TOP 5 Stop Motion Music Videos

You all knew it was coming! With so many music videos readily available on YouTube, its hard not to include at least a few whenever I do a video TOP 5. Same idea as last time, but these are all music videos. Some are done surprisingly well, even with a low budget. Enjoy the TOP 5 stop motion music videos!

#5 - "You Came Out" by We Have Band

Alright I'll be the first to admit that this movie is a little creepy... But I thought it was such an interesting idea that I had to include it!

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#4 - "Odd Socks" by Grand Pocket Orchestra

Each frame in this video has paper cut-outs that move along with the video. A pretty neat idea.

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#3 - "End Love" by OK Go

This video literally shows how long it can to make a stop motion video. Since it is outside you are able to see the sunlight and watch as the shadows grow and it turns to night into day and back into night. Oh, and gotta love the goose!

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#2 - "Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie

A catchy tune in a bedroom scene (not THAT kind of bedroom scene you dirty boy!) They put a lot of everyday bedroom objects to good use!

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#1 - "Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay

This video is AMAZING. At first I was like oh that is some cool CGI, yadda yadda yadda. But then I saw the end. Just wait; you'll see...

TOP 5 Stop Motion Shorts

I recently watched all of the Wallace and Gromit videos again, and it just hit me how much time is spent doing each and every frame of a stop motion video. I remember I once tried to make a stop motion movie with LEGOs, but gave up after just a few frames... Keeping the camera steady, being careful to not bump something, and trying to make everything move fluidly was just too much to handle. I read in an interview from Nick Park (creator of Wallace and Gromit) that said they typically can record about 30 frames a day in full production. 30 frames. That is 1 second of film recorded each day! And that isn't even including rework when something doesn't look quite right! Now hopefully we can all have a greater appreciation for stop motion pictures, and with that I give you the TOP 5 stop motion shorts:

#5 - "Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles"

A video some BYU students made for a film festival. Their website claims that everything is real - no CG effects!

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#4 - "T-SHIRT WAR!!"

These guys had over 200 shirts made to make this video!

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#3 - "The PEN Story"

This is a story [advertisement] of a guy's life as seen through a moving sequence of pictures. They actually borrowed [stole] the idea from here, but I actually liked the look of this video better.

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#2 - "DEADLINE"

A stop motion video made with post-it notes. This one must've to taken forever!

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#1 - Western Spaghetti

I don't know what it is about this video, but it is just charming and makes me smile. For some reason I especially like the part with the butter... I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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