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Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins.

Story: A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.

Music by the wonderfull Cinematic Orchestra (cinematicorchestra.com) and the track is Arrival of the Birds - please buy the fantastic album: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-crimson-wing-mystery-flamingos/id297787201

All screen imagery was animated - there are no screen replacements.

Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited & graded by Tom Jenkins (theoryfilms.co.uk / facebook.com/theoryfilms - !NEW MAKING OF PICS ON FB PAGE! / @thetheoryUK / twitter.com/#!/thetheoryUK).

Shot using Canon 5d MkII, Dragonframe Stop Motion software and customised slider.

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  • Betaphats plus 3 months ago
    This is brilliant!
  • Vicki Psarias 3 months ago
    Beautifully moving! Wow!
  • Joe Simon Films plus 3 months ago
    So freaking amazing, genius and touching!
  • Darren Higginson 2 months ago
    The best things come from South London, well done to "the theory", Earlsfields best.
  • brilliant
  • Brad Kremer plus 2 months ago
    Wonderfully done!
  • Paul Kroeker plus 1 month ago
    Great concept, well done! I have the exact same Pacific Coast poster!!
  • Philip Bloom pro 2 days ago
    An incredible achievement!
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  • The Theory 3 months ago
    Thank you Betaphats you're very kind!
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  • Ranjan Bista 3 months ago
    awesome concept and presentation.
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  • Mathieu N*G*U*Y*E*N 3 months ago
    really good
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  • Shir David plus 3 months ago
    Great!
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  • Sam Morrill staff 3 months ago
    Love it. Good title too.
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  • Thanat Sattavorn 3 months ago
    superb....perfect....Bravo...Brilliant...Terrific....Awesome...Excellent...Wonderful...and really love it
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  • Don Berman 3 months ago
    Excellent and entertaining!
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  • Tom Frauenfelder 3 months ago
    Amazing! Great concept!
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  • Ty Swanson plus 3 months ago
    some people have great vision and imagination.....you are one of these people! really liked
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  • miklosvonkosstarab 3 months ago
    Loved it!
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  • Charles Stucklen plus 3 months ago
    fantastic
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  • Jeff Bale 3 months ago
    My goodness, this is a beautiful short. Quite emotional.
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  • SooJung Kwak 3 months ago
    I'm speechless! This is so WONDERFUL!!!
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  • duraath plus 3 months ago
    so gooood!
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  • Saud alzarouni 3 months ago
    wow , its so nice , amazing
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  • Chris Grose plus 3 months ago
    That was beautiful!
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  • PAOLO SIMULA 3 months ago
    really beautiful and immersive :) well done! love it.
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  • Maya-Art 3 months ago
    Well done, good concept :)
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  • Andreas Wannerstedt plus 3 months ago
    Beautiful. Both in idea and execution
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  • Shaun Burdick plus 3 months ago
    Beautiful film. I loved it and didn't want it to end.
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  • mpared plus 3 months ago
    wow soooooooo very good! Shared at thecuriousbrain.com/ well done!
  • The Theory 3 months ago
    Thank you so much - very kind!
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  • The Theory 3 months ago
    Really excited about the feedback, thank you so much...the little guy would be very proud! x
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  • Salomon plus 3 months ago
    So good!
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  • The Theory 3 months ago
    Thank you so much for the blog post - really appreciate it!
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  • Joe Moya plus 3 months ago
    impressive animation... and storyline...
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  • Jake Dillard 3 months ago
    mad creativity my man
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  • Austin Thurman 3 months ago
    Love it.
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  • Lee Whitty 3 months ago
    wow
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  • Aaron Eveland plus 3 months ago
    I love the capacity of creativity the mind was created to do.
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  • Natul tortuosa 3 months ago
    Music is awesome, a really good job!
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  • Maluto 3 months ago
    Beautiful
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  • Walter Fischer plus 3 months ago
    I fall in love to this little man- amazing stuff. Love this smooth transitions. The best movie on Vimeo since long time !
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  • Sergio Garayo 3 months ago
    Love it. Superv work there!!
    (The tunnel scene is just great)
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  • Joaquim Bel plus 3 months ago
    Such a nice feeling after watching this video...


    SuperCongratulations!!
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  • Nuno Barbosa plus 3 months ago
    Beautiful!
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  • Agust Ingvarsson plus 3 months ago
    magical
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  • LOOOOOVE this.
    Great job. This is gorgeous.
    thank yoU!
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  • David Betteridge plus 3 months ago
    Absolutely awesme
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  • Ben Roper Films plus 3 months ago
    Oh my gosh. Best film of the year for me by a very, very long way.
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  • Oscar Rivera plus 3 months ago
    Awesome!!!
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  • Woorsando 3 months ago
    amaging!!
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  • pierre oberkampf 3 months ago
    great!
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  • Otto Hovan 3 months ago
    not so bad
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  • Alejandro Negueruela plus 3 months ago
    ¡Maravilloso!
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  • Nick-oloz 3 months ago
    awesome!
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  • Seth Williams 3 months ago
    Absolutely beautiful! Reminded me how thankful I am for freedom and the ability to breathe deep of God's amazing story we get to play a part in.

    Which Cinematic Orchestra song is this? I love it!
  • The Theory 3 months ago
    Hi Seth - thank you so much! The song is Arrival of the Birds, which is beautiful.
  • Joan pro 3 months ago
    Hy, you can hear this song here too :

    vimeo.com/32358368

    hope you like ... :p

    p.d.: your VIDEO is the "GREATEST"
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  • HERVE RENOH plus 3 months ago
    very poetic, beautifully executed... Bravo!
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  • Sanz Fotógrafos 3 months ago
    una idea genial, felicidades
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  • George Levitikos 3 months ago
    Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    posted @ Address Is Approximate t.co/vrrBnDDC
  • The Theory 3 months ago
    Thank you so much George!
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  • Lisa Ickleuna 3 months ago
    Just gorgeous :)
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  • basil genimahaliotis 3 months ago
    Superb. As a new user of DSLR and someone who has the drive and ambition to do what you do and to work at a place like The Theory ( Im currently an architect) you have left me inspired. Thank you.
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  • Official Hype 3 months ago
    Great work! It got featured on Official Hype. officialhype.org/2011/11/video-address-is-approximate-by-tom.html
  • The Theory 3 months ago
    Thank you so much for the blog post!
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  • Weldon Byrns plus 3 months ago
    Wow
    One of the top 5 best I have seen this year. Really, really good. Idea is brilliant and edit is spot on.
    Congrats!
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  • Steve Beaucamp plus 3 months ago
    Brillant concept !
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  • Maurizio Ponti 3 months ago
    Simply genius!
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  • pierre palis 3 months ago
    Plein de poésie !
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  • Joe Palen 3 months ago
    "Creative" is an understatement. Wow.
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  • Erick 3 months ago
    Sublime, than la for producibg this
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  • Erick 3 months ago
    Sublime. Thanks for producing this.
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  • Eden Lowe 3 months ago
    That is incredible.
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  • Duncan Nicoll plus 3 months ago
    Wow, absolutely love this!
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  • Joe Jollands 3 months ago
    That is the best thing I've seen since Reverie.
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  • Ember Studio 3 months ago
    This is insanely good. Nice work.
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  • Phil Schmidt 3 months ago
    nice idea and awesome execution.

    added to vimeo.com/channels/ilovestopmotion
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  • Benjamin Herchet 3 months ago
    Stunning !
    What lenses were used?
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  • Preston Sierra plus 3 months ago
    man I love this
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  • Eduardo Berthier 3 months ago
    That was freaking freaking freaking AWSOME!
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  • Smashbox Studios 3 months ago
    Just featured this on our creative culture blog, Yello. We are in LOVE! bit.ly/um4pRz
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  • Jordan Satmary 3 months ago
    oh my god, this is genius. great work.
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  • Roberto Castillo 3 months ago
    sweet!
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  • Carolina Maiorano 3 months ago
    Awesome! Love it too.
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  • Niklas Großmann 3 months ago
    Stunning. Love it! Shared on actuallygee.blogspot.com/
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  • Gonzalo Massa 3 months ago
    Hi, excellent video!

    I have two questions: Are you associated with Google Steret View (the open title says "The theory and Google Streetview presents")? And secondly I want to ask you about the street view in your video, It doesn't seem like a series of pictures but a bunch of videos of roads. How did you do that? It's a great work.

    Thank you!
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  • Hamid Rahmani 3 months ago
    that was BEAUTIFUL!!! i loved everything about it. Cinematic Orchestra as background music was definitely a good choice.
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  • Markus Emrich 3 months ago
    haha this is so great! i really enjoyed it.
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  • Sylwia 3 months ago
    Awe-inspiring!
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  • Byron Slaybaugh plus 3 months ago
    Love!
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  • Buka 3 months ago
    can't stop watching it! its a piece of art!
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  • Carlos G 3 months ago
    absolutely loved it... great work
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  • Ray Chang plus 3 months ago
    brilliant idea and beautifully executed. well done!!!
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  • Mike Kobal plus 3 months ago
    wow! beyond words.
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  • Adel 3 months ago
    Great concept and well executed. keep it up.
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  • Vasilis Flouris 3 months ago
    This is an amazing stop motion!!!Amazing work guys!!!
    Congratulations!!!
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  • U M 3 months ago
    Brillant, such a great work!
    I'm so amazed by all the work you put in there. Thanks for the trip!
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  • flaviobello 3 months ago
    this is amazing, congrats from Brazil, it's a beautifull work. thanks for the trip²
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