Friday, November 30, 2012

Every Dog's Guide To Complete Home Safety

I really appreciate the deceptive simplicity of the art in this short, like a Sunday newspaper comic. Also, dogs.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Jammed


A stop-motion and CG tribute to the good old-fashioned audio cassette.


Monday, November 26, 2012

Saturday, November 24, 2012

BONUS! Alicia Keys sings 'Gummi Bears'

Here's a little weekend bonus - Alicia Keys doing a cover of the "Gummi Bears" theme song on Jimmy Fallon.



Tuesday, November 20, 2012

South Park - Picking a Turkey

Gobbles!


"Helen Keller the Musical" is one of the best Thanksgiving-themed episodes of television ever produced. In fact, why don't you just set aside 22 minutes and watch the whole thing? This "South Park" episode combines elements of American Thanksgiving, the story of Helen Keller, witty observations about musical theater both professional and amateur (including a perfect parody of Colm Wilkinson), and the always-reliable story of an underdog... and somehow makes it all fit together. You won't regret watching it.

Click here to watch!

Friday, November 16, 2012

The Tale of the Three Brothers

The virtuosic animated sequence from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Created by Framestore, directed by Ben Hibon.

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation

About a year after the viral success of their microscopic stop-motion animated short, Nokia went the opposite direction and made the world's largest stop-motion animation.


And here's how they did it:

Monday, November 12, 2012

Dot. The world's smallest stop-motion animation character

This caused a sensation a couple years ago - a stop-motion animation created on an incredibly small scale. Watch to the end to see exactly how small.


To explain a little more, here's a making-of:

Friday, November 9, 2012

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012

Creature Comforts

Aardman Animations, the studio that would go on to create Wallace and Gromit, won an Oscar with this early concept of interviewing ordinary people, then re-contextualizing sound bites by putting the words into the mouths of various animals. A clever and charming concept, well-executed.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Sufjan Stevens - Mr. FROSTY MAN

Well, Halloween may be over, but the zombie menace has yet to be eradicated in this Sufjan Stevens video.