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Buddy the Elf!

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All the hard work of the last 10 months is paying off TONIGHT when Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas premieres at 8pm on NBC!
Re-imagining the “Elf” world was both fun and daunting, but we think it came out pretty snappy, and we had a great time working with everyone on it. Thank you to Warner Bros for letting us run with this one!

Check out what folks are saying and some video links below:

Variety: Stop-Motion ‘Elf’ Special Took Quick Route to NBC

Trailer:

AV Club Review:
An animated retelling of Elf justifies its existence with visual daring

Cloudy with a chance of Novelties!

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Catch Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 this weekend.  Our chums, Craig Kellman & Pete Oswlad worked with us to produce the way cool end credit cartoon!  It’s chock-a-block full of puppets, cartoons, food and men in suits!

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So what’re you waiting for?  Grab all your friends and march over to the next screening… yay!!

ADVENTUROUS!

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We like cartoons, Legos & Adventure Time!  Imagine our excitement when Pen Ward called us to smoosh all that stuff together.  Whooppee!   Chris Finnegan led the charge on this… pretty nifty, ay?

A smattering of Lego puppets for your enjoyment

A smattering of Lego puppets for your enjoyment

Here's Chris showing Nate how legos work.

Here’s Chris showing Nate how legos work.

Why is Kei smiling? Cuz it's Legos!

Why is Kei smiling? Cuz it’s Legos!

Kelly & John... our dynamic duo pushing things around.

Kelly & John… our dynamic duo pushing things around.

Sock Puppets @ the Oscars!

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Yes, we’re to blame.  We’re the nut jobs behind the Sock Puppet parody of “Flight” at last night’s Academy Awards.  Seth MacFarlane & Co. approached us with their idea and we knew we had to do it.  We’re proud to have been involved with such a silly part of the Oscars.

Say what you will about working with actors but we thought Denzel was very easy to work with. He patiently sat around waiting for his cues.

Say what you will about finicky actors but we thought Denzel was very easy to work with. He patiently sat around waiting for his cues.

 

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Super rad crew!

Super rad crew!

A heartfelt “gracias” goes out to everyone that helped us out on this.  It was one of those productions that ran very smoothly, everyone had fun and the vibe was fantastic!

No socks were harmed in the making of this production.

 

 

TONIGHT!

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The Nickelodeon premiere of “It’s a SpongeBob Christmas”, with ADDED SCENES is happening this very night!   Hooray!   Set your DVR’s and tune in at 8pm PST.

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“Bebe” is our latest collaboration with Leo Burnett & Duck Studios. Bebe is a cute, little girl who wishes for everything. But what she gets is even better… a party with her friends and family!

We wanted to create Bebe’s world with all sorts of colorful fabrics and bouncy animals….take a look!


McDonald’s – “Bebe” from Screen Novelties on Vimeo.

Screen Novelties gets MAD

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Keep your senses peeled for the all new MAD Magazine series on Cartoon Network. We took on some of the stop motion skits for the kind folks over at Warner Bros. Crazy fun!

Special kudos go out to our own Kelly Mazurowski & Max Winston for taking the directing reins… whoopee!

SpongeBob Title Sequence!

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We had the joyful task of re-imagining SpongeBob’s main title for his “Truth or Square” Special. It’s our style through and through…combining all sorts of fun stuff. We even got to spend a few days animating on the beach. Also look out for some footage shot on Super-8 mixed in there… gotta dig it!

SpongBob Theme in Stop Motion from Screen Novelties on Vimeo.

Be on the Lookout!

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We can’t believe it’s been 10 years since SpongeBob Squarepants floated his way into animation history. To celebrate, Nickelodeon will be airing a one-hour special jam-packed with fun and frivolity. And Screen Novelties has been given the honor of re-imagining the opening title. Can’t show much right now but tune-in to Nickelodeon on November 6th at 8pm and check it out.

Here’s a little more info…