This post is a bit of a grab-bag/info dump – I’m rather a stop-motion nerd, and quite a few people have asked me for references for stop-motions etc., so here’s a list of things I use as inspiration or when explaining to people the kind of things that are possible by combining still frames into a video, however those stills were created. It’s by no means comprehensive, but it’s a nice start.
Just moving things about (with/without actors):
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Her Morning Elegance (Again!)
and Behind the Scenes:
The Deep (I love, love, love this, especially the calliper jellyfish
and pincer cleaner-wrasse!):
Western Spaghetti by PES (this guy… just blows my mind):
Game Over by PES (I should probably stop here, just check out their channel):
Post it lovers _ Eyecow smokers (post-it notes and, later, actors):
Food about You (Sciencey elements, nicely surreal approach to
something mundane):
OK Go’s End Love (actors in scene):
Creative, Inc. (Lighthearted manifestation of concepts, very do-able):
Photos of actors as elements in stop-motion:
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Pig and Wolf (interesting combination of two kinds of motion):
The Pen Story (Similar piece, though with less of a story):
Olympus PEN advert (HUGE images in a scene, same guy as pig and wolf):
and making of (loads of useful info):
http://www.olympus.eu/PENgiant/
Des pop et des up:
Animated static papercraft
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A map comes to life
Soulgraphix (brilliant, hugely complex series of paper-craft):
Animation similar-element papercraft:
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Dot by Ardman Animations (microscopic!):
http://www.stopmotionpro.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=195:nokia-and-qdotq&catid=20:news&Itemid=43
paper horse stop motion animation test
Rex the dog – bubbilicious
Other techniques:
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Knit natural gas commercial (illustrates the usefulness of shooting things in reverse! This was done by unravelling and snipping off the threads for each frame.)
(blue-screen to make things float above a background):