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39. THE MACHINE
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35. They Might Be Giants, "I'm Impressed"
2 years ago
DIRECTOR Rob Shaw
ANIMATION STUDIO Bent Image Lab bentimagelab.com
MUSIC BY They Might Be Giants

For this music video, Rob Shaw took his robot minions quite seriously. In an early section of the video you'll notice soldier robots popping out of paper sheets and folding themselves into three dimensional shapes. This was actually how each robot was made. Rob Shaw created a design with which he could print out paper cut outs of each robot, which would then be folded into the characters.

Known for his character animation, Shaw used an all paper set and cast of characters in a combination of techniques to create this robot-ruled Rome. You'll notice that many shots were created using 2D techniques, while others utilized 3D paper puppets.

Rob Shaw's music video for the They Might Be Giants song, "I'm Impressed" won a gold plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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  • josh lyon plus 2 years ago
    Great video!

    added to Best of Animation/Stop Motion/Puppets:
    vimeo.com/channels/animationandpuppets
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  • Armand Quimpo 2 years ago
    I love the character design. Very detailed and expressive. Awesome job!
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  • mpared plus 2 years ago
    how cool is that?? posted at the curious brain
  • Xprezionfilms 2 years ago
    haha Love your title "The curious brain" haha good one :)
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  • maura cluthe 2 years ago
    WOW. very cool. i love the design of the robots and the detail throughout. congrats :)
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  • Magnus Atom 2 years ago
    That was crazy good! A bit violent for "They Might be Giants" though xD
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  • D Stinz 2 years ago
    I love it!
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  • Xprezionfilms 2 years ago
    once again.. Fantastic job!!! :)
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  • Stefan Max Kube 2 years ago
    i like the band and i like this video, great job
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  • Lorenz Schümann 2 years ago
    Fantastic!
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  • langustart plus 2 years ago
    Great work!
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  • kimmygorden 2 years ago
    Two words.
    Awe. and Some.
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  • PKBT 2 years ago
    i love how well the picture goes with the music. im amazed.
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  • Lluís Domingo plus 2 years ago
    really Amazing!

    I loved the art design!!
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  • Kamil Izbinski 2 years ago
    check out this awesome site, really interesting soggycheerio.com
  • 3mpty Jars 2 years ago
    haha nice one
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  • Brice Necker 2 years ago
    what else to say but I'm Impressed
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  • Adam Rahn 2 years ago
    sooo cool, one of the best stop motion projects I've ever seen
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  • 3mpty Jars 2 years ago
    awesome vid i know it took a while. I'm impressed
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  • Buds Untitled 2 years ago
    Me inclino!
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  • Ed Sharpe 1 year ago
    in this case.... It is good NOT to be the king!
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  • Dextri2 1 year ago
    I try to create an animation like this! jeje
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  • Roger Todd 8 months ago
    Absolutely bloody awesome!!!
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