Awesome Stop Motion

A reel-to-reel tape recorder remembers his wife and child as he lies on his death bed, his counter about to reach its limit, in this stop-motion film made by Tom McDermott for his dissertation.

We are digging the beats coming down and the flow of the film here in Objective Rhythm, a stop motion animation video about a magical drumstick, from 3rd year student Ross Holdstock. (Thanks Adam!)

From Alex Profit – the man who directed Around the World in 80 seconds – comes this much longer stop motion trip around the world, covering eight beautiful cities from different countries.

(Slightly NSFW) ScarJo’s Black Widow didn’t get a chance to shine in Iron Man 2. Thankfully Patrick Boivin has done something about it. Here she is beating people up. Well, for the most part.

Switchback Entertainment’s charming tilt-shift video documents a bird’s eye view of teeny, tiny Whistler Village and surrounding Whistler Blackcomb mountains, making it a real life snow globe.

It’s Minifigs blowing up Minifigs in this action-packed Lego stop motion by YouTube user Keshen8. There’s so much going on from start to finish that you’ll barely have time to blink.

This incredible video by Ionut Negrila and Mihai Calota for Subcarpati was made by taking over 5000 long-exposure stills of hand-placed lighted stencils to form one continuous animation.

OK Go’s latest video, Last Leaf, is comprised entirely of photographs. 15 still shots for every second of video means 2,430 pieces of delicious toast were used to create the stop motion piece.

Eric Power – the man who made Fatalities adorable – used his papercrafting skills to make a music video, summing up the original trilogy for Jeremy Messersmith‘s soothing song Tatooine.

Hollerado’s music video for Americanarama uses a cool gimmick – the background is a 6×4 display, controlled entirely by humans. Bonus points for the Space Invaders and PONG references.

Yeah it’s a sappy video about love, but hey, we’re men, not rocks. We do deal with this stuff. Watch it with your dearest and think back to the early days, when all that mattered was the two of you.

Hey, did you hear about how legendary director Werner Herzog saved legendary weirdo Joaquin Phoenix from a car wreck? Here, listen. Animated by Sascha Ciezata, narrated by Herzog himself.

A short film by Ken Turner worth watching over and over. TiM is without question a work of metafiction, a Tim Burton-style stop motion about a boy whose ambition is to become like Tim Burton.

How about a little game of Pac-Man? Guillame Reymond latest stop-motion clip features 111 human pixels acting out the classic arcade game. The 2-minute short took about 4 hours to shoot.

This darkly comic stop-motion animation tells the story of a vacationing couple and their encounter with a stranger they’re convinced is the notorious Zodiac Killer. Go behind the scenes here.

Catch Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man and more in this very fun one minute pixel art animation video from youtube contributor brusspup, created entirely with a bunch of tealight candles (and lots of patience).

YouTube sensations OK Go offer up their latest pop tune, in this odd little stop-motion vid clip. While it’s not groundbreaking like some of their other clips, it still must have taken a ton of work to shoot.

A terrific stop motion animation video created by 41? 29! for Binboa Vodka from Turkey, using 550 bottles drawn by hand for the animation and 5000 photos taken in over 100 hours of shooting.

Two-dimensional skateboarders ride, grind and yes, spill in this wonderful stop-motion animation by Tilles Singer, made using magazine cut-outs as well as digital pictures.

Even if you don’t understand Portuguese, Brazilian band Skank’s Noites de um Verão Qualquer sings a universal language: it’s a quirky mix of stop-motion and regular video.

Stop-motion LEGO isn’t new, but Fancy Pants Productions’ The Force Unleashed has the lightsaber duel down pat with everything from stormtroopers with bad aim to dramatic pauses.

With a soundtrack set to The National’s “Slow Show”, Tobias Boesen’s Out Of A Forest will either leave you feeling fuzzy or hopping mad; it’s a fantastically shot CG/stop-motion film.

YouTuber/artist Sam3’s La Puerta is literally a voyage through space and time: the stop motion video not only knocks on but knocks down doors and walls in Spain and Italy.