La Nostalgia del Sr. Alambre

La Nostalgia del Sr. Alambre from Jonathan Ostos Yaber on Vimeo.

So I got this tweet from Marc over at animateclay.com about this new stop mo festival film thats going around called La Nostalgia del Sr. Alambre (I have no idea what it means). Anyhoo... It uses stop motion puppets and 3D sets and backgrounds. Not only that, but it uses many other forms of animation to convey the story as well(2d, shadow/silhouette puppetry).

I love the design of the characters, and I'm pretty please with the CG backgrounds. I think it makes the film somewhat of a treat for the eye. Will be very interested in seeing this film dubbed or sub titled.

**UPDATE** I was sent a message from the animations Director Jonathan Ostos Yaber and he supplied me a direct link to the trailer for the film.

Thanks Jonathan for the information!!!

Romance

Here are some puppets I created for a short film for the 48hr Jacksonville Film Festival. For the time I had to make them, I think they turned out fairly well, but as always, much room for improvement. Enjoy!!!

Here are the puppets in action too!!!

Oldie but a Goodie!

I was searching through the interweb when I remembered one of the first found object stop motion projects that I screened. The title was Mr. Resistor. It was done by Mark Gustafson at Will Vinton Studios. A very strange but interestingly funny piece. Fun and clever little animation. Just thought I would share it with you.

** Side note, this is what partially inspired a film Hanna Bliss and myself created entitled "The Yard".**

Stop Motion Workshop

Soooo.... I will be hosting at Stop Motion workshop for my School, the Art Institute of Jacksonville later this month. Its gonna feature a puppet fabrication workshop on one day, and then an animation workshop on the following day. SUPER EXCITING!!!!

Another STOP MOTION FEATURE!!!!

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Very different from anything we've seen in recent years. I will be one of the first in line to see it, but I am not sure what I think about it. I love the fact it has the traditional characteristics of old school stop motion, but will the style hold up as a feature? Thought?