Any fans of stop motion photography?
 

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.

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

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" (!)

How and where? I'm interested.

Different kind of stop-motion...

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

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.ya...ickortreat.jpg

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.

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

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.

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

Don't forget: according to Tom Cruise, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS is the greatest movie ever made!

LOL, jeezus.

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Valley of the Gwangi(cowboys and dinosaurs)
Clash of the Titans
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad

the stop motion work for the most part in The Lost World was pretty good for the time ... dino's fighting, the environment reacting ... but i still had a laugh at some of the ideas .. like the plant eaters gnashing their sharp pointy teeth constantly ...

dude have you seen how vegetarian types GET when they're near a salad bar....it's downright creepy.

they fart a lot too...

OOPS! My bad.

It was Tom Hanks who said that, when introducing Ray Harryhausen at the Academy's Technical Awards. (Harryhausen was receiving a lifetime achievement award.)

I love stop motion. I watch Clash of the Titans every Easter. It's a tradition. I've read a couple of articles that Warner Bros. is trying a remake though...and the new movie will no doubt lose its charm through CGI.

Did know one mention THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS? I just saw it recently at a theatre where Ray Harryhausen spoke before the film. It held up better than expected: not only were the effects entertaining, but the film had a decent script and did a good job of holding interest even when the monster was not on screen.

You can see a video of Harryhausen's talk here: http://hollywoodgothique.com/beastfr...thoms1953.html

Hell, no one mentioned one of the greatest:

John Carpenter's The Thing

Have you ever watched anything from Jan Svankmajer? Alice might be the easiest movie to find. He does some crazy stuff.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095715/

Yes, and I gotta say, Good God! That guy's nuts. Talented though!

EQUINOX (1970) has some fun stop-motion animation. It's a bit of a precursor to Evil Dead too...

stop motion Vallaey of Gwangi
 

Check out The Valley of Gwangi, a Ray Harryhausen masterpiece with cowboys fighting dinosaurs...

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These are good.

Add One Million Years B.C. (Can't remember if stop motion is used or just made up iguana's though).

I've made 4 or 5 stop motion shorts in my day....




The best thing stop-motion has ever generated was South Park.

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i think most of the creature action was superimposed live animals made to look big..

Stop Motion Pro is very good for stop motion, i made a 2 minute animation of 2 clay figures i made wrestling, came out very good and proffessional looking