Today's post is a break from the mysteries of The Box of Letters to bring you the latest from Natalie's amazing adventure in making her first stop motion claymation short movie!
Thanks to the generous help and guidance of our friends Peter and Dru who came over and gave us a wonderful tutorial in how to put this all together and make it go, Natalie's "dream" is now available to share with you all here.
She calls it: "The Night Before Holloween"
Magic!
Not to be outdone, Diego came up with his own short and punchy piece of inspired film combining his favorite Lego toy with claymation, helped out with a soundtrack by his sister!
Of course it looked like so much fun the old man had to get into the act, bringing my own recent traumatic experiences metaphorically to life in clay!
Cathartic!
Elsa got the bug too and you can expect that she will be coming out with something amazing soon on her own blog: imagine when her dolls and other creations come to life and her verdant world of art spills over into stop motion imagery!
To paraphrase: the family that clays together, stays together!
Enjoy!
william
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Posted by: Generic Viagra Online | January 17, 2011 at 03:57 AM
WOW! These are amazing videos!!!! I love all of them. There is something magical about claymation that CG lacks. I loved Natalie's voice overs, well done.
Posted by: Janet M | January 17, 2011 at 08:01 AM
Yay Billy!!
Stop-motion movies are so special.
I cannot wait to explore that world deeply.
Elsita :)
Posted by: Elsita | January 17, 2011 at 06:39 PM
These are GREAT! I love them. The soundtracks are perfect. I think Clay Mann's really got it going on. Did he study with that other Mr. Bill, of Disasterpiece Theater and "Oh, Nooooo!" fame? I'll admit, I did think of that old SNL bit when I first read about your accident.
Also, I have to agree with that first comment, "The piece of information written by you is so interesting."
Posted by: Maiz | January 17, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Natalie's VO is really great! Watching these brought the first smile to my face today. And that might be the first time I actually liked a laugh track.
thanks.
Posted by: vanessa | January 18, 2011 at 01:42 PM
OK, your first comment is by 'Generic Viagra Online'. Um? To impress such an exciting and upstanding drug to post a comment, well, shucks and wow, those films must have really touched him. Ha.
Seriously, the films are great. I hear people are making a living off this stuff, crazy as it sounds. You have stuck golden pixels in them that hills, now that you have gone west, young man.
Posted by: Diane | January 19, 2011 at 03:38 AM
These look like so much fun. Any tips on trying it at home? Also, I'm hooked on your vernacular letter story. thanks.
Posted by: Frances | January 19, 2011 at 06:34 AM
Awesome!
The most creative we ever did together is dye Easter eggs...
Posted by: dutchbaby | January 20, 2011 at 05:16 PM
Oh my gosh. Those are too funny. I love seeing them all together like that and knowing how they came about.
Posted by: Snippety Gibbet | January 20, 2011 at 06:03 PM
These are awesome. I need to show my girls...
Posted by: kirsten | January 21, 2011 at 07:40 AM