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[AlaricHeiss]

This is the old, silent version of the film. Please watch the new version, as linked in the video description

Thanks one more time to everyone for all the positive comments!

[oliviaskull]

one of the best films! im gonna make one too!

[TheMutatedOne]

This animation is fantastic! Brilliantly made & animated. 5 stars :D

[7superdaimajin]

AWESOME!

I love the green alien.

I hope you do a version with sound. That could make it even better.

[TheJinglebomb123]

you have taken over nick park!

[B3RS3RK3R666]

Wow ! impressive. nice story, sets, characters, motions (the alien walk in particular). The only thing missing is sounds and music. Continue the good work !

[USeyOUReWEs]

(^ shooot! need find you a foli artist!

[coova96]

genial!

[zinggblip]

exelent !!! :)

this is so great you should made sound for it ?! (or is only @ me no sound ?)

cheers and sorry for my poor english from germany

mani

[Danclemanimations]

really cool!

[CRYPTKILLER97]

great video

[kadavert]

that was pretty cool

maybe the overall look wasn't that impressive but it was animated very good

and teh alien was cool :P

please check my animations!

[teethindarkness]

Try using songs from bands such as ENYA, Boards of Canada or maybe Alison Goldfrapp. Their tunes would fit nicely into your film. I have a few friends who are into sound design as well so I'll let them contact you. Also... do you use Mac? I could ad some Sound effects and some eerie tunes that are free for aspiring filmmakers such as yourself. Contact me!

[SleepyKyle90]

Man, stop motion is impressive!

[willywonkaandi]

did this cost alot. i mean its the best i have seen so far. i am half way into an amature kids show using stop motion. now i feel i have to up my game.

[scareglow77]

This is excellent. How the alien moves must have taken an EXTRAORDINARY amount of time. This is very cool!!!

[teaandjamm]

great attention to detail and body language. I enjoyed this.

[mujawooja]

Great animation and set design, brilliant work.

[nhmllr725]

i love that little green alien!

the way it walks is SO CREATIVE

i may steal it from you...

lol

[DoctorWhoIsBest]

Wow! That is very well done! 5/5

[mackhine]

Excellent!!

[Supernim1]

Wow! that was so good. it just proves that not all things need violence to be good. The sets were amazing. 5/5

[himayrivera]

solid, i watched this while listening to boards of canada's chromakey dreamcoat. it worked really well. keep up the inspiration.

[Editeded]

Wow, that was really good.

[heavenhold7]

That was so creative and ..... sweet! I loved it. Thank you so much!

[qwertycat32]

i loved that film! if you make more i would be sooooooo happy

[dowelljackconning]

This is amazing, I love the character style, and the background really draws you in. Shame about the lack of sound! I hope someone does this justice in audio.

I can't imagine working on a video project for so long without any sound (I wouldn't have the patience XD). Hope to see more!

[UntamedEntertainment]

Interesting. Would also be interesting to see what other types of creatures they'd run into. Big hostile creature, not so friendly like the lil green thing lol. I thought the lil green alien was gonna bite off his head at any moment lol.

[htmlbandit]

This is really good! I would love to see it with sound.

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

So, I see several people have posted a desire to add sound. Did it ever happen since you posted this a year ago? Or should I ask a friend of mine who works in this and may perhaps be interested? If you are interested, please mail to my youtube inbox.Thanks.

[Zonnie1314]

amazing welldone

[CharFayceProductions]

This is impressive for claymation. I think I could put some sound to it.

[griffty1982]

Really nice work. the movement of the people is fantastic.

[frogboffin]

lol thats amazing loved the alien lol

[CyanideStudios]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeey

can you email me the video file so i can add sound fx? it's a hobby of mine..just wondering

[IMAKEAPIZZA]

the was sooo good, i put in the souds as it went along, very funn, good work, keep it up.

Check out my stopmotion rendtion of harlem shuffle! :D

[opalsmama]

I love the Alien!!!

[JesterOfKings]

Wow. People like you are my inspiration. My stop motions are short, choppy and, well, bad. But then again, I've had very little practice and I don't have good materials. But getting back to my point; your movie is incredible.

[coue7]

alaric your stuff is awesome

love the stories

are you working somewhere or just freelance?

[CyanideStudios]

i really like how the alien walks

[endz00]

i like it. would be harder if u had mor characters? or you can carry on from this story line make new alien guys nice video ;P

5/5

[brohym07]

nice work dude!

[glower88]

Thats shit hot! very smooth, your imaginations great! carry on with the stop-frame ! kris

[kuyaeyan]

hey im down to make soundfx for ya

[jerkfacejosh13]

wow great! it looks kind of ametur, but if you do stop animation (like myself) you see the real talent it takes to make something this detailed. your character modles could do with a little more work but everything elese was mind blowing. great job!

[glower88]

Ummm shows your not very talented your self, this style is called 'stop-frame' or 'claymation' this guy has taken months 2 produce this and you think his an ametur!!! have a look at your pumpkin garden thing, thats ametur even rookie! hehe keep up the good work Alaric :D

[AlaricHeiss]

I've been a cheapskate and haven't upgraded since version 4, so I can't say if 5 or 6 are better. 4 is clunky because I capture twice if I want higher res images. Besides that it did does what I needed to make this film.

[coilgunner2]

ya this is probaly one of the best animations I've seen in a while! smooth and great sets and lighting!

[Changer01]

awesome

[Tommigud]

Really good claymation!

Its was really smooth and entertaining!

Really cool puppets and sets!

I just wish it had sound to finish it!

I want to see more claymations from you!

[OrangeHatchet]

We watched this in my stop motion class! I love Bob! He was really proud of this by the way.

[yosh36]

awsome!

[frozenmozen]

Wow! That was great, how much stop-motion animation have you done before? The emotions and characters were very clearly portrayed

[BrunoVI]

Cool :) This was done at Pratt? - Bob Lyons?

[phalange1]

nice!!! Whats the name of the clay u used?? What program did u use also??

[AlaricHeiss]

Thanks! The characters are made of Van Aken plasticine. I used Sculpey Bake&Bend clay for the cores of their chests and hips to mount wires. Bake&Bend is also used for stuff like the helmet, shovel, and spaceship engine because it's tougher than regular Sculpey III. The trees and spaceship are all glazed and fired stoneware ceramic.

[AlaricHeiss]

I used Stop-Motion Pro v4 to compare one frame to the last, but that couldn't capture anything higher than 720x480. The final high-res images were captured straight onto my Canon Powershot G6 with standard remote control software. Compositing is all done in After Effects.