“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.
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!
Seamus & Mark were guest speakers at Ray Harryhausen’s 90th Birthday celebration. It all took place at the British Film Institute in London. We were truly humbled to have shared the stage with big shots like Phil Tippett, Randy Cook and Peter Jackson along with Peter Lord, David Sproxton and Nick Park. Everyone’s favorite, John Landis hosted the lively event.
Take a gander at these spots we just completed for Ray-Ban’s “Never Hide” films. We worked with the gang at Tomorrow’s Brightest Minds to realize all the eye-popping goodness…
Ray-Ban – Flower Head from Screen Novelties on Vimeo.
Cartoon Head – Ray-Ban from Screen Novelties on Vimeo.
Yelling Head – Ray-Ban from Screen Novelties on Vimeo.
The Kiss – Ray-Ban from Screen Novelties on Vimeo.
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.
The Corn Pops commercial we did with Acne Film and Leo Burnett has been nominated for an Annie Award. Thanks to everyone who helped out and congratulations to the other nominees!
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…
We did this stop motion sequence a few years ago for Cartoon Network’s hand-drawn feature “Flintstones: On the Rocks”. It was a dream assignment. Directors Chris Savino and Dave Smith were harkening back to the Ed Benedict era designs and wanted us to try to capture the Hanna-Barbera limited animation style with puppets. Can’t get much cooler than that. We broke into our huge barrel of old View-master reels for design reference as well.
There have been a number of requests that we post this…. tanks to everyone for your kind words.
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Imagine our excitement when our friends Rick Goldschmidt and Sparkhill asked us to contribute to the new DVD release of “Mad Monster Party?“. Wow! There’s a whole new set of bonus features including a mini “making of” documentary, an interview with composer Maury Laws and we give a brief “how to” on stop motion. The best part for us was conducting the interview with our hero, Arthur Rankin!
Seamus, Mark & Chris with the legendary Arthur Rankin
Seamus interviews Rankin/Bass storyboard artist extraordinaire, Don Duga.
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We’ve recently signed with Duck Studios for commercial representation. They do a ton of great work and we’re thrilled to join their flock.
