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Blood And Thunder by Matthias Sturm
myspace.com/mslucifermusique

Video by Tobias Stretch
tobystretch.com
Assistant Caleb Ransom

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  • André Mello plus 2 years ago
    Wow!! Love it! What a trip. love the colors and the motion. The art direction is also outstanding.
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Hey Andre thanks for that! I wasn't sure about the colors. But I think it's good to change it up .

    Cheers,
    T
  • Axiom Crux 2 years ago
    seconded, cool colors and I like the stop motion along with the organic twitch of the leaves etc..
  • Antonio Segura 2 years ago
    Spectacular images, smooth video, greetings from Seville
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  • Andrew Walker plus 2 years ago
    Now, that was a weird music video...but I liked it.
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Weird is the way!

    Thanks a bunch!

    T
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  • ailatanotos plus 2 years ago
    Lindo!! I like it.

    Thanks for sharing it, I was specting the next one :D
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  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    More madness on the way!

    Stay tuned!

    Gracias!

    T
  • ailatanotos plus 2 years ago
    de nada.
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  • a martini plus 2 years ago
    loved it from the very first minute
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    That is good too, because I got to keep the ADD people like myself with me.

    Best,

    T
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  • Adrian Cacciola plus 2 years ago
    Fit to the perfection at the music !!! Love it, it's very poetic !!
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Poetry is all we can aspire to!

    Right on!

    T
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  • Alastair Brown 2 years ago
    Oooooooohhhhh....yes....I think that is about the best word I can think of to describe it! Very Watchable.
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Ooooooooooooohh......thanks......for the love!

    Party!
    T
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  • Karen Abad plus 2 years ago
    Oh my god. hahaha. Amazing Tobias
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Hey Karen, I'm glad you saw the slapstick in there.

    Rock on!

    T
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  • TedNewsome plus 2 years ago
    Great work. What did the original colors look like? I have a deep-rooted aesthetic problem with altered hue. I haven't sought therapy on this subject, but maybe I should : )
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    HAHA, ya I think I might have some kind of psychotic technicolor imagination that won't let go. I hope to get back to more earth tones again. One of my upcoming vids is gonna be real dark night time Tron stuff.

    Stay tuned!

    Much love,

    T
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  • bartleby 2 years ago
    fantastic! what more can I say!
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Fantastic is good enough for me!

    A fantastic day!

    T
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  • Adam Docker plus 2 years ago
    Well done Tobias. What did you shoot it on? How long did it take?
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    I use a D80 and it took about 2 months to do the puppets, shooting and all. I'm gonna be doing some live action stuff soon to hopefully cut down my hours but keep the wow factor in tact.

    Thanks for the interest!

    T
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  • massta 2 years ago
    That was great, nice choice of coloring and I think I saw some inferred in there.
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  • andy probst plus 2 years ago
    Strange but cool =)
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  • Olivier Depaep pro 2 years ago
    Weird & wonderful. Had me sucked in until the end!
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  • Rumraket plus 2 years ago
    simply amazing craftsmanship and animation!!!
    and a beautiful story as well
    mind blowing!
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Hey thanks guys, it's been a while since Illuminant, I'm just trying to live up to those standards.

    Best,
    T
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  • miz managed 2 years ago
    love those acid colors. reminds me of an LSD trip I had in the old days
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    haha, ya I haven't partaken in that kind of stuff in years but I guess I know what you mean. I feel like I'm tripping when I'm sober now so I guess it's better that way to get the work done.

    Party!
    T
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  • François Mathey plus 2 years ago
    Nice work, more colors than usual, acid, but not bad. It reminds me Soundgarden, I don't know why.
    Cheers.
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  • nicoballe 2 years ago
    very trippy Tobias, congrats! (take me to your dealer ;-)
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Haha my dealer is somewhere inside my brain I think.

    T
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  • Andre 2 years ago
    Pure acid ! Congrats!
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Folks love acid I guess. It would be hard to get to work everyday, though I'm sure some have tried it.

    T
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  • Alexander Kovalev 2 years ago
    it is amazing...
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  • ANTHONY JACKSON plus 2 years ago
    this was very cool thank you for sharing !
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  • Brönnimann 2 years ago
    your style is definitly special.
    greetings jörg
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  • Andy Dick 2 years ago
    Impressive man...great work!
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  • Antonio Segura 2 years ago
    Spectacular images, smooth video, greetings from Seville
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Hello Antonio from Seville. Great to hear from folks from far away beautiful places that they appreciate what I do, it is very inspiring for me to hear your kind words!

    All the best,
    Tobias
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  • Angelo Szamszoryk 2 years ago
    Nice! Tell us how you did it. HDV, Stopmotion and AfterEffects?
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    I use a Nikon D80 and FCP and a lot of sweat and that's pretty much it. There's a few thousand pictures in it at 12 fps. I'm hoping to have the budgets to shoot 24 fps some day but for now this will do I'm gonna be doing live action stuff next with some crazy animatronics in order to break away from the monotony of the stop motion stuff.

    Thanks!

    T
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  • Adam Forgione plus 2 years ago
    wow, amazing!
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  • Radio Zamaneh 2 years ago
    Awesome and very, very creative!
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Awesomely awesome for you to say that.
    Hopefully I can keep the awesome coming!

    Best,
    T
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  • love it
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  • Anthony Ferrara 2 years ago
    Awesome once again. coming to nyc ever? Would love to join forces and run amuck in the city.
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Like King Kong!

    I'll be there some day!

    Rock,
    T
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  • Stephen Benavides plus 2 years ago
    Amazing! Great work! It's very inspiring.
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  • americanvirus 2 years ago
    I love it! I Love it!
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Love is great and love is in the air!

    Love,

    Tobias
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  • You've done it again!
    What a wonderful way to tell a story...
    And your imagination!

    Why all that greenish hue?
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    I've been trying for a crazy color scheme, some people don't like it and I can understand but I was trying to create a surreal world. I call psychotic technicolor. Maybe it will grow on you! Thanks for the kind words!

    Best,
    T
  • Antonio Segura 2 years ago
    thanks tobias
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  • Antonio Segura 2 years ago
    thanks tobias
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  • Aaron Warner 2 years ago
    Yes this is great. Your videos get my imagination rolling every time and I want to do something like this! So do you build all the characters yourself as well?
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  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Ya, I had a friend help with a few puppets in the past and have another friend helping build some cool stuff on a really different new video I'm doing now but for the most part I've done everything from puppets to shooting in the past but I hope to change this soon, as I am realizing the advantage of help.

    Thanks a bunch Aaron,
    best,
    T
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  • SEGOMU 2 years ago
    wow, me he quedado sin palabras, gracias por compartir este video y felicitaciones es un trabajo de muy alta calidad en todos los aspectos
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  • Beautiful Matias! I love your work.
    Do you write the scripts before the shooting ? How important is the story for you?
    Thanks!
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  • Martin Harrower 2 years ago
    Fantastic stuff!
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  • Annie 2 years ago
    WOW!
    This is STUNNING work :)))
    I can see why it took you 2 months to complete :)
    GREAT STUFF mate!
    I LOVE it :))))))
    Thanks for the invite to view it :)))))
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  • antonio alucema plus 2 years ago
    Wow! lovin the shot angles! great work
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  • batsandswallows 2 years ago
    Mythological !
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  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Ya it's tough to get the right angles when you are laying on the ground with bugs crawling up on you. But you gotta do what you gotta do!

    Best,
    T
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  • karla artavia 2 years ago
    I love the concept and the colors , muy bueno
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  • Helena Bulaja plus 2 years ago
    love the wings butterflies and colors...indeed.... : )...but arent you scared to make images for lucifermusique... ; )
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  • smartti1970 2 years ago
    I'm astound! Your pictures and the world you create have never been seen i feel. I think its a shame that as soon as someone does some creative dreamy atmospheres others feel its a world related to halucinogene drugs. Well ok dreams are halucinations.. and what about fairy tales..
    The music "artists" you've been working with are also fantastic and never heard before. very authentic creativity i find. I'm very admirativ also at the amount of work there is.. thanks for the inspirations and share..
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Drugs are fun but art is funner!
  • smartti1970 2 years ago
    yeah except with art you pay before in time consuming efforts, and are rewarded after with fun pleasure and a sense of achievement.
    With drugs you pay before and after and you'r left with no achievement.
    With your art we can all fly clean just watching you for free :)
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  • Charles Pieper plus 2 years ago
    As always, your stuff is brilliant and fascinating, for sure for sure!

    -CAP
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  • Matt DL 2 years ago
    One of the most amazing and inspiring shorts I've seen in a while. In a league with the Brothers Quay. Keep it up.
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Hey the Quays are great and they grew up near where I do my stuff. I hope to meet them before I die to say thanks for the inspiration. And Terry Gilliam and David Lynch too! Too many greats I'll never meet. Art rules!

    Best,
    T
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  • Saturnas 2 years ago
    I can't stop watching this.
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  • Alex Conrado 2 years ago
    Enhorabuena Tobias. Es un trabajo muy original.
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  • Simon Prager 2 years ago
    you did a wonderful job again!
    great camera work and nice flashy color-grading!
  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Hey thanks for that! It was a risky move with those colors and I still need to fix the exposures on some clips.
    Thanks for the kind words!
    T
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  • Jesse Larson 2 years ago
    Truly awesome. Speechless. Awesome.
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  • Tobias Stretch plus 2 years ago
    Hey Jesse! Truly awesome words man, thanks!
    I've got a new vid with stop motion people coming in a couple weeks!
    Stay tuned!

    T
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  • Marina Valentina 2 years ago
    oh my god, you did it again! AWESOME!!
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  • josh lyon plus 2 years ago
    Fantastic Work Mr Stretch! Thanks for letting me know about your new work also...

    added to Best of Animation/Stop Motion/Puppets:
    vimeo.com/channels/animationandpuppets
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  • BonaFide Hetaera 2 years ago
    so strange but come-hither at the same time
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  • Shawn Landersz plus 2 years ago
    did i just get high? :D
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  • Jackie Helvey plus 2 years ago
    We loved this movie so much we gave it an award! Carrboro Film Festival 2009.
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  • calvin maltin 1 year ago
    fuck fuck fuck YA!!!!!!
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