This is kind of a continuation from my previous post, I typed all of this late last night and when I went to post it today I realized it was an awfully long blog entry. Plus since the first half was on a more serious note, I felt like this half would be better off separated.
Now, I should mention that posts both here and on my art blog will probably be a bit slow for a little while, I'm busy busy and going back to NYC soon. Very excited about that even though it'll just be a short, school related trip. But I do plan to take a moment to check out Tim Burton's exhibit going on at MoMa while I'm there and hopefully I'll have time do a few other things as well.
But I'm very excited to see Burton's stop motion puppets in person, especially the ones from "Vincent" which is probably my absolute favorite film from Tim. I always feel like his movies as a whole are hit or miss for me, some of them I really love and others not so much. But his work has definitely been an inspiration when it comes to animation...and probably the side of me that loves whimsical Gothic aesthetic as well. It was Nightmare Before Christmas (along with those Rankin Bass production seasonal animated specials too, I should mention) that originally made me try my hand at stop motion as a kid.
But back to stop motion, I find it somewhat sad that not many people explore this medium or just simply find it to be outdated (much like how many people are starting to view hand drawn animation these days), at least when it comes to feature films. And perhaps it is outdated but that doesn't exactly make it any less fascinating or entertaining. Heck, shadow puppets are outdated and I still like them, haha, I'm a weird one though.
