I’m still just Sorting out this website so appologies if these early posts are a bit random.
I went to a talk given by Nick Donkin from Flying Gherkin.. He is a great stop motion animator who has been doing it for 20 years or so.. So he had a few interesting things to say. Nick has worked on several ads that were familiar to me, including the ‘Yo Go Gorilla’ and ‘Schmacko’ ads that were really big here in Sydney.
The things that really stuck with me were how important story was to him in everything he chose to do… It was pretty much – the most important thing.
He wondered why stop motion artists have been going with boring stories lately & that ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ might be different. I guess it’s the same reason Pixar has done do well, because their stories are enjoyable.
I thought it was interesting when the issue of really smooth stop motion came up, he thought – why not just use a computer?!
So I thought that was a good point. It can look great when it’s a little rough.