’t have to come from expensive armatures.
A feature film that expands on Elliot’s talent for careful character studies, this film explores the pen pal relationship between a lonely young girl in Melbourne and a troubled middle–aged man in New York.
The first feature from the studio that would soon become a major stop motion player, this film met with great box office and critical success. Henry Selick directs the story of an imaginative little girl who moves between the normal world and one of wonderful and sometimes dangerous fantasy. Based on a Neil Gaiman story, this film is also notable for being the first stop motion feature shot using modern 3D methods.
Director Wes Anderson turns his talents to stop motion with this feature.The film is distinctive in its visual style, with a meticulous flair that is typical of Anderson’s films. The direction of the animation is to be admired as well, since the puppet fur is purposefully allowed to shift and “live” in the animation, providing a distinctively hand-made energy to the overall film.
