Screen Novelties is an American

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, specializing in

stop motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ...

animation. It was founded by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Chris Finnegan.

Overview

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 ''

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''. Screen Novelties was integral in the launch of both ''Robot Chicken'' and ''

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'' for

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programming block. They also animated the

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'' episodes,

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and

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. Notable past work includes: * Creating a stop motion animation version of the Flintstones for a dream sequence in '' The Flintstones: On the Rocks''. * Working with

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, helping him complete his film The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare. * Contributing whimsical puppet and special effects sequences for Cartoon Network shows ''

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'' and ''

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''. * Performing the restoration of the original Rudolph & Santa Puppets from the 1964 classic ''

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'' 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

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camera and an old

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as the soundtrack. The film mixes rod puppetry, stop motion animation, and silhouette animation.

Filmography

* ''Old Man & the Goblins'' * ''The Boy with the Flip-top Head'' * ''Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose'' * '' The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare'' * ''Monster Safari'' * '' Zombie Brothers'' * ''

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: Gaga for Ghouls''

Television/film credits

Video game credits

Commercials

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Awards and nominations

Won 30th Annual

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in the category ''Best Short Film'' for ''The Story of the Tortoise & The Hare''. Nominated for the 34th Annual

in the category ''Best Animated Television Commercial''.http://www.screen-novelties.com/news/2007/01/tobacco-psa-nominated.html Candy factory commercial

References

External links

Official website
{{Animation industry in the United States American animation studios Mass media companies established in 2000