The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
by William Joyce
This short animated film won Best Animated Short Film at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012. It is a story about the love of stories and is 15 minutes of animated pleasure!
Category Archives: Animation Examples
A Wolf Loves Pork
Truly one of the most amazing and innovative stop motion animations. It all begins with a snapshot, and then…well, it’s diofficult to describe what happens. Just watch it for yourself. Continue reading
Post-It Note Animation
What more can be said? ANYTHING can become an animation! (With creativity and a ton of patience!)
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Hoops & Yoyo
Talk about a success story! These little irreverent animated guys have a huge following and tons of MERCH! Simple interactivity and cute character animation!
Frame by Frame: Stop Motion
A great discussion – with examples – of stop motion animation, from stop motion animators. Eight minutes of animation heaven! Continue reading
Introductory Movies
Here are the movies viewed in the first week, and why:
Making Fiends
Another fun collection of animated stories. Also begun in Flash, these crossed over to television and Merchandise!
http://www.makingfiends.com/
Homestar Runner
Old school flash animations…a whole collection of ’em…featuring Homestar Runner, Strong Bad and a host of other silly characters. Homestar Runner
30 Second Bunnies
A humorous collection of famous movies, re-enacted in 30 seconds by bunnies. Yep.
30 Second Bunnies
Albino Blacksheep
Before yoututbe and Vimeo, there were other large collections of videos and animations. One that remains is http://www.albinoblacksheep.com, with a vast collection of nutty animations, mostly created in Flash. You can get lost in there!