This is the opening and closing animation for a children’s television show in Russia. It was made by Yuri Norstein who works primarily with pieces of painted paper that he moves to create stop-motion animations unlike any others in the world. This is a beautiful piece that captures the storybook imagination perfectly. It looks damned close to being 3-dimensional. But don’t be fooled – Pixar can’t do this. Only Norstein can. He does it with his fingers. Incredible and brilliant and exquisite.
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Animation: Dead All Along
Here’s a nice music video made by Giles Timms at the Animation Workshop at UCLA’s Department of Theater, Film and Television. It features the music of Ceri Frost and looks like cutout animation. It’s a nice little film to warm up for Halloween.