- Screen Novelties
Screen Novelties is a collective of film directors, specializing in stop motion animation. It was formed in 2003 by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Chris Finnegan.
Their work fuses classic cartoon sensibilities with mixed-media elements such as puppetry and miniature model photography. They were among the first stop motion artists to adopt an entirely digital capture system and workflow, beginning in 1999 with the pilot films that would eventually become "Robot Chicken".Screen Novelties was integral in the launch of both
Robot Chicken andMoral Orel for Adult Swim.Notable past work includes: Creating a stop motion animation version of the Flintstones for a dream sequence in Working with
Ray Harryhausen , helping him complete his film "The Tortoise & the Hare" (2002).Contributing whimsical puppet and special effects sequences for Cartoon Network shows Chowder andThe Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack . Performing the restoration of the original Rudolph & Santa Puppets from the 1964 classicRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/arts/television/23rudo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Rudolph and Santa, as Good as New] [http://www.screen-novelties.com/news/2006/12/rankinbass-puppet-restoration.html Rankin/Bass Puppet Restoration]Their offbeat short films enjoy a small cult following, especially "Mysterious Mose” which was made in their garage in 1997-98, using a hand-wound bolex camera and an old 78rpm record as the soundtrack. The film mixes rod puppetry, stop motion animation, and silhouette animation.
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Old Man & the Goblins
The Boy with the Flip-top Head
Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose
The Story of the Tortoise & the Hare
Monster SafariFreelance:
Robot Chicken Moral Orel The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
ChowderThe Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Awards and nominations
Won 30th Annual
Annie Award in the category "Best short Film" for "The Story of the Tortoise & The Hare". [http://annieawards.org/30thwinners.html 30th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2002)]Nominated for the 34th Annual
Annie Award in the category "Best Animated Television Commercial". [http://annieawards.org/34thwinners.html 34th Annie Award winners and nominations] [http://www.screen-novelties.com/news/2007/01/tobacco-psa-nominated.html Candy factory commercial]References
External links
* [http://www.screen-novelties.com Screen Novelties website]
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