Stop motion is all the rave right now. Well, it never really went away. But the higher tech one end of the spectrum gets, the more there will be a group that will revive something from yesteryear.
Sometimes, they blend lo- and hi-tech. Like the Drench commercial featuring Thunderbird’s Brains, which used the classic Thunderbird marionette together with CGI to achieve some moves which conventional puppetry cannot, no matter how skillful the puppet-master may be.
I’m curious if this video by Shynola for Coldplay’s single, Strawberry Swing was 100% stop motion. Whether the chalk backdrops were drawn out scene by painstaking scene (because the texture of the ground canvas doesn’t move) by.
Stop motion purists, rub your hands in glee. I gotta look out for a making-of.
Pondering how they did it is good and always part of the wonder and entertainment. But in the meantime, also just sit back and enjoy.
Tags: shynola, stop motion
