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1. Pigeon Pilfer

by Michael Stevenson

2 years ago

Pigeon Pilfer is Michael Stevenson's 2008 senior film from San Francisco State University. It was completed in four months with sixty pounds of clay, a digital SLR camera, and one tiny room. Check out pigeonpilfer.com or follow twitter.com/stopmotioner for more info.

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Maarten Toner 2 years ago

Very cool, funny and nice clean animation.
Karthik Raja 2 years ago

cool!
Juan Carlos 2 years ago

Hola_Michael._Me_ha_gustado_mucho._Muy_buena_animacion.
Len 2 years ago

haha cool film! very lovely birdies :D. well done!
Devoted to Motion 2 years ago

Well done Michael! The animation is looking great and the quirky character definatley intrigues me. Can't wait to see the rest.
Graham Ross 2 years ago

Nice film man!
Karen Abad 2 years ago

This is so ridiculously good.
alexandre gontijo 2 years ago

Well done! Great!
Dan Carter 2 years ago

That was great! What are the birds going to do with their money?
Gaina 2 years ago

Oh that's lovely! I've never seen pigeons look so cute and yet so utterly sinister before :D.
Edith 2 years ago

Very cool!!
Brennan L. 2 years ago

They buy corndogs, of course.

Or... a Ferrari?

lol. Practical aside, the animation was fabulous. I really enjoyed it.

The music suited it well, and reminded me of Roller Coaster Tycoon...
icebreaker 2 years ago

Haha i laughed so hard :P The contrast between the guy and the pigeons is awesome :D And the ending...awesome!
Jonathan 2 years ago

This is great! You're very talented. Congrats :)
Daniel Hart 2 years ago

This is very impressive. The animation is very realistic.
ANGELVASQUEZ.COM 2 years ago

Very solid execution and FUN! Nice work! I'd like to see more.
Richard Evaldsson 2 years ago

Awesome!!!
Scott Coello 2 years ago

Ha, utter killer animation. Awesome.
Sam Saint-Pettersen 2 years ago

Nice work.
MetalDuckOnline 2 years ago

This is great! I love the characters!
Julia Quinn 2 years ago

this is so fun!!!
ARPAMA 2 years ago

excelent film, i agree with maarten toner, clean animation, very professional.
Bataraza 2 years ago

very nice animation... amazing
abby hernandez 2 years ago

this is awesome
pavel.o 2 years ago

Pruu
Adriana de Barros 2 years ago

Great movie!

Featured today at Scene 360 magazine (Scene360.com) and Scene 360 Illusion (illusion.scene360.com)
Camel Grana 2 years ago

great
Dawid Woźnica www.byczefilmy.pl 2 years ago

mistrzostwo świata! gratulacje!
inchinavv 2 years ago

It's like in life, but not bird ))
belvet 2 years ago

Love it! Congrats!
Graphicpulsar 2 years ago

BRAVOOOOO simple but powrful story!!! :D
ahhaha, i love the face of those birds!!!!
tamás lehoczky 2 years ago

nice video! reminds me a little bit of aardman studio's films (wallace and gromit, etc.).best,
Remi Noell 2 years ago

Simple, efficient and very funny.
Nice animation and art by the way!
Jac Hamman 2 years ago

Brilliant job!
Matt Schwarz 2 years ago

Amazing work man!
Double Films 2 years ago

That was Hilarious! Great work!! I hope to see more of your work in the future!!
Sean Duran 2 years ago

Featured on We Heart Short Films! :)

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Michael Stevenson 2 years ago

Very cool site, thanks for the feature
Hache 2 years ago

EXCELLENT ... very funny and really well done...
Terry Ibele 2 years ago

fantastic work! you really took advantage of the use of clay in your motion. It was also very well paced and humourous.
Michael Stevenson 2 years ago

Thanks so much everyone!
Chris Hutchison 2 years ago

Incredible work! Your animation is very fluid, really enjoyed watching this well done! best of luck for the future.
BenJamin Wigmore 2 years ago

Great stuff!
Color Lounge - Cedric Riveau 2 years ago

So well done! Bravo!
Sandshop Media 2 years ago

very very nice work - *subscribe*
Shelley Noble 2 years ago

Wonderful in every way.
Rohit Iyer 2 years ago

I wish I could "love" this film instead of just "liking" it. And by that, I mean vimeo's favorite feature.

What's so amazing about this short is that you've been so true to the medium. It's not just called claymation - it literally is clay in motion. :)

Wonderful work!
Marcelo Reis 2 years ago

fantastic!
flami 2 years ago

Nice!
Once it happened to me
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Sean Dicken 2 years ago

Very nice film! Great job, and congratulations! It's really good to see some nice films coming out of SFSU now. Story, design, audio... you've got it all! Best of luck!
Dinesh 2 years ago

good work ya
Karen Jewell 2 years ago

Ha ha ha...clever and fun!
Jane Doe 2 years ago

Like in The Birds.
Kyle Toffelmire 2 years ago

That was really awesome! How many hours did it take?
Michael Stevenson 2 years ago

Thanks! It was somewhere around 800 hours. There was a lot of trial and error.
Ex'pression College 2 years ago

Insane!
Kyle Toffelmire 2 years ago

May I do a feature of it on my web page? Basically embed the video and get some background on you and the video itself. E-mail me @ kyle@coastmediacollective. As well as anyone else who wants a feature. Website is coastmediacollective.com
Dan MacKenzie 2 years ago

I really loved this. Such fun clay feel. I watch it over and over.
Joe Choe 2 years ago

haha, I love the pigeons!
Yusuf Eltelbany 2 years ago

heheheh ... that was brilliant and funny

nice expressions, great animation ... and ... lovely pigeons :D
sumon 2 years ago

great job
Kyle Roberts 2 years ago

Very clean.. and uhh, cute... good job!
Jojo S. Canete 1 year ago

they don't take no for an answer. you made my day.
Damira Kalajzic 1 year ago

this is great! :)
Timofej Yakovec Kiev 1 year ago

Real, great, fantastic. I try to make something similar, but this is very hard:)
N1K 1 year ago

wow very funny !
Caleb Snoke 1 year ago

Very nice man...great timing...was wondering if Hitchcock's "Birds" had any influence.
Michael Stevenson 1 year ago

You know, I'm kind of ashamed to say it, but I've never seen The Birds! I suspect there's a bit of similarity though.
lisacucita kuste 1 year ago

nice
Adam Rahn 1 year ago

very cool :P
Jonathan Lopez 1 year ago

Hahaha, I love it! Very well done. How big were those suckers? You said 60 pounds, just seems like a ton!.
Michael Stevenson 1 year ago

Thanks! The birds ranged from about 1cm at the back to 25cm for the big guys in front. Not only were the birds clay, but the floor, walls, sky, and props were too!
Merav shacham(bananamoon) 1 year ago

Wonderful!
Jemma Jose 1 year ago

heh heh hilarious! :D i always knew pigeons were upto no good.

real good work :)
Mo Shono 1 year ago

cool.
Santiago Germano 1 year ago

haha nice!
Andrea Gomez 1 year ago

Nice! Great job haha :D
Pietro Zanchettin 1 year ago

amazing!
SUSHI ADV. 1 year ago

Very amusing! I've shared it in my blog tatami.sushiadv.com/?p=758

:-)
Michael Stevenson 1 year ago

Thanks!
jessenpetty 1 year ago

800 hrs. That is insane but look at what you accomplished! Good expressions of both characters, climax, mood change and keeping your audience guessing what the pigeons really wanted.You should look at doing a sequal to this animation. Very funny and makes you wonder what the pigeons are going to do with the money they gracefully acquired. That would be a good beginning of your next short. Good luck to and keep up the creativity!

Jesse

-"Unleash the Creativity!"-
nicolas coorens 1 year ago

Good work!!
Chip Popsicle 1 year ago

DAYAM dats funky!
Taylor Simpson 1 year ago

Getting mugged by piegions?
Toldi Krisztina 1 year ago

Ááá.... imádom a galambokat... ez egy haláli kisfilm! :)

It's very funny! :)
Thomas Lucas 1 year ago

Its nice to see stop motion that looks like it is entirely made from clay. Its a brilliant style and the animation itself is brilliant, very smooth and expressive. I enjoyed this very much.
Trolleywood Productions 1 year ago

like the birds!
Alex Lévesque 1 year ago

amazing claymation!
David Roseberry 1 year ago

Great job, dude! thanks for sharing.
Loring Robbins 1 year ago

Great animation. I love his facial expressions.
treasure webb 1 year ago

this is great but will someone watch my videos i have like no views
lisa ro 1 year ago

Aaah i love it!!
Julius Beckores 11 months ago

ahhh ultra xD
love it <3
Drew Roper 11 months ago

Lovely style of animation and aesthetic
LeKNIGHTFILM LIMITED 8 months ago

in one word amazing
Hana Backland 8 months ago

Short, sweet concept. Intelligently universal too! ;)
Kasper Werther 6 months ago

Nice style, the animation is nice and fluid, and a great amount of squash & stretch! It really stands out from most other clay animations.
Trevor Hardy 5 months ago

That is just superb...I'm a stop frame animator and I don't know how you animated that so well. Your are a god...that was unbelivably good animation, great characters and story. You are a real inspiration to me. MORE PLEASE....NOW!
hana 5 months ago

so cute
ruudabiyoga 5 months ago

hHAHAHAHA great cool i love it so simple