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Happy March!

It's a busy time in the world of stop motion! My work schedule has again kept me from posting regularly.

Not that the world has necessarily been clamoring for it, but what's the point of having a blog if you don't keep it updated, right?!

So, I will try my best to prevent said events from happening again. And work hard to keep up the regular posts.  The first of which is this!

Here is the special 10th Anniversay title sequence for Spongebob Squarepants.  I worked on this a few years ago with the fellas over at Screen Novelties International.

Those guys are dear old friends and as always, it was an absolute pleasure to work with them on this.

Take a gander!





Working on this was a blast!  I'll be posting some behind the scenes pics in a little bit.

I just paid a visit over at their new studio and rumor has it that there may be some new Spongebob stop motion on the horizon...Stay tuned!

Christmas in July!

Happy Birthday America!

In celebration here's the last of the Happy Honda Days 2010 commercials I worked on @ Buck last year.

I forgot to post this one last Christmas but what better time to post it than now?! Its one of my favorites!




And how about some Behind The Scenes pics form another Christmas themed project I worked on, Community!

Enjoy!

Animating in a Winter Wonderland.

Simpsons "Willis & Crumble" BTS Pics

Its been a while since its aired, but as promised here are some behind the scenes photos from the Simpsons parody of Wallace & Gromit.

Chiodo:Team Simpsons! (from L-R) Assistant Animator Tim Smyth, Art Director Charles Chiodo,  Director Stephen Chiodo, Lead Animator Teresa Drilling, Me, Producer/Editor Edward Chiodo, Producer/Consultant David Silverman

Willis & Crumble in "Better Gnomes & Gardens"

Update:
Unfortunately the Willis & Crumble clip from the "Angy Dad" episode of the Simpsons has expired on Hulu.  I will try to track down another copy of the clip to post.

However in the meantime I did manage to find a blog posting that contained clips of each one of the animated parodies contained within the episode.

Check it out!

Suspended Blog

Original Post:
In case you missed it, here is a clip of the Simpsons episode that I worked on.  It's a parody of Aardman Animations lovable characters Wallace & Gromit.  The clip includes guest voice work from Halle Berry, and W & G creator Nick Park.

Take a look!

It was a fun episode and contained several animated film parodies including Pixar, and The Triplets of Belleville.

We shot the stop motion at the Chiodo Bros.  It was great to work with them again!

The animation crew was composed of myself, lead animator Teresa Drilling (who has experience animating the real W & G!) and assistant animator Tim Smyth.  Both are old friends whom I've had the pleasure of working with before.

The shoot included some long days but I think it was well worth it!

I'll have some behind the scenes photos up in a bit.

Community BTS

Update:
Sadly the behind the scenes clip with Director Duke Johnson and myself has been deleted from Youtube.

However here are a few clips of actors Danny Pudi (Abed) and Allison Brie (Annie) visiting the production.  The clips are a little goofy but show some interesting behind the scenes action.






By the way, there was absolutely no "Claymation" involved in this production.
;-)

Original Post:
It's Christmas!  To celebrate why don't you take a look at the Christmas episode of Community airing again   @ 8 on NBC Christmas night!

Here's a behind the scenes clip with Director Duke Johnson.  And that's me in the background, being a busy worker bee prepping a shot.

Check it out!

Merry Christmas!

20,000 years from now they'll say...

Update:
Since the Youtube account containing all of the links to the Christmas 2010 episode of Community has been deleted, I've been having to find substitute clips so as to keep the blog current.  Here is another replacement clip containing a slightly longer version of the opening sequence to the episode from the original post:




Original Post:
Here's the opening theme from the Community Christmas episode, complete with Abed singing and dancing!

The first shot in the sequence is animated by Eileen Kohlhepp.  I animated the second shot onward.  I was joined by Assistant Animator Nicole Emmons and Intern Sophya Vidal. Thanks for the help guys!

We had a great crew for this project! For credits for the entire crew please check out 23dfilms.com

Happy Holidays!

I Met George Lucas!

And all because I worked on this!



Seriously. It was pretty cool.

Thanks & congrats to Matt & Seth and all the crew @ Shadow Animation!

Check it out this Sunday! December 19th. Word.

Stay honest, stay alert, and... stay between the gumdrops!/Winter Wonderland

Update:

As mentioned in an update from an earlier post, the Youtube account that contained all of the Community clips I had posted has been deleted and the links no longer work.  

However, I have scoured the internet for replacement clips of the episode (Season 2 Episode 11). Another one of which I present to you here.  It's from the official Community page on Hulu.  Much of this sequence was animated by yours truly.

Take a look:



Original Post:
Here's another sneak peek at "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" this week's episode of NBC's Community!



Tonight, Thursday December 9th.  8pm on NBC!  Watch it!

The Most Important Christmas in the History of the Universe!

Update:
Apparently the Youtube account that I was linking to for all of the Community Christmas episode clips (that I thought was the official NBC Community Youtube account) has been deleted. That of course means the links no longer work.  However, I have managed to find some substitute clips.  Here is the first of them.  It's a full episode recap from NBC.com

Enjoy!



Original Post:
This Thursday, December 9 NBC's Community gets stop-mo animated!

Here's a preview!



It's a great episode please check it out!

Really proud to have been a part of this!

Use the Force!!

Robot Chicken: Star Wars: Episode III

Coming this December 19!  Check it out! It's gonna be good!



Glad to have been a part of this project!