Pixilation Stuff

I've been looking at a lot of pixilation animations since we started our small project on the subject for the narratives module we're doing. Maybe it's about time I actually put something about it here!

I love the stop-motion shorts created by PES. They have a lot of simple ideas but are executed in a really clever way. Western Spaghetti is a good example of this, using lots of really simple techniques to create something quite brilliant. The way they use everyday objects to represent something else works really well, such as the colourful pick-up sticks as a substitute for spaghetti, which then turn into elastic bands as the pasta is 'cooked'. Another little thing in this animation that's pretty nifty is the candy corn used as fire on the hob, I find it really visually pleasing. The animation titled Roof Sex is an amusing little short showing the secret sex lives of two armchairs. It's pretty clever in the way the chairs are shown to be performing different sexual acts and positions. The Human Skateboard is a pixilation animation showing a guy riding through the streets using another guy as a skateboard. Though I imagine it may have been pretty time-consuming to shoot this film, overall it looks pretty simple, though still effective.

Another interesting pixilation animation I have found is this piece titled Mirage. It is pretty simple, featuring people dancing in a natural setting. Although it is a simple piece of animation it has a somewhat surreal feel to it, created by some of the editing and effects used as well as the movements of the dancers.