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Melanie & Melvin dive into one of the most beloved holiday musicals, The Nightmare Before Christmas, alongside two similar features Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie! What connects these films? Why, it's Tim Burton of course! Through varying degrees of involvement, each feature captures the iconography of this Hollywood titan, and the two discuss each film individually while celebrating their unique quirks and perks!

(PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 10-minutes of various tangential content regarding special features and stop-motion animation! (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 

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This is our interview with Jacqui Lopez, James Waugh, and Josh Rimes the Executive Producers of Star Wars Visions Volume 2.

Justin chats with them about their passion for helping to develop Star Wars as told by voices from around the globe and how they worked closely with each studio to produce beautiful and personal stories set in a galaxy far far away.

Star Wars Visions Volume 2 will be available May the 4th, 2023, exclusively on Disney+

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An absolutely classic, iconic movie, Jason and the Argonauts (1963) has captured the imagination of young people for 60 years.  Notable for the wonderful stop-motion animation effects of Ray Harryhausen, the film also stars Honor Blackman who went on to her own iconic work as "Cathy Gale" in "The Avengers" British tv series and "Pussy Galore" in "Goldfinger."

Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dr. Gary Stickel discuss this legendary film. 

From the book about everything to the film about embracing your inner child, here's an episode about foxes, Captain Hook, and the stars in the sky.

Jordan and Brooke kick off their annual unhinged holiday movie watch with this stop-motion classic – but might this movie actually make the Rainbow Standard?! We dig into the plethora of queer characters present in this TV special, the enduring read of Rudolph's story in regards to oppression and capitalism, a Rankin/Bass deep dive (Heat Miser & Snow Miser 4ever), and why anyone would voluntarily want to be a dentist.

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In episode 1368, Jack and guest co-host Joelle Monique are joined by host of Beauty Translated, Carmen Laurent, to discuss… Election Day: Nobody Knows Anything, Get Out And Vote, If Republicans Win Its Bad, Elon Musk Really As Incompetent As We Suspected, Wendell And Wild Too Good To Be Buried by Netflix and more!

1. Election Day: Nobody Knows Anything
2. Pollsters Have ‘No F*cking Idea What’s Going to Happen’ This Election
3. If Republicans Win Its Bad
4. Elon Musk Really As Incompetent As We Suspected
5. Wendell And Wild Too Good To Be Buried by Netflix
6. Why Would Netflix Bury a Film as Wonderfully Imaginative as Wendell & Wild?

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Typically, January offers us the worst of the year, but Netflix came in clutch with an inquisitive stop-motion feature called The House. Melvin & Dan chew on each segment with curiosity, tackling how the project made them feel as a whole.

Topics: 

• As movie people, Melvin & Dan are used to being asked by others, "Hey, have you seen this weird, obscure film?" and it just turns out to be a film that most people haven't seen a trailer for.
• Melvin asks Daniel how he feels and interprets the first segment in The House.
• Melvin: "I think art is most interesting when it's not factual. When it's more interpretive."
• Detailing Segment 2 and experiencing how the house itself refuses to cooperate.
• Daniel: "One thing that all three of these do wonderfully well is you really sympathies with the characters. Where their problems are so mundane and relatable."
• Melvin shares some observations his wife, Kathryn, had regarding Segment 2, which lends credence to the intense tragedy of this particular short story.
• Also, Melvin typically isn't all for nihilistic depictions of humanity (that humans are inherently bad, or worthless, or posture goodness despite their badness). He makes a case for this. But sometimes a story like Segment 2 captures the grotesque sadness of the human condition.
• For Daniel, each story gave a sense of "none of you belong here" and "trying to pretend that this will work out when it's doomed from the start."
• Segment 3 is a much softer, much kinder short film in this otherwise strange and disturbing project.
• When we get so focused on our hopes, dreams, or whatever gives us identity, we often miss what's most important: the freedom to enjoy one another.
• We can't decide for someone else to let go of attractive delusions, but we can help clear the path for them so that their decisions are easier to make.
• When we embrace an identity in Christ (how he's paid for our sins, how he loves us despite our sin, how he renews us from our sin), we are no longer enslaved to passions and lifestyles that give us a counterfeit self-worth or value because we become what we were always meant to be: loved by and loving God. We, then, can be loved by and we can love God doing countless things.
• Diversity in friendships helps in cultivating healthier perspectives on the self and others, as it proposes alternative ways of thinking through problems and solutions.
• Daniel, on Segment 3: "I thought it was a great way to illustrate the way you're not tied down to hereditary suffering."

Recommendations: 

• Does God Care How We Worship? (Book)
• The Signal (2007) (Movie)
• Here (Graphic Novel)

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We are joined by Heather from “Watching Netflix Without You” to settle the great debate: is Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween or Christmas movie? In this episode, we talk about the specific elements that make the film a Halloween or Christmas movie. We also end the episode by giving the film two ratings (a Halloween and Christmas film rating) as the final verdict on what kind of film it is. 

We also participated in Heather’s 12 Days of Pre-Christmas, where we watched Netflix’s “A Castle For Christmas”. Check out Heather’s podcast “Watching Netflix Without You”: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/watching-netflix-without-you/id1567595949

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What are holiday movies? And, why do they exist? In this episode, we chat about movies based around specific holidays and why so many big movies are released during the December holiday season. We also chat about how holidays can also be created from cult followings (ex. October 3rd and Mean Girls), and how movies bring people together to form genuine, collective memories.

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Is Nightmare Before Christmas a movie for kids or adults? How can you tell when an animated movie is aimed at adults or made for kids? In this episode, we talk about how animated films are often perceived to be “for the kids”, but there are so many animated films out there (i.e. stop-motion, Miyazaki-type films) that are targeted to an older audience. We also chat about how live-action films are considered the “default film” and anything else is considered different and only for niche audiences.

References:

Forbes “Disney's 'Frozen' Proves Failure Of PG Rating”: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2013/11/26/disneys-frozen-proves-worthlessness-of-pg-rating/?sh=19e2668d6d35

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Welcome to Halloween Town! In this episode, we talk about the animation style of Nightmare Before Christmas and why stop-motion works so well for the film. We also talk about how stop-motion compares with other animation styles (like the classic Disney 2D-drawn vs 3D Pixar-style). Lastly, we chat about how technology has allowed animators to push the boundaries of realism in animated films, but also how realism could potentially veer into uncanny valley territory.

References:

The Take “Why Nightmare Before Christmas is a Thanksgiving Movie”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYx1dlZZr-U

American Cinematographer “'Stop Motion Without Compromise: The Nightmare Before Christmas”: https://ascmag.com/articles/nightmare-before-christmas

Lightyear Teaser Trailer: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwPL0Md_QFQ&ab_channel=Pixar

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Wonder no more how stop motion movies are made! Today's guest is Joe Passarelli, a Cinematographer and Director of Photography, who was part of Anomalisa, the amazing film that won the Grand Jury Prize at the 72nd International Film Festival from Venice. It quickly earned praise for its stunning visuals and Passarelli's ability to make an animated film feel like a narrative feature. Born and raised in a small town in the Midwest, Passarelli graduated from Columbia College Chicago, and continued his film studies at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Once settled in L.A., he met a lot of people from the film industry, and got into the stop motion world. He made an artistic bond with the supervisor of his thesis, Duke Johnson, who called him a few years later to do Anomalisa with him. Currently, he works as a lighting technician on TV shows and shoots quite a few live-action movies. His passion and talent for stop motion are more alive than ever, with projects developing and many others to come.

Highlights 

• Joe recounts how his journey in the movie industry began.
• He tells how he works with stop motion.
• He comments what he believes makes his work different from others.
• The filming process of Anomalisa: from crowdfunding to investors coming on board.
• Joe differentiates between filming animated movies and filming in real life, and why animation requires much more advanced planning.
• He gives advice for people who want to succeed in the film industry; the importance of working as much as you can.
• Joe tells what's next for him and what upcoming projects are on the way.

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Habt ihr euch schon mal überlegt, wie es wäre, wenn eure Lego-Figuren sprechen könnten? Bei Oliver Berger tun sie genau das: Sie spielen Gitarre und sie singen. Sie kämpfen um den letzten Weihnachtsbaum und sie sind Stars in Musikvideos. Oliver Berger ist ein begeisterter Brick-Filmer und lässt seine Lego-Sets mithilfe der Stop-Motion Technik lebendig werden. 

Anlässlich des Weltlego-Tages, der jährlich am 28. Jänner begangen wird, haben Christoph Dirnbacher und Sandra Knopp mit dem 33-jährigen Oberösterreicher darüber gesprochen, was ihn an den animierten Filmen rund um die bunten Bausteine und die gelben Charaktere so fasziniert. Die Brickfilme produziert er unter dem Namen OLI-AG. Zu sehen sind OLI-AG-Brickfilme zum Beispiel unter anderem auf der Plattform dorftv.

- https://dorftv.at/channel/oli-ag-brickfilme

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https://www.youtube.com/user/OliAG1 

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In this episode, we focus on the wide selection of Wallace and Gromit games; both video games and board games alike. We also review the book ‘The World of Wallace and Gromit’ by Andy Lane. 

Please note this is a fan-made podcast and is not official. Aardman Animations own all characters. All clips and music used are owned by Aardman Animations unless detailed below. Intro background Music: www.bensound.com. Information sources:  The World of Wallace and Gromit – Andy Lane, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_%26_Gromit_in_Project_Zoo, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_%26_Gromit:_The_Curse_of_the_Were-Rabbit_(video_game), https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wallace-and-gromit-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-review/1900-6140776/, Ebay.co.uk 

This week, we take a look at Wallace and Gromit’s adventures outside of the television or cinema screen, out and about in the UK. We also review the Curse of the Were-rabbit sticker book.

Please note this is a fan-made podcast and is not official. Aardman Animations own all characters. All clips and music used are owned by Aardman Animations unless detailed below. Intro background Music: www.bensound.com. Information sources: The World of Wallace and Gromit – Andy Lane, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19049716, https://wallaceandgromit.com/history

In this weeks episode of Three Things, we welcome Eimhin McNamara, who is an animator and co-founder of Dublin animation studio Paper Panther.

Eimhin specialises in stop-motion animation and gives us an inside look into the world of professional animation. 

Eimhin chose three things:

Building a team - Creating a world - Working with limitations

You're 17. One of your stop motion films goes viral. A major TV channel calls with a commission. What do you? Start university as planned, or seize the moment and begin a freelance career for some of the biggest brands and broadcasters? For Graham, all of his tiny precise filmic movements led to a sudden leap forward.

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