Stop and go
18 February 2008I had an opportunity to waste some time on YouTube today and thought I’d share two very watchable shorts. Both are stop motion and let me tell you, stop motion has come a long way from Gumby.
The first, Tony vs. Paul, is better than the second, My Animated World, both in technical precision and overall story. I’ll wait while you check them out.
Can you believe the time these people spent on these films? That fact alone is worthy of all the praise you can lavish upon them. But add to that the incredible creativity of these guys. I’m not as impressed with My Animated World because it’s a bit jerkier and the story isn’t quite as compelling. But of course you have to respect the old-school Tetris and Snake interludes.There are a ton of other stop-motion films out there worth watching. Maybe it’s due in part to new software tools like Boinx Software’s iStopMotion? Or perhaps it’s just this generation’s abundance of free time? Either way it makes for some watchable content on YouTube.
