For Frank Passingham, Director of Photography on stop motion classics ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’, and ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!’, ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ gave him the opportunity to experiment with light and colour in a way he hadn’t done before.
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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ is the reimagining of the classic tale of the little wooden puppet who longs to be a real boy. The shots of Carlo on the swing are a perfect example of the collaboration that is required in stop motion animation, as all the departments had to work in combination to get the shot the directors wanted.
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Laura Howie talks to Zerb Magazine (Summer 2023) about the creativity and technicality that goes into stop motion cinematography.
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If you found our spotlight article on Dave Alex Riddett interesting why not take a look at an archive article in Zerb magazine as he expands on some of his stories about Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit.
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Linda Hamblyn is a motion control operator with over two decades of experience within stop motion cinematography. She has worked on some of the biggest features in stop motion through her long term collaboration with Aardman Animation.
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Dave Alex talks to stop motion cinematographer about poetic lighting and the unique opportunities that were available through the cinematography of Robin Robin.
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In one shot Chuck Steel is running along a hospital corridor. As he runs he turns corners, travels through a doorway, jumps over obstacles and punches random background characters as he goes. The camera keeps just ahead of him. A move of this type would usually require an elaborate motion control rig.
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Dave Alex Riddett BSC and David Sproxton CBE talk to British Cinematographer about the iconic stop motion music video for Peter Gabriel’s ‘Sledgehammer’. Read about it here.
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Dave Alex Riddett BSC is a cinematographer, and pioneer, in the world of stop motion animation who has been creating beautiful cinematic images since the earliest days of Aardman.
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Dave Alex Riddett BSC talks to Shout Radio about his career as a stop motion cinematographer.
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British Cinematographer talks to Director of Photography Frank Passingham on how he helped to bring Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of Pinocchio to life. Read about it here.
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DPs Bianca Cline and Eric Adkins talk about how they combined live-action and stop-motion animation for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Read it here.
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