Any fans of stop motion photography?

[zomb5150]

I just recently watched 20 Million Miles to Earth, King Kong, Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young... I really enjoyed the stop motion photography effects of Ray Harryhausen and Willis O'Brien.
I was wondering if there were some other classic films that You might recommend that featured stop motion photography.

[urgeok]

i think the origional of The Lost World has it ..


if you want to have fun - there's free software on the net available that lets you create your own stop motion movies ..

i did a 10 second film of my kids mega block dragon flapping its wings :D

[filmmaker2]

You can see some stop-motion work of mine on the new DVD of "The Entity" (there's a documentary I did some stuff for). One of my favorite movies featuring quite a bit of stop motion is one no one ever thinks about..."The Empire Strikes Back" (!)

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by urgeok
i think the origional of The Lost World has it ..


if you want to have fun - there's free software on the net available that lets you create your own stop motion movies ..

i did a 10 second film of my kids mega block dragon flapping its wings :D

How and where? I'm interested.

[The_Return]

Different kind of stop-motion...

...but what about Nightmare Before Christmas?!?

[urgeok]

Originally posted by alkytrio666
How and where? I'm interested.

look for a free software called Monkey Jam.

let me know if you cant find it ..

[alkytrio666]

Originally posted by urgeok
look for a free software called Monkey Jam.

let me know if you cant find it ..

Found it and downloaded it, thank you very much. Can't wait to play around with it.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by alkytrio666
Found it and downloaded it, thank you very much. Can't wait to play around with it.

no prob .. its pretty easy to use .. i figured it out (enough to make a little clip) without reading anything in about 5 min..

i used my digi cam to take pics of gradual movement at the lowest possible quality setting.


obvious hint - try to anchor your subject fast - and mark its position .. the slightest movements can spoil the effect

[hollywoodgothiq]

Other stop-motion movies...

Well, this year's Oscar winner WALLACE AND GROMIT CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT. Oh wait, that's too new to mention in a thread about "classics."

One of my favorite HARRYHAUSEN films in GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD. I always find the stroboscopic look of stop-motion easier to tolerate in fantasy films where everything is make-believe.

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND is good, too; in fact, any of the Harryhausen flms are worth watching for the effects alone.

[lovecraft]

How about Jason and the Argonaughts...I love the skeleton fighting scene