I’m an old CGI animator who is currently doing VFX and DP’ing besides Directing. Sometimes I feel just like Phil in this short, which to me is the most amazing tribute to our Master Ray Harryhausen, whose work inspired me to get into animation since I was a child. Thanks for sharing this awesome film. It makes me cry every time.
stop motion skeleton, animatronics, the creature costume, old 90's cgi, 2D animation on cells frames..... this makes me so upset to see these guys treated in such a way, Amazing short film
20 years in the future when the next big thing comes along, mo-cap suit slowly hobbles into the bar, where the other stage effects welcome him. "First time?" says Phil.
I thought that was really a great badass film! This coming June 2020 master of stop motion animation Ray Harryhausen would have been 100 years old! I have his movies on DVD and Jim Danforth stuff also "Zanti Misfits" of the Outer Limits. Gave me nitemares as a kid!
@@nathanmcwayne5705 I guess you can! Before he passed away, his daughter Vanessa put a website together in his name! I wrote them back then.. she mentioned that it would be nice if he did live to be a 100 but, sadly he passed away at age 92.. or was it 93?? I should have looked first before I post it here..I my self dabble with objects, clay, my grandsons robot toys, action figures....
That's only part of the point, I think. It's also that through the wide eyes of children, even the crudest of old Hollywood special effects have magic. Jaded adults, coddled by CGI, can't see the wonder that's right in front of them. A child can. Movies often seek the child in us, particularly fantasy movies. I am a middle-aged, analog man in a breathless digital world. I get more out of the exhaustive, intimate, handmade sorcery of Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen than I do out of all the motion-capture precision that clogs movie screens since the 1990s. Ich bin ein skeleton!
This is just an amazing homage to all the old film techniques. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how much effort and work goes into these media. To this day the modern Alien franchise can never really beat the suits and animatronics they used in the originals. It's just not as scary, not as much heart. Same goes for Jurassic park. The original puppet they had to dry out every few minutes in the rain scene near the beginning has never been matched in quality in my opinion. Then there's all the old films such as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal that are such gems. Even the new star wars series 'The Mandalorian' has recognised this and the child they use is a puppet. It's just so much more real. This is beautiful, and I honestly thought it was gonna have a bad ending, but the hope he has at the end just made me smile. Even if the critics don't find him scary for the movie, he's a terrifying monster anyway. Scare on little bone dude.
The Mandalorian would have used c.g.i. But Werner Herzog, who is one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, by the way, attacked the producers, exactly because people nowadays use c.g.i to replace animatronics.. and, lo, and behold. Baby Yoda became a puppet.
Just saying, I heard the rebooted Dark Crystal series on Netflix are a series of new gems themselves, as a perfect fusion of old & new. I myself hasn't got the means to watch the series but they look so awesome in the previews.
Can this qualify for The Academy Awards? Guaranteed winner. Best short I've seen, maybe ever. The nuance achieved, while building characters, struggle, Hollywood world, work, home, public environments etc, whilst moving the timeline at lightening speed, so smoothly. I was never having to keep up, despite a distinct lack of focus, lol. I was actually a little awed by how much of the creative process and framework I could see coming through, and how much information you can put in a single frame. All, almost subconsciously, because I was being entertained and already wrapped up in this character. Brilliant. Bravo! and, ty
Ironically, one theme of the short was the extinction of a hard-working method of cinematography before CGI (robotic props, claymation, etc.). So, it wouldn't be very surprising if even this film (which required much more work for the "same" effects) wouldn't even get recognized in Hollywood.
As a stop motion animator who idolises the work of Ray Harryhausen, this short spoke to me on so many levels! Absolutely floored by this! Recognise some of Nick Hilligoss' work there too! Well done!
Yes!! Nick Hilligoss was an amazing help! We initially approached him if he was available for animating for us, but when he wasn't he was so kind to lend us so many props/puppets for dressing - legend!
The guy that made the skeleton was Ray Harryhausen, special effects pioneer that made 1980s clash of the titans. Showed Calibos too. Super cool concept, very well done
Thank you, glad to know that I am not the only one that spotted the connection. Spotted the influence as soon as the skeleton started to move and fought the centurian. I loved all of the Ray Harryhausen movies as a kid, a true pioneer of stop-motion movie animation.
@@CC-gv1yd *Except Sans of course, is not real* but, *skeleton stay really scary, Imagine you see her and He's moving towards you slowly* 6:14 *it's creepy lol ☠️💀☠️* *oh gawd*
Although being an old 'special effect' set the precedence, they do need the recognition for what they contributed in their time and how they added to future ideas in advancements. Thank you, not old, but original labour intensive 'special effects' which I think are still amazing.
You said you did CGI? Can you imagine how labor intensive Claymation would have been like the original Jason/Argonauts? Or even stop motion with posable figures like Gumby and Poke???
I make short films that only last 30-90 seconds. Here is my personal favorite ua-cam.com/video/fhvcXAs9duM/v-deo.html I hope it brightens someone’s day 💞
that was al pacino's favorite joke when he worked with johnny depp on the movie Donnie Brosco ua-cam.com/video/P08PphTocOg/v-deo.htmlsi=cGNgbF2cvlCESbSl
I don't think people understand the concept that it's not about the skeleton but about the stop motion animators not being able to land a job, as with other dying industries
@@invaderlav2722 most movies you see have cgi and you dont notice. You only notice bad cgi, or fictional beings that dont have a direct analogue in real life.
Love how he pays homage to the old joke... a skeleton walks into a bar and says, "I'll have a beer, and a mop!" okay, it was a bucket, but it was still funny.
Really nailed that Jason and the Argonauts feel at the beginning. The stop motion integration was fantastic (well the mix of stop motion and vfx) and the story was super fun. Really enjoyed it. Should've had a Baby Bones cameo though.
Congrats, I'm crying. I've dedicated my life to practical effects- and now like so many in the entertainment industry I'm stuck without work during the pandemic. This hit real close to home. I love it.
Stick with it mate! There are those of us out there that adore practical effects. I don't go to the movies anymore, like, at all. But the second a Laika studios film is released I'm there and the practical effects are the biggest draw for me (though most of their stories are fantastic too).
@@shreyandatta1910 the stop motion animations were out-dated and raplaced by the 3D CG.The skelecton represents the conventional cartoon artists or old film workers,the passing of time made them unemployed,they can just wait to be abandoned by the society.
I like the scene where the skeleton and the other old school visual effect characters burn the studio and the skeleton guy melts and then wakes up from his revenge fantasy, its a metaphor that many peolpe hate to hear; Revenge might be satisfactory...but it also destroys yourself.
Revange is good, there is some people like us that follow Satan and for us that's okay, we don't agree on the fact that revenge is a bad thing but I get your point.
I mean, I twatted someone with a rock for revenge and I'm still intact. I don't hate hearing it, but it's not always right. Sure, most people regret doing something and not "being the bigger person", but I don't regret it. The only thing I wish is that the fucker died, as I was 9 at the time, meaning I couldn't have been prosecuted. Fucker somehow survived a caved in skull.
Um, I think it's a scene for comic effect, illustrative of the skeleton's frustration and anger, not a scoldy moral lesson on the wages of revenge. If it served to give you a thumbnail education in basic ethics, fine. For me, it simply and delightfully "fleshes out" the skeleton, which is the goal of the movie.
I can't just stop thinking that the little girl at the end of the movie, after realising that this guy is the Skeleton Monster, decided to cheer up his day and act scared.
That's a boy, and I think he was actually scared. He assumed the skeleton was an effect, and just that. He didn't think it was an *actual* skeleton. That was genuine fear, not just 'oh I'll make this guy feel better' thing. He had no idea what the skeleton was going through.
This 12 min short elicited more emotion and more kinds of emotion than most of anything else I've scene recently. What a great tribute to the great practical effects of days passed.
Or moved pretty well for having no muscles? I think in this universe the characters can do whatever they did in their original movies. So if in the movie they added a sound effect to make him roar, he can roar.
Stop motion's grave was sealed with cement the day the lago movie came out. It's become nothing more than a novelty, which is pretty sad considering the amount of creativity that comes out of those who still use it, but still the fact that we have a movie where nobody knew the difference kinda makes it obsolete for anything other than to show off your skills.
@@chrisatlatenite If you blokes do get funded to make a larger story, I do dearly hope you'll (do your best to anyway) give the audience something important. Inspire them, show them what matters as a human. Stop motion and vfx take enormous time and talent, please make yours count.
@@blamenest Of course, I was referring to the boring, stupid, forgettable, regrettable, imaginatively-challenged, copy-paste, nauseating, agenda-driven crap they're putting out these days. But yeah, Hollywood is probably part of the reason England isn't shutting down its Pakistani child-harvesting operations.
The script is hilarious at 2:56. "He blows chunks all over TRICA who plummets into the ocean." TRICIA: "I can't swim". GRIFFITH: "Here, take this pool noodle." LOL
What i like more of this is that this is why we should cherish older animation methods cus they're just unique and make filming projects (though difficult at times)become more recognized and staples for there time
Love watching the evolution of your style and humor ever since the Doomday Arcade days. This has a lot of heart, despite the clear lack of one in the main character. :)
I like how most of the "real" things the Skeleton King interacts with have motion blur, yet he does not have it, being a stop motion figure. Except the scenes, where the "figure" was not animated frame by frame, but in a continuous manner, like at 5:17. The amount of detail put into this short film is really breathtaking. I did enjoy this a lot. Maybe some day we will see another movie completely made without any digital processing involved. I know, the cost would be too big to justify. But, if this would have been done without digital technique, it would be not that crisp and precise. I just checked the behind the scenes and a lot of CGI was involved. Those pioneers who did this in the 1960s were truly masters of their profession.
When he roar'd and the talent agents didn't even bother to look at him, i died a little inside. Way to make me feel something I haven't felt in a AAA-movie or TV show in decades.
I found 2 interpretations for myself. 1) There is no need to improve what is already good. 2) Be who you have always been, the situation may change, but you are the same.
I was feeling really down. My previous happiness from my childhood and career life seemed more distant every day. But I saw this and it made me happy. It made me even happier when I saw it was Timtimfed. Thank you man.
I think this video was symbolic for the career of Ralph Macchio who was famous for his Karate Kid role. Then his career took a downturn he never truly recovered from. Granted, the first Karate Kid was great.... but all those sequels were unnecessary money grabs and he paid the price.
Anod to Ray Harryhausen here,and all the practical effects artists ,that made [and still make] such memorable films ,like this one ,real characters ,yet not one word spoken,loved it.
Usually, a school will force you to pour hours into something ten minutes long, and you end up hating the original product due to whatever laborous work you have associated with it. However, despite my school pushing this down my throat, this truly is something special. It’s a small, wordless, but beautiful story that deserves all of the praise it gets. I legitimately don’t understand why this has any dislikes.
It's because 99% of the world nowadays is stuck on the idea that if it isn't digital, realistic in every way, and 'modern', it's useless, dated, and obsolete. I mean, how many people watch the old "Jason and the Argonauts", "Sinbad", or any other stop-motion movie, let alone black and white movies (other than "A Christmas Carol")? What's worse, is that, as with the 'Rebooted" script in this film, the prevailing thought process is to take a classic, use all the new and modern techniques possible, rework the original script with modern ideas and ideals,and current ways of looking at everything, and produce a worthless piece of crap to put on the screen and pass it off as a modern take on an original (cue full-screen shot of the poster for the 'Clash of the Titans' remake). I have YET to see a modern remake come out that matches the originals in quality, despite their age - INCLUDING the prequils/ sequels to the original movies. There have been a few sequels that improve a few things by explanations given or the like, but by in large, almost none have been better.
I was showing my appreciation for this particular piece. If you don’t like this work, or me as an extension, for liking it, then that’s okay. But yes, I’m acknowledging that other movies exist. Didn’t think I would have to say that but here are we.
I have to say that it's great Phil and Mid-90s-Liquid-Metal-Man are still getting jobs. Two very underutilized actors if you ask me, which you most expressly did not.
I know this has a lot of love already, but what an inspiration. Don't let the old ways die too, use everything we know to our advantage and make magic like this film. I'd actually like to see this as a full film. Such a good movie!
I really love how they made this, I think the small dragon is one of my favourite characters because he's made out of paint, ink and acetate, just like the regular cel-animation which was then replaced with graphics-tablet animation.
Lmao i definitely don't think that's the point of this 😂😂😂
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@@michaelmcgraw2455 In any moment the film speaks about what the public wants or not. It's about how times changes and the strugles to keep up relevant.
*One of the best short films I have seen in a very, very, long time. Having done some stop-motion animations myself, I am blown away by the amount of planning, skill, and time this wonderful creation took. And all done with an incredible story line.*
@@lifeofentropy but sad story me want ending where he can reaccepted or something or how the monster and human race learns some sort of way for both species to thrive
This is so, so SO good. You can see the love poured into every single frame and detail, you folks are wizards. I felt sympathy for the stop motion skeleton man!!!
Such a beautiful music the whole time and such a charming skeleton after the time he was famous...but not too old to do his job. Very elegant story with a lovely variety of other monsters in the same situation. An outstanding film, thank you all for your hard work!
Stop Motion is the blood and soul of animation filming, CGI animation can feel so lifeless and lacklustre. Stop Motion i will always be on your side with the war against CGI.
i love this one!!!!! god, so many good things about it that i could go on and on about, but instead i will just leave it at this: the skeleton is so cute in his little hoodie lmfao!!!
Bloody heck that was good. Just fantastic stuff. Love the fact that the stop animation skeleton's buddies were now "redundant" tech. An animatronic, an animation cell, early CGI and classic man-in-suit rubber costume. Just genius.
When I was little , Jason and the Argonauts was my favourite film ! The best part for me was the end when all the little skeleton soldiers rose up out the ground . Thank you for this most Ausome short film , loved it !
This brought me back. Nostalgia is great. This film was incredible, the amount of work and talent put into this is amazing! Who needs the new stuff anyways! :)
If this were to be turned into a movie, it would be a damn good one. This film reminds me of Chappie (a robot given sentient life, only to become a gang-star[reference] and watch his gang die before him) in a way, not really accepted; but he tries his best to live his life to the fullest in any way. 10/10 Best short film out there, fucking amazing!
I remember Sword & Sandle movies back in the day. This was executed so brilliantly! Wish they had these kinds of shorts before movies instead of commercials.
This is truly spectacular work! It’s amazing how much emotion you’ve conveyed through a non-verbal skeleton puppet with no eyes! I find it so strange that you see all these absolute tosspots rising to fame & getting movie deals all the while brilliantly written, visually gorgeous masterpieces such as yours are left in the dark. It’s sad, really.
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No dialogue but you still understand perfectly the story, a masterpiece.
wait, I just realize about that, wtf, wow! (not being sarcastic, I promise)
I didn't even notice it had no dialogue until reading this.
@@jacobmossmedia8794 SAME!
Visual storytelling at it's finest
best movies use the: show it, don't tell it!
I live in Hollywood and I've seen this guy walking around my area. Glad he finally got another role.
he built like a friend
Ого! тебе получается сильно повезло!
He worked his fingers to the bone to get that job.
What about the guy who played the Spartan? Do you see him around too?
@@edloki3057 yeah he was reading a book and I asked what it was and he yelled "THIS! IS! SIDDHARTAAAAAA!" dude's really into eastern philosophy. .
I’m an old CGI animator who is currently doing VFX and DP’ing besides Directing. Sometimes I feel just like Phil in this short, which to me is the most amazing tribute to our Master Ray Harryhausen, whose work inspired me to get into animation since I was a child. Thanks for sharing this awesome film. It makes me cry every time.
Of course - it's the dragon's teeth that turn into skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts. Loved that movie as a kid.
And i was picturing the skeleton sequence from Seventh Voyage of Sinbad! @@emperorofpluto
stop motion skeleton, animatronics, the creature costume, old 90's cgi, 2D animation on cells frames..... this makes me so upset to see these guys treated in such a way, Amazing short film
Can't believe the security guard did the animatronic such a dirty by unplugging her. Smh
Vlad1m4ra wait isn’t that in the skeltons day dream ? Why is she the only one who dies out of the group
@@rhyzvanic3660 radical Amish. Salute
@@fossil1266 i dont know, i dont see 90's cgi Guy after his scene ider
20 years in the future when the next big thing comes along, mo-cap suit slowly hobbles into the bar, where the other stage effects welcome him. "First time?" says Phil.
the part where he holds the picture of his creator while watching the film. That really hit me.
I wonder if he ever knew what he meant to his creation, or even that he was alive at all
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I thought that was really a great badass film! This coming June 2020 master of stop motion animation Ray Harryhausen would have been 100 years old! I have his movies on DVD and Jim Danforth stuff also "Zanti Misfits" of the Outer Limits. Gave me nitemares as a kid!
@@robertszymanski717 Did you catch that the old guy animator is named Harry? as in Ray Harryhausen.
@@nathanmcwayne5705 I guess you can! Before he passed away, his daughter Vanessa put a website together in his name! I wrote them back then.. she mentioned that it would be nice if he did live to be a 100 but, sadly he passed away at age 92.. or was it 93?? I should have looked first before I post it here..I my self dabble with objects, clay, my grandsons robot toys, action figures....
The irony of being the scariest when he was trying to be friendly
hahahhahahahahahaha true
I know the feeling.
ye know what, I have been looking at that skeletons pelvis, and I think it is a female.
@@rphb5870 Too narrow though?
And the twisted meaning that for him there is still hope...
can we appreciate the fact that they told us a beautiful story without having to say a single word?
U betcha
"you good?"
I'm at work cant use headphones so.. basically I look for movies like that, and I understood everything!
YOU LIE. the girl said momma
RROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRR
That ending tho
Skeleton: "Das right. These old bones still got it."
Oooh.. Now i get the end.. Thanks ! ahah
@@TheNico6384 Because of you saying you get the end, now I GOT it! What a chain reaction lol
dat teensy smile, right?
@@thaeasy Yeah! So teensy that I didn't even notice it the first time.
That's only part of the point, I think. It's also that through the wide eyes of children, even the crudest of old Hollywood special effects have magic. Jaded adults, coddled by CGI, can't see the wonder that's right in front of them. A child can. Movies often seek the child in us, particularly fantasy movies. I am a middle-aged, analog man in a breathless digital world. I get more out of the exhaustive, intimate, handmade sorcery of Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen than I do out of all the motion-capture precision that clogs movie screens since the 1990s. Ich bin ein skeleton!
I'm certain Ray Harryhausen would be both impressed, and delighted as to how his legacy has progressed in this world
This is just an amazing homage to all the old film techniques. One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how much effort and work goes into these media.
To this day the modern Alien franchise can never really beat the suits and animatronics they used in the originals. It's just not as scary, not as much heart. Same goes for Jurassic park. The original puppet they had to dry out every few minutes in the rain scene near the beginning has never been matched in quality in my opinion. Then there's all the old films such as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal that are such gems. Even the new star wars series 'The Mandalorian' has recognised this and the child they use is a puppet. It's just so much more real.
This is beautiful, and I honestly thought it was gonna have a bad ending, but the hope he has at the end just made me smile. Even if the critics don't find him scary for the movie, he's a terrifying monster anyway. Scare on little bone dude.
Things were real that's why looked amazing. Now just fake graphics.
The Mandalorian would have used c.g.i. But Werner Herzog, who is one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, by the way, attacked the producers, exactly because people nowadays use c.g.i to replace animatronics.. and, lo, and behold. Baby Yoda became a puppet.
Just saying, I heard the rebooted Dark Crystal series on Netflix are a series of new gems themselves, as a perfect fusion of old & new. I myself hasn't got the means to watch the series but they look so awesome in the previews.
@@olymolly3637
It is considerably less.. Dark, if you excuse my pun, then the old movie.. but the series are beautiful, nonetheless!
I agree. Its such a shame Jim Hensons creations are now just there to make dick jokes with SNL alumni
Can this qualify for The Academy Awards? Guaranteed winner. Best short I've seen, maybe ever. The nuance achieved, while building characters, struggle, Hollywood world, work, home, public environments etc, whilst moving the timeline at lightening speed, so smoothly. I was never having to keep up, despite a distinct lack of focus, lol. I was actually a little awed by how much of the creative process and framework I could see coming through, and how much information you can put in a single frame. All, almost subconsciously, because I was being entertained and already wrapped up in this character. Brilliant. Bravo! and, ty
Most likely could.
@@dogskinner4286 👍 👏 Where do I vote? .. I get a vote, right? ...😆 ok, serious😐 😶😬 😳 😱🤯 🤩 🥳
Yes ... 😔🖤🌹🤵🏻 ...
Ironically, one theme of the short was the extinction of a hard-working method of cinematography before CGI (robotic props, claymation, etc.).
So, it wouldn't be very surprising if even this film (which required much more work for the "same" effects) wouldn't even get recognized in Hollywood.
and it is a movie about making of movies, so, a strong entry, as that is what the academy likes
The Fact That No none cares about Skeleton Walking Around is Hilarious. Only the Girl in The Train Who Scared with it LoL
It's because he actually practiced his roar, she got scared, and he finally felt confident
@@cesarpalmos8235 he didn't roar though.
@@unvergebeneid he realized that he only had to smile to scare people
btw you should stop Talking Full Uppercase, its really weird bro
In the New York City subway, he's tame.
As a stop motion animator who idolises the work of Ray Harryhausen, this short spoke to me on so many levels! Absolutely floored by this! Recognise some of Nick Hilligoss' work there too! Well done!
Yes!! Nick Hilligoss was an amazing help! We initially approached him if he was available for animating for us, but when he wasn't he was so kind to lend us so many props/puppets for dressing - legend!
@@timtimfed you are both now part of the stop motion history !
I think this deservers a feature film...
@@romanbruni I haven't been excited to see a movie for a Looong time. This, I'd be there for a premiere. Salute
@@romanbruni I think what we need is more Stop Motion movies.
@@NicheXCC There's always Wallace and Gromit and Sean the Sheep! Aardman are doing some great work.
The guy that made the skeleton was Ray Harryhausen, special effects pioneer that made 1980s clash of the titans. Showed Calibos too. Super cool concept, very well done
Just perfect.
I loved that scene at the beginning of him doing the effects. All it took was one man. It’s mind boggling to think about.
Thanks for sharing this information
Also I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be based Off Jason and the Argonauts
@@ninjawasabie565 the Skelton soldiers were in both I think. Was ray's favorite
Thank you, glad to know that I am not the only one that spotted the connection. Spotted the influence as soon as the skeleton started to move and fought the centurian. I loved all of the Ray Harryhausen movies as a kid, a true pioneer of stop-motion movie animation.
that liquid metal thing is definitely from terminator 2
Does this also show how classic 90s CGI looks better than 2010s CGI?
@@golbibulbus5183 that cgi was from pure 3D softwares work without any stands or motions
to base on
@@tortilla7221 yea
@@s2ms10ik5 melting skeleton scene? Is it really in T2? Is it the scene where the T-1000 was melting in lava?
@@s2ms10ik5 I thought the 1st Terminator never used CGI it uses stop motion for the skeleton.
I've never wanted to hug a skeleton more in my life.
Ben Lingan technically you are hugging a skeleton right now
Oh no....
Except sans of course
@@gustav1712 you just blow my dam mind
@@CC-gv1yd
*Except Sans of course, is not real* but, *skeleton stay really scary, Imagine you see her and He's moving towards you slowly* 6:14 *it's creepy lol ☠️💀☠️*
*oh gawd*
Best short film I've seen in a long time
Short?
Seriously. Salute
Agreed.
Guau!
Piper is better
Although being an old 'special effect' set the precedence, they do need the recognition for what they contributed in their time and how they added to future ideas in advancements. Thank you, not old, but original labour intensive 'special effects' which I think are still amazing.
Weird short film isnt it?!
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You said you did CGI?
Can you imagine how labor intensive Claymation would have been like the original Jason/Argonauts? Or even stop motion with posable figures like Gumby and Poke???
ain't any one gonna talk about how good the lightening was, his skull reflect all the colors perfectly.
Almost looks like CGI, it's superb... Looks better than some of the Marvel movies =D
It’s stopmotion they are real lights
@@fireball2275 - I know it... It's "brilliant" =D
@ it really is
yeah, I don't know a thing about lighting or color correction and even I noticed! That's insanely incredible
Plot twist: the skeleton was finally employed for this short film.
Definitely a spooky scary skeleton...it sent shivers up my spine.
I make short films that only last 30-90 seconds. Here is my personal favorite ua-cam.com/video/fhvcXAs9duM/v-deo.html I hope it brightens someone’s day 💞
Dang, u right
Lol
i wish that hapened
I love how he drinks with a bucket under him. Reminded me of the joke "a skeleton walks into a bar, orders a beer... and a mop."
Beautifully done.
that was al pacino's favorite joke when he worked with johnny depp on the movie Donnie Brosco ua-cam.com/video/P08PphTocOg/v-deo.htmlsi=cGNgbF2cvlCESbSl
I don't think people understand the concept that it's not about the skeleton but about the stop motion animators not being able to land a job, as with other dying industries
Very good point
Yes that's a very good point I wish people would go back to stop motion I feel bad about that skeleton monster I just hate cgi it's overrated
@@invaderlav2722 most movies you see have cgi and you dont notice. You only notice bad cgi, or fictional beings that dont have a direct analogue in real life.
@@majorphysics3669 yes
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The thing I get out of this is the fact a skeleton has a skeleton
Nice
This comment really messed with my brain
our skeletons have a skeleton of marrow
@@Xalzia tomarrow, tomarrow; there's always tomarrow.
Love how he pays homage to the old joke...
a skeleton walks into a bar and says, "I'll have a beer, and a mop!"
okay, it was a bucket, but it was still funny.
this is sick
Nobody replied and low likes unbelievable
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@@RealKnarli yeah thats odd😂
@@RealKnarli yeah thats odd😂
Those two random guys just trying to enjoy their drinks had me dead XD
Their complete lack of shock suggests this is a common occurrence which makes it even funnier
Yes and Yeah 😂😂😂😂😂
I feel sorry on them
dark souls skellies, doot doot mthrfckr
How many takes do you think they did before they could stop laughing?!
Rexy owes them beers xD
Really nailed that Jason and the Argonauts feel at the beginning. The stop motion integration was fantastic (well the mix of stop motion and vfx) and the story was super fun. Really enjoyed it.
Should've had a Baby Bones cameo though.
Don't you see? This is all a "Where Are They Now?" episode for Baby Bones.
baby bones head was on the table of props
''jason and the argonauts'' is the original movie in which the skeleton acts
for a moment i thought they made that movie with roman armor
Or clash of the titans
Ray Harryhausen
@@nyetloki COTT was his last film. RH took stop motion to an incredible peak!
@@devforfun5618 That scene reminded me a lot of the first chapter end of the game Eternal Darkness.
"Being an old special effect" is not a problem I´d have never imagined was a thing. I loved it.
I love how his action figure looks like a generic version of him, just like action figures of real people.
I think what sparks this is that you can really FEEL that emotion, it's a really good detail even though they say nothing.
The skeleton,without a word said, made me feel more than most human actors
Maybe, you're dead...
Have u been watching too much Asylum lately?
Well, obviously. That's cuz animation is more expressive than humanly possible.
@@benheigh9386 That statement, fundamentally, cannot be true, since animation is a human expression. Try again.
@@blackopal3138 I think he means animation conveys more emotion than a live actor can
For my art class I get to do a zoom meeting with the creator of this masterpiece tomorrow
really excited to meet this amazing person
Aaaah you got to meet Michael Shanks? Lucky...
Tell him they should have recast that boy at the end.
His acting was lousy!
How it was?
How did his hair smell...?
Harveer Bhinder yes 😂 very much so
Whoever doesn't like this video, Clearly doesn't understand what great art is. This is a masterpiece.
Congrats, I'm crying. I've dedicated my life to practical effects- and now like so many in the entertainment industry I'm stuck without work during the pandemic. This hit real close to home. I love it.
Stick with it mate! There are those of us out there that adore practical effects. I don't go to the movies anymore, like, at all. But the second a Laika studios film is released I'm there and the practical effects are the biggest draw for me (though most of their stories are fantastic too).
Nothing beats practical effects. Too much of animation takes away the element of magic that was.
I'd throw you some work, but...
I really liked skeleton is a very difficult reef to make this incredible follow me if you like movies
This is absolutely breathtaking. Beautiful, brilliant idea. Incredibly well executed.
Hey its u....
Glad you also found this jem
@@theconductoresplin8092 It's me! :)
@@JamesFarrOfficial
Yaaaa :D
@@shreyandatta1910 the stop motion animations were out-dated and raplaced by the 3D CG.The skelecton represents the conventional cartoon artists or old film workers,the passing of time made them unemployed,they can just wait to be abandoned by the society.
I agree 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000%
Jason and the Argonauts is one of my top favorite films, have seen it easily over 100 times and it never gets old. Love the reference.
I can give credit to the Skeleton for being courageous. Despite having no guts.
I like the scene where the skeleton and the other old school visual effect characters burn the studio and the skeleton guy melts and then wakes up from his revenge fantasy, its a metaphor that many peolpe hate to hear; Revenge might be satisfactory...but it also destroys yourself.
True, I think also the idea was that he realized he's essentially (made of ) the same thing after all
Revange is good, there is some people like us that follow Satan and for us that's okay, we don't agree on the fact that revenge is a bad thing but I get your point.
I mean, I twatted someone with a rock for revenge and I'm still intact. I don't hate hearing it, but it's not always right. Sure, most people regret doing something and not "being the bigger person", but I don't regret it. The only thing I wish is that the fucker died, as I was 9 at the time, meaning I couldn't have been prosecuted. Fucker somehow survived a caved in skull.
@@paulitikox I don't see much use for revenge other than getting myself locked up in jail, what is your view on revenge?
Um, I think it's a scene for comic effect, illustrative of the skeleton's frustration and anger, not a scoldy moral lesson on the wages of revenge. If it served to give you a thumbnail education in basic ethics, fine. For me, it simply and delightfully "fleshes out" the skeleton, which is the goal of the movie.
Shows how difficult stop-motion was for the early pioneers.
yeah now you can just do it on your phone (but I mean it still takes skill and patience)
🖌️()•~•)🎨
"Okay so T-Rex, just get out there and distract him, he'll probably turn you off.
Black Lagoon suit... *DEVOUR HIM* "
the suit was the funniest gag for me XD
@@Rin-qj7zt it looked like "invasion of the body snatchers". Really nice ode to old school movies.
I would just run xD
T rex turned into raptor
Honestly, I'm surprised the Black Lagoon suit is still out of work. Taking over someone's body against their will like that is absolutely terrifying.
I can't just stop thinking that the little girl at the end of the movie, after realising that this guy is the Skeleton Monster, decided to cheer up his day and act scared.
That's a guy, man.
That's a boy, and I think he was actually scared. He assumed the skeleton was an effect, and just that. He didn't think it was an *actual* skeleton. That was genuine fear, not just 'oh I'll make this guy feel better' thing. He had no idea what the skeleton was going through.
Waaaaaa??
Eh, looks like a girl to me too
@@RealDids Oh, boys are allowed to have long hair.
This 12 min short elicited more emotion and more kinds of emotion than most of anything else I've scene recently. What a great tribute to the great practical effects of days passed.
I'll be honest, I'd watch a full movie based on this. That was fantastic.
Aardman and Pixar started with shorts like this :)
I agree 100%
what is the movie name? i'm curious
@@atlar8651 there isn't one, to my knowledge. I was saying I'd watch one if there was one
@@fennecwolfox ah yes, I misunderstood
You have to hand it to the Skeleton, He roared pretty well for having no lungs
edit: thanks for 1K likes!
Imao
That exactly what was scary
Or moved pretty well for having no muscles? I think in this universe the characters can do whatever they did in their original movies. So if in the movie they added a sound effect to make him roar, he can roar.
no u
What you doing here Ghost?
Such a charming film! I love the story and the blending of the different animation styles with the live action footage!
"well... at least *someone* thinks I'm scary,"
More than that: "Children still get me. There's hope."
Where's the happy ending where all the obsolete effects monster make their own film?
We're kinda hoping Disney will give us a few million to do the extended edition at some point.
😞😞😞
Stop motion's grave was sealed with cement the day the lago movie came out. It's become nothing more than a novelty, which is pretty sad considering the amount of creativity that comes out of those who still use it, but still the fact that we have a movie where nobody knew the difference kinda makes it obsolete for anything other than to show off your skills.
That was a happy ending: hes happy 'cause hes still scary as hell
@@chrisatlatenite If you blokes do get funded to make a larger story, I do dearly hope you'll (do your best to anyway) give the audience something important. Inspire them, show them what matters as a human. Stop motion and vfx take enormous time and talent, please make yours count.
How original, lovely piece of work this is remarkable, I was feeling very sorry for the skeleton.
I get a warm feeling seeing "Screen Australia" in opening titles. Knowing that good ideas and talent don't need Hollywood to produce great work.
Yes - right with you, M. Bloomfield!
Hollywood isn’t interested in good ideas and talent these days.
@@RB-bd5tz right ! their more worried about child sacrificing
@@blamenest Of course, I was referring to the boring, stupid, forgettable, regrettable, imaginatively-challenged, copy-paste, nauseating, agenda-driven crap they're putting out these days. But yeah, Hollywood is probably part of the reason England isn't shutting down its Pakistani child-harvesting operations.
The script is hilarious at 2:56.
"He blows chunks all over TRICA who plummets into the ocean."
TRICIA: "I can't swim".
GRIFFITH: "Here, take this pool noodle."
LOL
The beast dies. The End😭
What i like more of this is that this is why we should cherish older animation methods cus they're just unique and make filming projects (though difficult at times)become more recognized and staples for there time
We've had feature films about the secret lives of hand-drawn animated characters,toys and videogame characters....I wonder if there's a feature here?
Drawn together
Nah, barely a skeleton actually
The idea needs fleshing out...
And emojis. Don't forget that masterpiece 🤦♂️
Love watching the evolution of your style and humor ever since the Doomday Arcade days. This has a lot of heart, despite the clear lack of one in the main character. :)
I like how most of the "real" things the Skeleton King interacts with have motion blur, yet he does not have it, being a stop motion figure. Except the scenes, where the "figure" was not animated frame by frame, but in a continuous manner, like at 5:17. The amount of detail put into this short film is really breathtaking. I did enjoy this a lot. Maybe some day we will see another movie completely made without any digital processing involved. I know, the cost would be too big to justify. But, if this would have been done without digital technique, it would be not that crisp and precise. I just checked the behind the scenes and a lot of CGI was involved. Those pioneers who did this in the 1960s were truly masters of their profession.
When he roar'd and the talent agents didn't even bother to look at him, i died a little inside. Way to make me feel something I haven't felt in a AAA-movie or TV show in decades.
Chris Katko ikr? This little film really has heart. All of it SO well done!
Decades? There have been stories made with even that exact scene. What TV shows and movies do you watch? Fast and Furious and Toy Boy?
@@92brunod I think OP needs to watch more films.
I found 2 interpretations for myself. 1) There is no need to improve what is already good. 2) Be who you have always been, the situation may change, but you are the same.
I was feeling really down. My previous happiness from my childhood and career life seemed more distant every day. But I saw this and it made me happy. It made me even happier when I saw it was Timtimfed. Thank you man.
This man’s Skeleton fetish knows no bounds
*[Insert 'boner' joke]*
I think this video was symbolic for the career of Ralph Macchio who was famous for his Karate Kid role. Then his career took a downturn he never truly recovered from. Granted, the first Karate Kid was great.... but all those sequels were unnecessary money grabs and he paid the price.
@@henrythegreatamerican8136 .... and the career of most people who enter show business.
No bones about it.
Maybe a woman skeleton 😠
It's not all about men
I thought after the melting he would find work as a terminator.
Same 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😄😄😄
That's the metal guy's job
Even the T-1000 is out of work, as seen in this short. I hear the Terminator himself is out of work too.
Anod to Ray Harryhausen here,and all the practical effects artists ,that made [and still make] such memorable films ,like this one ,real characters ,yet not one word spoken,loved it.
Usually, a school will force you to pour hours into something ten minutes long, and you end up hating the original product due to whatever laborous work you have associated with it.
However, despite my school pushing this down my throat, this truly is something special. It’s a small, wordless, but beautiful story that deserves all of the praise it gets. I legitimately don’t understand why this has any dislikes.
It's because 99% of the world nowadays is stuck on the idea that if it isn't digital, realistic in every way, and 'modern', it's useless, dated, and obsolete. I mean, how many people watch the old "Jason and the Argonauts", "Sinbad", or any other stop-motion movie, let alone black and white movies (other than "A Christmas Carol")?
What's worse, is that, as with the 'Rebooted" script in this film, the prevailing thought process is to take a classic, use all the new and modern techniques possible, rework the original script with modern ideas and ideals,and current ways of looking at everything, and produce a worthless piece of crap to put on the screen and pass it off as a modern take on an original (cue full-screen shot of the poster for the 'Clash of the Titans' remake). I have YET to see a modern remake come out that matches the originals in quality, despite their age - INCLUDING the prequils/ sequels to the original movies. There have been a few sequels that improve a few things by explanations given or the like, but by in large, almost none have been better.
I was showing my appreciation for this particular piece. If you don’t like this work, or me as an extension, for liking it, then that’s okay.
But yes, I’m acknowledging that other movies exist. Didn’t think I would have to say that but here are we.
I have to say that it's great Phil and Mid-90s-Liquid-Metal-Man are still getting jobs. Two very underutilized actors if you ask me, which you most expressly did not.
Love the nod to Jason and the Argonauts, great stop motion film.
The little animated dragon sneaking behind the security guard gave me life lol
So adorable!
This speaks to my inner skeleton.
yeah 😢I exactly know what you saying !!
_laughs in science_
But not your exoskeleton?
@@Tomonkey4 Begone, spider.
And the moral of the tale is... there's a skeleton inside all of us!
Excellent tribute to vfx creatures and skilled artists & craftsmen from bygone eras of Hollywood.
I know this has a lot of love already, but what an inspiration. Don't let the old ways die too, use everything we know to our advantage and make magic like this film. I'd actually like to see this as a full film. Such a good movie!
Check out Sinbad and the argonauts or the seven voyages of Sinbad.
@@fantasticmrfox7497 yeah I've seen them, such great films
I really love how they made this, I think the small dragon is one of my favourite characters because he's made out of paint, ink and acetate, just like the regular cel-animation which was then replaced with graphics-tablet animation.
This was incredible. It really hit me like deep in my core in a way I can't really explain. A beautiful ode to "obsolete" film techniques
Moral of the Story: Modern Hollywood doesn't know what the public wants.
@Kulaklıksız Kaanser Really? I think that statement sums it up, pretty well.
Lmao i definitely don't think that's the point of this 😂😂😂
@@michaelmcgraw2455 In any moment the film speaks about what the public wants or not. It's about how times changes and the strugles to keep up relevant.
I think the moral is that times change but old things can still be appreciated
They never have.
Really well done. I started with Jason and the Argonauts, Simbad Etc. This is art
i've got overwhelmed by empathy in 12 minutes. I laughed and cried.
And that was a good movie
*One of the best short films I have seen in a very, very, long time. Having done some stop-motion animations myself, I am blown away by the amount of planning, skill, and time this wonderful creation took. And all done with an incredible story line.*
What have you done, ZenZaBill? (Love the name, BTW). Anything here I can watch?
WE DEMAND A PART TWO
WE WILL WAIT HOWEVER LONG
WE WILL BECOME A MONTHLY PATREON
JUST MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!
Why on earth does everyone want a sequel! It's a done deal mate.
I think you missed the point if you are demanding a sequel
@@lifeofentropy but sad story me want ending where he can reaccepted or something or how the monster and human race learns some sort of way for both species to thrive
@@Robot831 Yeah, I'm just imagining if there's other studio that needs a monster actor more than just "roarrrrr!"
This is so, so SO good. You can see the love poured into every single frame and detail, you folks are wizards. I felt sympathy for the stop motion skeleton man!!!
Yeah 😔😔😔😊😊😊
This had more emotion put and gained into/out of it than all the disney reboots combined
As you can see by the CEL animated Dragon, Disney also ditched CEL animation in favour of CGI.
How could 3,300 people give this a thumbs down? It's incredible!
Beyond me
*raptor appears to the side of security guard
*security looks at raptor with a frown
"Clever girl"
I was really waiting for him to say that
what raptor?
8:43 ???
@@lifewithlani2637 yeah, we dont get those references lol
Tyrannosaurus or tarbosaurus. Raptors are killer chickens
I wish I could offer this skeleton a job.
got one for me aswell?
The background music is just awesome.
Such a beautiful music the whole time and such a charming skeleton after the time he was famous...but not too old to do his job. Very elegant story with a lovely variety of other monsters in the same situation. An outstanding film, thank you all for your hard work!
♥️👍🇫🇷
Thank you Mr. Sunday Movies for leading me to this masterpiece
Stop Motion is the blood and soul of animation filming, CGI animation can feel so lifeless and lacklustre. Stop Motion i will always be on your side with the war against CGI.
I went on an 'animated short' binge tonight. This one wins hands down across all of UA-cam. Well done. Thank you!
Love how the "creator" is "Larger then Life...like GOD"...as our main Character then transitions from his Film Creation Size, to Real Life Scale :)
i love this one!!!!! god, so many good things about it that i could go on and on about, but instead i will just leave it at this:
the skeleton is so cute in his little hoodie lmfao!!!
Stop motion is one of my favorite type of animation! You can see the love and dedication in each scene.
Bloody heck that was good. Just fantastic stuff. Love the fact that the stop animation skeleton's buddies were now "redundant" tech. An animatronic, an animation cell, early CGI and classic man-in-suit rubber costume. Just genius.
What an awesome film! 💖💖 It reminds me old realistic puppets now become a CGI Model. Old puppets getting retired now.
When I was little , Jason and the Argonauts was my favourite film ! The best part for me was the end when all the little skeleton soldiers rose up out the ground . Thank you for this most Ausome short film , loved it !
The fact that this is made in Melbourne give's me so much confidence that there is opportunity in the industry right here in Australia.
There's a lot of great things from australia, like hollow knight, people just don't realise it
Skeleton its my soul :)
Greets All :)
Many THX 4All Producers
The stop motion skeleton was very well blended together into a real world environment. Amazing work!
Probably they used "blender" software 😉😉😜😜😜
Talia 🔫 disgusting use of emojis
@@theanticdragon7664 what!?
Phil's a stop-motion legend from back in the day. He'd be AN HERO on the convention circuit.
Ahh bless it ,lovely concept of being stuck in one role in life and being unable to brake out of it
This brought me back. Nostalgia is great.
This film was incredible, the amount of work and talent put into this is amazing! Who needs the new stuff anyways! :)
If this were to be turned into a movie, it would be a damn good one. This film reminds me of Chappie (a robot given sentient life, only to become a gang-star[reference] and watch his gang die before him) in a way, not really accepted; but he tries his best to live his life to the fullest in any way.
10/10 Best short film out there, fucking amazing!
I wish Chappie got a sequel, just like How I wish District 9 got one
I remember Sword & Sandle movies back in the day. This was executed so brilliantly! Wish they had these kinds of shorts before movies instead of commercials.
This is truly spectacular work! It’s amazing how much emotion you’ve conveyed through a non-verbal skeleton puppet with no eyes! I find it so strange that you see all these absolute tosspots rising to fame & getting movie deals all the while brilliantly written, visually gorgeous masterpieces such as yours are left in the dark. It’s sad, really.
I like to think that this takes place in the same universe as Who Framed Roger Rabbit; but in modern times.