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We just spent the last 4 weeks working on this stop-motion music video for Fleet Foxes. Thanks to Chris, Jesse, and Toby for working so hard on it. The timeline was tight so i apologize for any shortfalls, but I hope you enjoy it!

You can watch a short making of here: vimeo.com/3090846

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Director/Animator - Sean Pecknold
Artist/Illustrator - Jesse Brown (papervspencil.com)
Animation Assistant - Toby Liebowitz (inbruno.com)
Animation Assistant - Chris Ando (myspace.com/talbottagora)
Art Director - Sean Pecknold
Produced by Grandchildren
Labels - Bella Union & Sub Pop
Special thanks - Ryan Rothermel, Aja, Greg, Lisa, Smokey, Robin, Christian, Josh, Casey, and Skye.

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  • Thinklab plus 3 years ago
    This is my favorite Fleet Foxes videooo
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  • thatgo plus 3 years ago
    well done!
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  • loonachic 3 years ago
    i looked at the making of video first. the finished product is amazing. i love the photos with it too. it's interesting to see how this was made. very interesting!
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  • Greg Bonnell 3 years ago
    Beautiful light and color. I love how it walks the line between abstract and representational. Nice!
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  • kaspars 3 years ago
    This is too rad.
  • Sean Pecknold plus 3 years ago
    thanks!
  • kaspars 3 years ago
    I mean - i'm trying to imagine that job you've put in this..and all that. It's sick!
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  • Nick B-T 3 years ago
    Real animation and real music.

    You ROCK paper scissors!
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  • jonathan baab 3 years ago
    wonderful
  • Sean Pecknold plus 3 years ago
    thanks man!
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  • Karen Abad plus 3 years ago
    this brightens my day on so many levels.
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  • Patrick Richardson Wright plus 3 years ago
    by far my favorite FF song...
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  • noel paul plus 3 years ago
    how many paper cuts?
  • Sean Pecknold plus 3 years ago
    No paper cuts, but one cut from matt and ryan's video. I think it was a giant sword.
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  • Reid Dennis 3 years ago
    Very creative, nice job.
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  • Phoric plus 3 years ago
    Sweet! Good to see more of your stuff. I've been listening to FF all the time lately.

    Seattle rocks once again!

    Seriously, let me know if you ever need some extra help on your future projects.
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  • viktorfokeev.ru 3 years ago
    nice
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  • Zach Wist 3 years ago
    excellent job. your talent shows so much. Seans a freakin beast.
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  • Emily 3 years ago
    this is off the hook. it's so far off the hook, that like, the hook isn't even in the same vicinity.
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  • Mark Jacinto 3 years ago
    Awesome work guys. Incredible lighting throughout.
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  • Susan 3 years ago
    And I thought I couldn't like this song any more... Nice work.
  • Maceras 1 year ago
    Well, what can I say, guys - it's awesome. A player from livecasinodirect.com
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  • Vincent Ewald 3 years ago
    wondefull & so poetic
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  • Dimitris Christou 3 years ago
    Amazing! Any connection to the famous Greek island (Mykonos)? Loved the song too!
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  • Charles Pieper plus 3 years ago
    My mind is thoroughly boggled by how cool this is!
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  • bernardo varela 3 years ago
    beautiful puzzle! congratz!
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  • michael cox 3 years ago
    Beautiful!
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  • Ryan Junell plus 3 years ago
    top notch... seriously... mad respect!
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  • chad hinman 3 years ago
    I don't know what to say other than thank you.

    Thank you.
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  • Neil Sanders 3 years ago
    the lighting and textures were Captivating
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  • Aquatic Tangerine 3 years ago
    excelent work!!!!!!!! I love it!!
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  • courtney Reagor plus 3 years ago
    yay jesse!
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  • Dan Carson 3 years ago
    This is incredible, I love every part of it. Keep up the fantastic work!
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  • Paul Wong plus 3 years ago
    fantastic!
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  • Spout Creative 3 years ago
    awesome work!
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  • Vaho al Babun 3 years ago
    its just great! :)
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  • Scott C. 3 years ago
    Very cool. Reminds me of that line rider game... I think that is what it is called :-)
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  • A Musing Propaganda 3 years ago
    I thought of first the opening titles of Metropolis. Then I thought the art style had a Russian influence. Maybe. Maybe not. Still, very beautiful, and I really enjoyed the video and the music.
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  • Giacomo De Luca 3 years ago
    wow!!
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  • tim! 3 years ago
    GA-MAZING!!!! The lighting is so beautiful! i am the admire of grandchildren!
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  • Adrian Andujar 3 years ago
    ohhh ohh yeah!!!
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  • geekjon 3 years ago
    Very nice!
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  • David Nilsson 3 years ago
    Not much else to say than: Amazing, beatiful & great work!
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  • DUMAIS plus 3 years ago
    Cool song and great video!
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  • bloqueo.net 3 years ago
    Great! great!
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  • deniz bankal 3 years ago
    respekt!
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  • ori toor plus 3 years ago
    This is breathtaking! You made my day.
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  • alexanderlehmann 3 years ago
    I like it. But I think it is too dark sometimes... makes it hard to watch.
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  • David Bryan plus 3 years ago
    Hey, I was one of the guys helping out on that minus the bear shoot...Your video came out bad ass. Nice work. I'll be back in doing some post production of rotting fruit or something...maybe see you then.
  • Sean Pecknold plus 3 years ago
    Thanks man! Would be great to have your help!!
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  • Katie V 3 years ago
    wow. the lighting is so soft and it is a mesmerizing video. excellent! i luvs it!
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  • The Outabodies 3 years ago
    I Love this. song and visual. The singers voice is haunting.
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  • Thiago Ricieri 3 years ago
    what a wonderful video! *-*
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  • jungyounglee 3 years ago
    oh...I don't know what to say. This is hilarious !
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  • Ryan Simpson 3 years ago
    so amazing!
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  • Tom Cardo-Moreno 3 years ago
    Wow!
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  • Erick Blackwood 3 years ago
    amazing. fantastic piece of creative art.
  • Sean Pecknold plus 3 years ago
    thanks!
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  • thedaft 2 years ago
    great!
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  • Zafarali Ahmed 2 years ago
    very creative. Fantastic. Love the song too! very artistic!
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  • David Reymond 2 years ago
    unbelievably beautiful, and a great song
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  • fat_butcher 2 years ago
    Really sensational, a moving video for a moving song. Now do one for America's Horse With No Name...
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  • Ed Brown 2 years ago
    never thought i'd be moved by triangular pieces of paper, nor watch a video populated by bits of paper to the end, but this is just excellent. How well it fits the tune!
  • Sean Pecknold plus 2 years ago
    ha, thanks!
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  • elisa bertolotti 2 years ago
    wonderful work! :)
  • Sean Pecknold plus 2 years ago
    thank you for all the comments!!
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  • Thomas Akira Nakasone plus 2 years ago
    four weeks well spent
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  • Muzaffer Can 2 years ago
    Xacto knives and coloured papers. Couldn't be simpler and beautiful. Congratulations..!
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  • rosie potter 2 years ago
    simply fantastic
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  • ragsx 2 years ago
    Exellent!! very creative and music is awesome.
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  • THEomegaBOY 2 years ago
    It's people like you that make people like me jealous. This is amazing. make more please
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  • Kotryna Zukauskaite 2 years ago
    oh i like this one so much, nice nice nice
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  • Claire Fauché 2 years ago
    it's beautiful! the graphic is great
    but the animation needs more frames for making it fluent

    anyway it's an hard job with a really good sens of composition so congratulations!!
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  • Sigrid Astrup 2 years ago
    oh beatifull paper cutting heaven

    this is what childrens dreams were like in the 60s after watching paper-cut animated children shows before going to bed

    wauw...
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  • Greek islands lover 2 years ago
    Congrats from Mykonos, wonderful sound, go on.

    apsenti.gr
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  • David B. Weaver plus 2 years ago
    Grandchildren -

    This stuff is some of the most innovative and creative stop motion out there today. Congratulations, this is incredible.
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  • James Edwin Myers 2 years ago
    Completely inspiring.
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  • Justin Bunnell 2 years ago
    This is great.
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  • spoon fan 2 years ago
    awesome job!

    well done
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  • Nozieres Cyprien 2 years ago
    I can't stop watching it !
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  • Kyle Wrobel 2 years ago
    This song and video are so full of awesome.
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  • Michael Fragstein plus 2 years ago
    this is pure pleasure !
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  • bascadet 2 years ago
    you are fantastic!!!you create a magic world! thanks!!
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  • Diego Espinoza 2 years ago
    Really amazing! I can't stop watching this vid!
    Greetings from Chile (South America).
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  • Daniel Fernández 2 years ago
    simply awesome! I love it :)
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  • Clément Deltour 2 years ago
    very nice colors and compositions !
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  • Nurcan Durmaz 2 years ago
    i like this one so much...
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  • Scion tc 2 years ago
    this seem like it took you a whilee

    over i like it its pretty dope!!
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  • Ryan Bateman 2 years ago
    Beautiful. Great work, guys.
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  • Rok Predin 2 years ago
    Thank you for this
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  • VIO Producciones 2 years ago
    What a hard work!

    Check out our little stop motion if you want ;)

    vimeo.com/6583941
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  • Amila Galappatthi 2 years ago
    Love your work. Wish you all the best!
  • Sean Pecknold plus 2 years ago
    thanks!
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  • Pedro Roxo Nogueira 2 years ago
    so beautiful! how come paper makes you cry?
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  • Dave Velazquez 2 years ago
    Beauty in paper art.
    loved it.
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  • Cameron T. Morris 2 years ago
    this is awesome!
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  • Scott Stadum 2 years ago
    Awesome video!

    This didn't take me four weeks but it took a while. A link to a video I made of Fleet Foxes Blue Spotted Tail - youtube.com/watch?v=r5ffXmdJZI4
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  • flami 2 years ago
    origami - beauty
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  • Raphael S. de Lavor 2 years ago
    *-*
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  • Anne-Sophie Rosenvinge Skov 2 years ago
    I
    AM
    BLOWN
    AWAY

    when i grow up i want to be making this kind of video for myself. waauuw.
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