How do stop motion tv shows even exist?
Legitimately what studio is actually willing to let them do something that takes that much time and effort for anything other than a theatrical movie?
How do stop motion tv shows even exist?
How do stop motion tv shows even exist?
Legitimately what studio is actually willing to let them do something that takes that much time and effort for anything other than a theatrical movie?
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>kino thread
>gets ignored
many such cases
The answer to your question is Aardman. They're so soulful even their "bad" stuff is just mediocre at worst. They have a deep passion for the craft that fuels them more than money does.
Then again, I haven't watched Chicken Run 2 yet.
Flushed Away was utter shite
Wrong.
That's where you're wrong
Explain how without just saying "CGI bad"
Ugly character design
Bad premise
Bad writing
Bad voice performances other than Sir Ian
Conceptually lacking appeal to audiences leading to financial flop
Wrong
Wrong
Wrong
Wrong
Half wrong
have a nice day
No u
TOM JONES
It was NOT.
Rat breasts
The character acting in this movie is so goddamn good
As someone who watched it recently, it's alright, unnecessary as a sequel to a very complete standalone film but like you say their sheer passion for the craft really shines through.
>see thread
>remembered how each episode was a banger even if it was just simple
They knew their craft, and use it well. And to answer your question: it's time,revenue, watch time, and a bunch of other factors that cause many stop motion shows to have very short seasons
Don't European studios get art grants if they apply in order to make passionate animation that a country believes will benefit the art scene?
How dafaq would I know? I'm not in Europe.
>How do stop motion tv shows even exist?
With A LOT of hard work.
How much longer does it take than regular animation really tho?
Prolly a decent amount idk
It's not the medium that determines how long an animation takes, it is what you do with it. 3/4 talking heads is quick and easy, complex choreography and effects takes a long time.
it doesn't actually take more effort than other forms of animation, at least time-wise
on something like bob the builder, to take a well-known example, the animation team was expected to turn out twelve seconds of animation a day
A lot of Brit kids' TV used to be stop motion. Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Trumpton, Magic roundabout etc etc
They had the infrastructure for it and boomers with ample experience
they still have a lot of infrastructure for it
the list of stuff mackinnon and saunders have made puppets for is very very long
Didn't the company that made the specific type of clay used by British claymation shut down recently?
yes but most stop motion isn't claymation
oh i think its because the tv shows are done with the CGI used in flushed away.
wrong
Shaun the Sheep has short episodes and not a lot of locations.
i heard a rumor that some oil prince bankrolls ardman
You might be thinking of how Laika is funded by a guy with ties to Nike IIRC.
IT doesn't actually take that much longer. You also have to remember that for shows like Shaun the sheep are also a lot more minimalistic than Ardman's theater releases.
Huh. I never actually sat down and tried catching the shortcuts and reuses implemented in Shaun cartoons. You're probably right
Shaun and Bitzer are a couple.
To answer your question, animation regardless if it's CGI, hand drawn or stop motion takes a lot of time. And often, when a show is announced, they already have at least two seasons done and can release them weekly, meaning they have time to make new episodes as long as they aren't cancelled.
But how'd Shaun the Sheep avoid cancellation for such a consistent string of time? What is Aardman's secret?
Nice reaction image
Same goes for czech
>But how'd Shaun the Sheep avoid cancellation for such a consistent string of time?
It's incredibly popular around the world. Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Spain, France, Mexico, Brazil, etc. etc. all love it and it gets shown regularly. The only place that doesn't care for it is America and funnily enough, Aardman's starting to recently sell their creativity to appease those morons. Chicken Run 2 has so much Americanism storybeats and lines it's painfully obvious who their audience was meant to be. It was disappointing (not bad) and not worth the wait.
>Chicken Run 2 has so much Americanism storybeats and lines
moron here. What is the American stuff? I have literally no idea waht separates "normal" from "American". I rarely watch movies nowadays.
It's been Ardmans best selling property.
Otp~
Pingu
Is that… CG??
The japanese version is cgi btw
AAAHHH GROMIT! SAVE THE CRACKERS GROMIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!
>Aardman Disaster of 2005
Uhhhh... Wat
>simple designs for the characters, minimal accessories or hair
>reusing the same two locations (or just one) over and over
>only things animated are the characters, very little background animation
>small cast of characters
>very low framerate
makes sense
>The Wombles
>Chamberwick green
>The Clangers
>Morph
>Fireman sam (Sam Tân)
>Thomas the Tank Engine
>Postman pat
>Bob the Builder
>Shaun the sheep
>The intro for Grisly tales for Gruesome kids
The primordial soup of every generation of British Children's television was all done in stop motion.
>Grisly Tales switching from stopmotion and hand drawn animation to CGI and flash tweening
That's the most horrifying part of all
thomas the tank engine was live action
the warehouse where they stored all their old props burnt down
I don't know how other shows did it, but aardmans got a money saver technique; prepare a specific set and shoot as many scenes of multiple episodes for that one set as possible
I've never seen anyone talk about Aardman's bug show. I thought it wasn't out yet but apparently it's been out for 2 years.