Nice puppets, and great location. The animation was smooth, but I would have liked to see more personality in the dinosaurs and furohocis(sp). I don't know, they seemed kind of robotic (lifeless) to me. But that's just me being picky. And it is also a little boring. I fast forwarded through all the parts that didn't have dinosaurs.
@Tyrann0saurus Maybe because the Terror Bird saw it as a moving target, most dogs will ignore their food if they spot a mouse, and are intrigued, then many other prehistoric predators must've done the same.
I found this video rather beautiful in the beginning, the Herbivores and the music fitted very well. A very magical representation of them, even if thats not what you tried to achieve :) The terror bird was a nice addition to the film, instead of a theropod (which you've told me before, you sold on ebay). And the whole thing to me was fantastic. It a shame you dont make more films leading from this, i can understand that it isnt supposed to be a series, but it would be good to see more. ***** :D
Great job! I know how hard it is to animate I'm a stop motion animator myself so I see how much work you put into this films how many frames did you take? my guess would be over 3,500 Great job anyway 5/5
Phorushachos (the bird) was such a cool prehistoric animal, but outside of Harryhausen's version of Mysterious Island it never gets used. Nice to see one. Great video!
one thing i think you could use to improve this is color correction on the stop motion plates. i've never used iStopmotion, but in programs like final cut it's easy. all the stop motion characters kind of have that orangey tungsten light to them. you'd be able to blend them in a little better with color correction. but i mean, it still looks great. 5 stars.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, the dinos really aren't properly lit. I was going to have the dream sequence in black and white. With the non-dream sequence in color.
Sorry. I was being tongue-in-cheek. DN is the author of the book inthe end of the video. Like I said, I won't tell! I am a film maker myself and I LOVE what you've done! I myself am trying to finish up my own dino short (about an hour long) called "Prehistoricus"- but I'm waiting on the stop motion animation as well as needing to get a new computer. It's kind of like what you're done- running around in the woods- except that it's set in the future and has oaks, douglas firs and a nice sun set.
Oh! Gottcha! I look forward to "Prehistoricus". My film is supposed to be nothing more than an attempt to do something very Ray Harryhausen, without any plot or "story".
The puppets in this short utilize all forms of stop motion puppet making. The bird and duck bill are ball and socket armatures. The bird was made as a build up using cotton and rabbit pelt, while the bronto and duck bill were sculptures and cast as foam latex. The bronto neck and tail are aluminum wire. Yes, this was heavily inspired by Harry/O'Bie films. Basically, I've always wanted to make something similar.
it isnt meant to be historically accurate. i mean, a guy with an ak-47 (or sth) shooting a giant bird in front of his house? not meant to be real is it?
Amazing video, I love how this is done. The stop motion was great and the green screen effects were really good. It kind of reminds me of King Kong, only with a giant bird and not a giant gorilla. Also having a giant bird as the enemy was pretty original, instead of using a T-Rex or something like that. Great job!
This is one of the best examples of stop motion monster/dinosaurs on the internet to date.
If it's alright with you I would like to ask you a few questions. First where did you get those puppet, they are very well made (I make my own using the build up method).
Secondly, was the best way to hide the stage floor by a mask/matte (Yes I have FXhome too). I've tried to hide the floor via green screen but it doesn't work for walking.
The models are all made very differently. The "duck bill" dino was made as a clay sculpture first, then a mould cast was made that was filled with the ball and socket armature and foam latex. The bird's body was 'built up" with cotton and rabbit fur while its legs are foam latex, and the beak is carved wood. I had a lot of help from a professional model maker on these.
Masking is the easy way of hiding the floor. That's what I did.
Windows movie maker is a basic video editor. It will only allow you to edit video. You'll have to combine your movie maker software with other software. Such as iStopmotion or Stopmotion pro. See "The making" of for details.
Well, I suppose it can be any terror bird you'd like it to be. It really wasn't designed to be a specific terror bird. However, the bird in the film is about 10 feet tall which is a little large for either. So, maybe it's an undiscovered terror bird!
Thanks! Glad you liked it! I'm slowly working on another short film that I've been working on for the last year and a half. Hopefully, I will finish it.
No, I didn't write or create the music. I purchased the music and now own the rights to them. However, there are computer programs like Soundtrack and Garage Band that will allow you to compose your own music.
Thank you for attempting to define "song" for me, but again, you're not making any sense. A word is not a question. I believe you're asking a question when you type "song" in the comment field. My favorite song is Crazy by Seal. Does this help? Probably not.
Regardless, I'm not answering any of your questions since you're clearly trying to insult the person with the answer (me). Insulting someone with the answer you seek is not the brightest way to get information or help from someone.
Good Job! My son, who loves dinosaurs, was glued to the computer watching this and was yelling for u to run...which was cute. He's wanting to watch it over and over. You should make more of these.
This is the nicest comment I've received regarding this short film. Mostly because that's why I made this film in the first place; for kids... because I'm a big kid too. I'm also a huge fan of the old Ray Harryhausen films too. Dino Dreams is a bit of an homage to Ray.
i know that my first comment was kind of harsh, im sorry, it was my mistake, i saw "making of the Dino Dreams" first, so i had bigger expectations, i dont how much, but watch Fellini, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Risquez, Burton, Shyamalan, Tavernier, W. Anderson, All their work, and stop watching Crap (pure Hollywood) youll see that your "Hobby" quality will improve like a 1000%, next time, ill be more quiet! promise!
Comments of any kind are great, but if you're going to insult someone, at least be a man by backing yourself up. Insults without justification is nothing more than insecurity, immaturity, and a sign that someone is nothing more than coward. At least you owned up to the fact that you made a mistake.
I was reading some of your comments again recently and I realized, although you don't admit it, that Dino Dreams impressed you! One of your early comments suggested that knowbody would invest in my work. You wouldn't consider someone investing in me if you didn't find my work to be impressive in the first place. Interesting...
OMG, remember those Silent movies, where there were humans interacting along with dinosaurs? well, Those early 1900's movies had more Quality than this early 2000 one! It seems that it doesnt matter how much new technology you have access to, if theres no real talent, the result its going to be absolutely poor, i mean, the director put a LOT of work into this, and still looks like made by teenagers. maybe he wants to show how many resources he lacks of! if he was a teenager i'd say: Practice!
Wow! Interesting comment and comparison you've made. From a technical aspect, the primary difference between 1900's movies and this one is that today's technology allows a single person to put together anything they did in the early 1900's. For Dino Dreams, a single individual did everything.
Since your an expert in technology and talent, I'll visit your channel to learn from a master. Oh, wait; your channel doesn't have any videos to learn from! Are you sure your an expert?
How many people do you need to create the masterpiece of your dreams? Do you think that any, i repeat, ANY investor would be interested in teaming up with you? its not what you made, but, How you made it, you have the Camera, the Green screen, the Puppets, the Will, then have you asked yourself Whats missing? have you? i, like any other youtube 'consumer' would answer that question, Will is not enough, you need Talent and Intelligence...did you note the width diff. bet. puppet claw and Claw?
Don't ever expect everyone saying "great job" "nice bird/saur expressions" Thats why you put it here, to show us, well, then dont be afraid... and i Dont need to post videos to teach you something, because you Already did; next time you will think about Size difference between puppets, for realism sake, will think about a Story, Context, those Weird framed shots, and i know, that happend to Chaplin, while he was directing, he couldnt see some mistakes happning, but he didnt have Spielberg as Ref
No, I'm not interested in "Cool Bro". Your comment was great! But, you fail to demonstate you're own creative skills on Youtube. You clearly mentioned that my film didn't require any talent. That's a fair statement. So, lead by example, or at least cite specific examples of where talent is lacking. Your feedback is extremely vague and not very helpful. Also, your first comment was clearly designed to offend. Offending people without justifing yourself is for the weak.
I don't expect positive feedback. Positive feedback is generally boring. I prefer negative feedback. However, unfortunately, I always get negative feedback from individuals who, like yourself, don't have any experience or knowledge of the medium. And if you do have experience in the medium (video), then let's see it! It's easy to negatively critize something you know nothing about.
Realism? The film is about a dream where anything can happen. If you want to pick on my movie for not being realistic, then we could also discuss the fact that duck bills didn't coexist at the same time as terror birds. Also, who said the bronto at the beginning of the film is the same bronto at the end of the film. This is all really trivial. My point is that you make poor arguments. What about composition? Lighting? Give me feedback on something specific.
feedback? Well, heres some. its clear that The conception of your movie happened at the End of the process, which means, it seems that you thought first about making something with "Stop Animation", then you collected the elements, then you came up with the story, then you made the shooting! see? When we need to express ideas with "Art", we FIRST have the idea, then we get into the Artistic or Creative process, not Backwards, its that so, that you even said in the "Making Dino Dreams"... Cont.
video, something like: "i didnt use this Dinosaur that much, because is hard to move, its not good for walking!" that means, you grabbed everything that passed by in front of you, that happened to me, when i was a kid, i got my father's super 8 camera, so i wanted to Use it, dressed my sibling with Egyptian customs, small palm trees in the living room and made a movie... just because i had the camera, not because i wanted to Tell Cleopatras Story, but, i was 10! Cont...
That happens in music, which is "Art" too!, when we hear music, at least in my case, or Songs, i know if they wrote the lyrics first or music first, sometimes, you figure out what instrument they used to compose it, its not that im a Genius, i want to believe its common sense, my Composition teacher used to say: "Theres no such thing as inspiration" he was kind of right, (hes a frequent music award winner) everything has to be thought out, or else we end up with a Dull and predictable result!...
ok, the word "Dreams"freed you from realism chronology... that explains the fact that you locked yourself in the shed !?, also the M4 materialization in the Bag you were carring all the time, but its not 100% dream-like (Dali's persistencia de la memoria) or 100% real-like (Miquelangelo's Pieta)... not consistent; Models light doesnt match the Ambient light, use one point metal-halide lamp, ah, acting, all you had to say it was ONE line! editing is a pain in the Ass, and you managed it good!
Now was that so hard? At least now you're making valid points based on the film itself rather than preproduction (which I did storyboard, make drawings, plan, etc. Try making a stop motion model without making a schematic) Your right about a lot of things here. It always frustrated me that the lighting on my models rarely matched the natural sunlight. It's a give and take between what you'll allow as acceptable given the tools and budget you have to work with.
Right, the Bronto armature sucked. Not everything turns out like you expect when making a film. Happens all the time on the big screen too. When a prop doesn't work like it was intended, it's use is either eliminated, or reduced. Same goes for props that do work. In Robocop 2, Irvin Kershner was so impressed with the Robo torso, he added an entire scene specifically designed to showcase that prop.
Dino Dreams is not ment to "sell" myself to investors with the hopes of having a career in the film industry. I have a career. Short film making is my hobby. My film was a home made project not designed to compete in a professional market. If you feel that their is little "talent" required to put together a stop motion short film, then I'd the opportunity to learn from you. So, given your expert appraisal of my film, what technical aspects could be improved on?
Once you Upload your content to a public server, it Starts Competing in the market, that simple, your "Personal" movies, should be only in your "personal" hard drive, (like some of my "hobby" work), thats what gives me the right to react or criticize.
i admire the fact that you put together a 9 min short, but, next time, think about the final product as a whole, think a lot, and Plan a lot, Draw sketches, Storylines, and since you work with video, film More than you need!
I definitely agree that you have the right to criticize, and expect it and welcome it. However, your feedback doesn't address the film itself. Your feedback cites elements of preproduction: Drawing sketches, planning, shooting more video to work with. If your going to tell me that the video shows no evidence of talent, then tell me specifically what's talentless. Was the animation bad? Acting?
The feet are cable controlled (bicycle cables) puppet feet with metal skeleton and then foam skin. I used model paint to paint the coloration (which isn't a good choice). The claws/toe nails are carved out of hard foam.
You're right. The terror bird in this film had it's height exaggerated a bit. As it appears in the film, I tried to get the bird to stand roughly 10 feet tall. I believe the tallest known terror bird stood closer to 8 feet. However, there was a bird called a Moa that went extinct a couple hundred years ago that stood 10 feet tall. It was like a giant ostrich.
A little bit of both. I make them and I have others make them for me. Custom pro ball- and-socket amatures are extremely expensive ($1,000's). If your stop mo project can do without pro puppets, make your own aluminum wire armatures, plasticine, or armaverse armatures ($1's). Some pros will use these types of armatures.
Maybe do one based on the children's book "Dinosaur Dream" about a kid who has to bring a baby apatosaurus home from the present by venturing through the ice ages, Creataceous,etc. Used to be one of my favorites. Or "Shadow of the Dinosaurs", which my nephew seems to like, where a dog is lost in a forest of dinosaurs and must bury a magic dinosaur's bone to return to the present.
Yeah, I wanted an antagonist that was different. Everyone does the T-Rex. Unfortunately, terror birds are so unknown to the general populous, I've had people think it was some kind of giant chicken. 10,000 years B.C. is supposed to feature a terror bird. That will be the first terror bird in a feature film in a long time.
That's one way of doing it. Or you can use stop motion software like istopmotion, or stop motion pro that allows you to chroma key backgrounds while you animate. Like the Dynamation process using rear projection, I believe most stop mo programs allow for layering of video footage during the animation process. There is a tutorial on this somewhere here on Youtube. Just type in "stop motion Pro" into Youtube's search function.
Making stop motion puppets like the ones seen in this video are extremely complicated process that really can't be learned by watching a video. You have to bake your liquid latex and this takes a tremendous amount of trial and error. Stop motion puppet making is more of "hands on" learning experience. Although, I just polished off making a robot stop mo puppet. Robots are easier to make since you can use a lot of "found" objects rather than sculpting everything by hand.
No. I didn't use iMovie for compositing. iMovie doesn't do any compositing without GeeThree plug-ins. Quality compositing can be accomplished using Adobe products, Final Cut, or CompositeLab.
The models, animation, and compositing are all well done. The pacing (shot length and overall editing) could be a bit tighter and the camera angles could use a bit of variety. Nice work!
Thanks! I agree with your comments. Camera angles can be difficult with stop mo. I was rather limited on creature angles due to my animation table limitations. Pacing too isn't the best, but I had to match some of my scenes with royalty free stock music. I didn't write the music, some scenes are a tad longer than they should to match the tempo of the music.
Wow, you are an amazing stop motion artist! I love your work and think it even comparable to Jurassic Park, although i'm sure it wasn't stop motion. Great job, this is your best by far!
This is a great short film. I'm a Ray Harryhausen junke and at the age of 42 I'm finally making a stop motion project. Currently I'm building my models and I start shooting next month with Stop Motion Maker. I will be filming with a Sony Digital Video camera. Correct me if I'm wrong but does video not play back at 30 fps? If it does, should I shoot the animation with the same amount? Some people have said compromise and shoot a little less.
I've always enjoyed stop motion too. Digital video makes it all possible without the hassle of film. 90% of video cameras shoot at 30 fps. However, there are some models that will shoot at 24 fps, or offer a 24 fps shooting mode. You don't have to shoot at 30 fps, but I always do. Obviously, the fewer the frames, the quicker the animation. If I'm shooting dinos and I want to portray size, more frames means slower movements.
I would need more details to offer any advice. It sounds like a challenging project. Alligator's have short legs and their bodies hover right over the ground. I would imagine an alligator puppet to be difficult to animate due to it's short appendages and close proximity to the animation table.
This is a great short film. I'm a Ray Harryhausen junke and at the age of 42 I'm finally making a stop motion project. Currently I'm building my models and I start shooting next month with Stop Motion Maker. I will be filming with a Sony Digital Video camera. Correct me if I'm wrong but does video not play back at 30 fps? If it does, should I shoot the animation with the same amount? Some people have said compromise and shoot a little less.
I love it, but there are two flaws: the lighting and also the brontosaurus appears to have changed sizes between his two appearances. When he's first seen, he appears to be gigantic and when he fights the phorahocus, he's about its size, much smaller.
Yeah, I made an error on size. But, it wasn't necessarily the same Bronto. It could have been a different Bronto. The bird stayed at a steady 9- 10 feet tall where the bronto went from about 25 feet tall to about 12 feet tall. Massive jump in scale. But again, it could have been a completely different bronto. It was a baby Bronto.
Thanks. Glad you liked it. I have many other projects in the works. However, I've run into some production problems and copyright problems so it might be some time before my next project hits Youtube. Again, thanks!
whare did you get the dinosaurs
kinggodzilla101 2 months ago
whare did you get them?
kinggodzilla101 2 months ago
Please respond!
GreatNate98 3 months ago
What music did you use for when the terror bird first appears?
GreatNate98 3 months ago
@GreatNate98 "What music did you use for when the terror bird first appears?"
The music is listed at the end of the film. The music was all non-proprietory stuff that I purchased the rights to off productiontrax.
blaisingm 3 months ago
@blaisingm Oh... Okay. Dang.
GreatNate98 3 months ago
man i wath this every day and im not lieing
terifoxx 5 months ago
It involves a corythosaurus, brontosaurus, and phororacos
htfamily 7 months ago
11 people didn`t have a gun in their backpack
Devzilla98 9 months ago
how did you make the dinosaurs
bigmanjamezilla 11 months ago
Nice puppets, and great location. The animation was smooth, but I would have liked to see more personality in the dinosaurs and furohocis(sp). I don't know, they seemed kind of robotic (lifeless) to me. But that's just me being picky. And it is also a little boring. I fast forwarded through all the parts that didn't have dinosaurs.
PowerOfMontage 1 year ago
good work dude , a lot of patience and talent
TREXPRODUCTIONS3190 1 year ago
@Tyrann0saurus Maybe because the Terror Bird saw it as a moving target, most dogs will ignore their food if they spot a mouse, and are intrigued, then many other prehistoric predators must've done the same.
Gloppy605 1 year ago
What editing software do you use?
Gloppy605 1 year ago
fail you kill a terer bird and not tell the earth you did not even have a t-rex
but it was good
scottaceflims 1 year ago
What editing software did you use?
Gloppy605 1 year ago
Very excellent work, very smooth stop motion animation, nicely put together, fabulous job! :)
sonicfan5715 1 year ago
Good 1 Dude!
ironyoshi1212 1 year ago
gets boring but good animation u should use that thing from making a monster in a video
Emokidpro101 1 year ago
I found this video rather beautiful in the beginning, the Herbivores and the music fitted very well. A very magical representation of them, even if thats not what you tried to achieve :) The terror bird was a nice addition to the film, instead of a theropod (which you've told me before, you sold on ebay). And the whole thing to me was fantastic. It a shame you dont make more films leading from this, i can understand that it isnt supposed to be a series, but it would be good to see more. ***** :D
reddalek555 1 year ago
Great job! I know how hard it is to animate I'm a stop motion animator myself so I see how much work you put into this films how many frames did you take? my guess would be over 3,500 Great job anyway 5/5
isaacmiller1993 1 year ago
great job :)
Detvan117 2 years ago
Super!!!!!!!!!
IAda05I 2 years ago
mabeye get meaner sounds for the terror bird try to make it look like your looking at it not into space.advice
kingofspinosaurids23 2 years ago
i think that you have a good talent with stop motion puppets .
but your acting and direction , weren't what i expected , i could apriciate more your talent if you improve that things .
well , sorry about my bad english .
from argentina
lucasgiaco 2 years ago 2
@lucasgiaco I agree!
blaisingm 2 years ago
I dunno why, but I kinda get an 'uncanny valley' feel when watching this. Animation could be a little smoother.
Overall, great job though!
MatsVed 2 years ago
bery bery show de bola!!
vary cool, i loved it!!
alexandreerodrigo 2 years ago
were did you get the sound effects
filmmaster19 2 years ago
@filmmaster19 Stolen sound effects from all over the place. The terror bird screech is the vulture from Clash of the Titans.
blaisingm 2 years ago
Phorushachos (the bird) was such a cool prehistoric animal, but outside of Harryhausen's version of Mysterious Island it never gets used. Nice to see one. Great video!
DrBreakfastMachine 2 years ago
wow, the chickensaur was a realy powerfull beast
cocoloco55555 2 years ago
Good comment. Yes, it's a little boring. It's supposed to be silent film in that their is almost no dialog. I tried to make it an exciting chase.
blaisingm 2 years ago
how come you used a terror bird instead of a t-rex or somthing like that?
olyolyoxenfr 2 years ago
He wanted to be original
IAmDaChosn1 2 years ago
This is Amazing.... Please make more Dinosaur stuff, PLEASE!!!
Gloppy605 2 years ago
one thing i think you could use to improve this is color correction on the stop motion plates. i've never used iStopmotion, but in programs like final cut it's easy. all the stop motion characters kind of have that orangey tungsten light to them. you'd be able to blend them in a little better with color correction. but i mean, it still looks great. 5 stars.
monstergodking 2 years ago
Thanks for the comment. Yes, the dinos really aren't properly lit. I was going to have the dream sequence in black and white. With the non-dream sequence in color.
blaisingm 2 years ago
lulz the terror bird is too big..but very good..i love this stop animation
zabbkorn 2 years ago
Yes, it would be bigger than any known terror bird fossils. The terror bird in this short film would stand close to 10 feet tall.
blaisingm 2 years ago
dit filmpje is cool!!!!!!
nance2uable 2 years ago
What language are you talking?
I wondering becuse your last name was Lindgren is that not a swedish last name?
velociraptorblip 2 years ago
English. I am Swedish.
blaisingm 2 years ago
Do you coming from sweden?
velociraptorblip 2 years ago
No. I've never been to Sweden, and I don't speak the language either.
blaisingm 2 years ago
I won't tell David Norman if you won't.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Who's David Norman?
blaisingm 2 years ago
Sorry. I was being tongue-in-cheek. DN is the author of the book inthe end of the video. Like I said, I won't tell! I am a film maker myself and I LOVE what you've done! I myself am trying to finish up my own dino short (about an hour long) called "Prehistoricus"- but I'm waiting on the stop motion animation as well as needing to get a new computer. It's kind of like what you're done- running around in the woods- except that it's set in the future and has oaks, douglas firs and a nice sun set.
RomneyGack 2 years ago
Oh! Gottcha! I look forward to "Prehistoricus". My film is supposed to be nothing more than an attempt to do something very Ray Harryhausen, without any plot or "story".
blaisingm 2 years ago
steven speilberg!wow u r good! MAKE A JURASSIC PARK 3!
sarcasticstormtroopr 2 years ago
u mean jurassic park 4
Gragorathegiantsnowb 2 years ago
right
sarcasticstormtroopr 2 years ago
The puppets in this short utilize all forms of stop motion puppet making. The bird and duck bill are ball and socket armatures. The bird was made as a build up using cotton and rabbit pelt, while the bronto and duck bill were sculptures and cast as foam latex. The bronto neck and tail are aluminum wire. Yes, this was heavily inspired by Harry/O'Bie films. Basically, I've always wanted to make something similar.
blaisingm 3 years ago
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terror birds did not live during the time of the Dinosoars
funkystyle17 3 years ago
And neither did humans, what's your point?
dinokaiser 3 years ago 3
it isnt meant to be historically accurate. i mean, a guy with an ak-47 (or sth) shooting a giant bird in front of his house? not meant to be real is it?
lavakid63 3 years ago
loved it! well done
Lamerzone 3 years ago
nice vid. cool stopmotion effects. original.
newtimesmedia 3 years ago
This is great! FANTASTIC! *****! are you going to make another stopmotion dinosaur one? not a sequel, just another
reddalek555 3 years ago
Amazing video, I love how this is done. The stop motion was great and the green screen effects were really good. It kind of reminds me of King Kong, only with a giant bird and not a giant gorilla. Also having a giant bird as the enemy was pretty original, instead of using a T-Rex or something like that. Great job!
MrFigi 3 years ago
Thanks, glad you liked it.
blaisingm 3 years ago
ray harryhausen would be proud if he say this
ceitiosaurus 3 years ago
Hello.
This is one of the best examples of stop motion monster/dinosaurs on the internet to date.
If it's alright with you I would like to ask you a few questions. First where did you get those puppet, they are very well made (I make my own using the build up method).
Secondly, was the best way to hide the stage floor by a mask/matte (Yes I have FXhome too). I've tried to hide the floor via green screen but it doesn't work for walking.
Thanks for your time
TheCyberController 3 years ago
Thanks... Glad you liked it.
The models are all made very differently. The "duck bill" dino was made as a clay sculpture first, then a mould cast was made that was filled with the ball and socket armature and foam latex. The bird's body was 'built up" with cotton and rabbit fur while its legs are foam latex, and the beak is carved wood. I had a lot of help from a professional model maker on these.
Masking is the easy way of hiding the floor. That's what I did.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Windows movie maker is a basic video editor. It will only allow you to edit video. You'll have to combine your movie maker software with other software. Such as iStopmotion or Stopmotion pro. See "The making" of for details.
blaisingm 3 years ago
I use FXHome products. They're cheap and easy to use, unlike my stop motion models.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Im Puttin a Movie on Tube Next Week Called TRICLOPS No Stop Frame though (sorry) its More of a Blood chilling horror story Give it a watch .
DoowopJohnnyBoy 3 years ago
Poor Corythosaurus got done in. Is that Bird a Titanis Gastornis or Phoruracus? cos they were all nasty
DoowopJohnnyBoy 3 years ago
Well, I suppose it can be any terror bird you'd like it to be. It really wasn't designed to be a specific terror bird. However, the bird in the film is about 10 feet tall which is a little large for either. So, maybe it's an undiscovered terror bird!
blaisingm 3 years ago
Wow, very good work and sound!
DorianVasco 3 years ago
Thanks! I appreciate the comment.
blaisingm 3 years ago
I loved your movie
great work
mujawooja 3 years ago
Thanks for the support!
blaisingm 3 years ago
6:05 Good thing I always carry this handy machine gun in my backpack whenever I go for an afternoon walk!
HoopsAndDinoMan 3 years ago
he missed the bus and was taking a shortcut to school
Netino78 3 years ago
In dreams, anything can happen. Including have an M-16 handy when you need it.
blaisingm 3 years ago
omg love it
torokthetroll 3 years ago 2
where can i get this soft ware for windows?
gamerafan176 3 years ago
I don't think iStopmotion 2 is offered on Windows. There are plenty of options. Even free options like MonkeyJam. Check'em out.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Thanks! Glad you liked it! I'm slowly working on another short film that I've been working on for the last year and a half. Hopefully, I will finish it.
blaisingm 3 years ago
In Monterrey, Mexico we said "mamalón" when something is so amazing.
So this video is so mamalón.
AEduardoH2 3 years ago
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the film...
blaisingm 3 years ago
what is your software
gamerafan176 3 years ago
I made this film a couple years ago. I used iStopmotion. I think they only offer iStopmotion 2 these days.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Admirable!
Vortex42 3 years ago
O.k. , anyways thanks for the software information, and just keep on doing these great stop motion films.
Gragorathegiantsnowb 3 years ago
Did you make the sound track and score yourself? It seems as if the sound track was perfectly made for this film.
Gragorathegiantsnowb 3 years ago
No, I didn't write or create the music. I purchased the music and now own the rights to them. However, there are computer programs like Soundtrack and Garage Band that will allow you to compose your own music.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Thank you for attempting to define "song" for me, but again, you're not making any sense. A word is not a question. I believe you're asking a question when you type "song" in the comment field. My favorite song is Crazy by Seal. Does this help? Probably not.
Regardless, I'm not answering any of your questions since you're clearly trying to insult the person with the answer (me). Insulting someone with the answer you seek is not the brightest way to get information or help from someone.
blaisingm 3 years ago
I'm not sure what you're asking?
blaisingm 3 years ago
sweet video.
thebreakfastmachine6 3 years ago
Good Job! My son, who loves dinosaurs, was glued to the computer watching this and was yelling for u to run...which was cute. He's wanting to watch it over and over. You should make more of these.
taracastillo 3 years ago
This is the nicest comment I've received regarding this short film. Mostly because that's why I made this film in the first place; for kids... because I'm a big kid too. I'm also a huge fan of the old Ray Harryhausen films too. Dino Dreams is a bit of an homage to Ray.
blaisingm 3 years ago
i know that my first comment was kind of harsh, im sorry, it was my mistake, i saw "making of the Dino Dreams" first, so i had bigger expectations, i dont how much, but watch Fellini, Kurosawa, Kubrick, Risquez, Burton, Shyamalan, Tavernier, W. Anderson, All their work, and stop watching Crap (pure Hollywood) youll see that your "Hobby" quality will improve like a 1000%, next time, ill be more quiet! promise!
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
Comments of any kind are great, but if you're going to insult someone, at least be a man by backing yourself up. Insults without justification is nothing more than insecurity, immaturity, and a sign that someone is nothing more than coward. At least you owned up to the fact that you made a mistake.
blaisingm 3 years ago
I was reading some of your comments again recently and I realized, although you don't admit it, that Dino Dreams impressed you! One of your early comments suggested that knowbody would invest in my work. You wouldn't consider someone investing in me if you didn't find my work to be impressive in the first place. Interesting...
blaisingm 3 years ago
I guess the terror bird kills for pleasure and wasn't interested in eating.
blaisingm 3 years ago
OMG, remember those Silent movies, where there were humans interacting along with dinosaurs? well, Those early 1900's movies had more Quality than this early 2000 one! It seems that it doesnt matter how much new technology you have access to, if theres no real talent, the result its going to be absolutely poor, i mean, the director put a LOT of work into this, and still looks like made by teenagers. maybe he wants to show how many resources he lacks of! if he was a teenager i'd say: Practice!
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
Wow! Interesting comment and comparison you've made. From a technical aspect, the primary difference between 1900's movies and this one is that today's technology allows a single person to put together anything they did in the early 1900's. For Dino Dreams, a single individual did everything.
Since your an expert in technology and talent, I'll visit your channel to learn from a master. Oh, wait; your channel doesn't have any videos to learn from! Are you sure your an expert?
blaisingm 3 years ago
How many people do you need to create the masterpiece of your dreams? Do you think that any, i repeat, ANY investor would be interested in teaming up with you? its not what you made, but, How you made it, you have the Camera, the Green screen, the Puppets, the Will, then have you asked yourself Whats missing? have you? i, like any other youtube 'consumer' would answer that question, Will is not enough, you need Talent and Intelligence...did you note the width diff. bet. puppet claw and Claw?
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
Don't ever expect everyone saying "great job" "nice bird/saur expressions" Thats why you put it here, to show us, well, then dont be afraid... and i Dont need to post videos to teach you something, because you Already did; next time you will think about Size difference between puppets, for realism sake, will think about a Story, Context, those Weird framed shots, and i know, that happend to Chaplin, while he was directing, he couldnt see some mistakes happning, but he didnt have Spielberg as Ref
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
... erence, now, if all you need is a "Cool Bro" or "Nice Animation Dude", ok,
Well Done, Man, Keep them Coming!
hows that?
Cheers!
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
No, I'm not interested in "Cool Bro". Your comment was great! But, you fail to demonstate you're own creative skills on Youtube. You clearly mentioned that my film didn't require any talent. That's a fair statement. So, lead by example, or at least cite specific examples of where talent is lacking. Your feedback is extremely vague and not very helpful. Also, your first comment was clearly designed to offend. Offending people without justifing yourself is for the weak.
blaisingm 3 years ago
I don't expect positive feedback. Positive feedback is generally boring. I prefer negative feedback. However, unfortunately, I always get negative feedback from individuals who, like yourself, don't have any experience or knowledge of the medium. And if you do have experience in the medium (video), then let's see it! It's easy to negatively critize something you know nothing about.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Realism? The film is about a dream where anything can happen. If you want to pick on my movie for not being realistic, then we could also discuss the fact that duck bills didn't coexist at the same time as terror birds. Also, who said the bronto at the beginning of the film is the same bronto at the end of the film. This is all really trivial. My point is that you make poor arguments. What about composition? Lighting? Give me feedback on something specific.
blaisingm 3 years ago
feedback? Well, heres some. its clear that The conception of your movie happened at the End of the process, which means, it seems that you thought first about making something with "Stop Animation", then you collected the elements, then you came up with the story, then you made the shooting! see? When we need to express ideas with "Art", we FIRST have the idea, then we get into the Artistic or Creative process, not Backwards, its that so, that you even said in the "Making Dino Dreams"... Cont.
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
video, something like: "i didnt use this Dinosaur that much, because is hard to move, its not good for walking!" that means, you grabbed everything that passed by in front of you, that happened to me, when i was a kid, i got my father's super 8 camera, so i wanted to Use it, dressed my sibling with Egyptian customs, small palm trees in the living room and made a movie... just because i had the camera, not because i wanted to Tell Cleopatras Story, but, i was 10! Cont...
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
That happens in music, which is "Art" too!, when we hear music, at least in my case, or Songs, i know if they wrote the lyrics first or music first, sometimes, you figure out what instrument they used to compose it, its not that im a Genius, i want to believe its common sense, my Composition teacher used to say: "Theres no such thing as inspiration" he was kind of right, (hes a frequent music award winner) everything has to be thought out, or else we end up with a Dull and predictable result!...
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
ok, the word "Dreams"freed you from realism chronology... that explains the fact that you locked yourself in the shed !?, also the M4 materialization in the Bag you were carring all the time, but its not 100% dream-like (Dali's persistencia de la memoria) or 100% real-like (Miquelangelo's Pieta)... not consistent; Models light doesnt match the Ambient light, use one point metal-halide lamp, ah, acting, all you had to say it was ONE line! editing is a pain in the Ass, and you managed it good!
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
Now was that so hard? At least now you're making valid points based on the film itself rather than preproduction (which I did storyboard, make drawings, plan, etc. Try making a stop motion model without making a schematic) Your right about a lot of things here. It always frustrated me that the lighting on my models rarely matched the natural sunlight. It's a give and take between what you'll allow as acceptable given the tools and budget you have to work with.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Right, the Bronto armature sucked. Not everything turns out like you expect when making a film. Happens all the time on the big screen too. When a prop doesn't work like it was intended, it's use is either eliminated, or reduced. Same goes for props that do work. In Robocop 2, Irvin Kershner was so impressed with the Robo torso, he added an entire scene specifically designed to showcase that prop.
blaisingm 3 years ago
Dino Dreams is not ment to "sell" myself to investors with the hopes of having a career in the film industry. I have a career. Short film making is my hobby. My film was a home made project not designed to compete in a professional market. If you feel that their is little "talent" required to put together a stop motion short film, then I'd the opportunity to learn from you. So, given your expert appraisal of my film, what technical aspects could be improved on?
blaisingm 3 years ago
Ok, cant help to reply,
Once you Upload your content to a public server, it Starts Competing in the market, that simple, your "Personal" movies, should be only in your "personal" hard drive, (like some of my "hobby" work), thats what gives me the right to react or criticize.
i admire the fact that you put together a 9 min short, but, next time, think about the final product as a whole, think a lot, and Plan a lot, Draw sketches, Storylines, and since you work with video, film More than you need!
TERRANCIO 3 years ago
I definitely agree that you have the right to criticize, and expect it and welcome it. However, your feedback doesn't address the film itself. Your feedback cites elements of preproduction: Drawing sketches, planning, shooting more video to work with. If your going to tell me that the video shows no evidence of talent, then tell me specifically what's talentless. Was the animation bad? Acting?
blaisingm 3 years ago
good stop motion
WARZONEfilms 3 years ago
Great job ^ ^
xxGalacticGeminixx 3 years ago
cool bro
tclapham1 3 years ago
also, how did you make the feet of the terror bird?
krakendude2 3 years ago
The feet are cable controlled (bicycle cables) puppet feet with metal skeleton and then foam skin. I used model paint to paint the coloration (which isn't a good choice). The claws/toe nails are carved out of hard foam.
blaisingm 3 years ago
thanks. by the way nice film. your like speilberg for youtube. or harryhausen. they both are god.
krakendude2 3 years ago
there actually were giant meat eating birds called terror birds back then but i dont think they're that big.
krakendude2 3 years ago
You're right. The terror bird in this film had it's height exaggerated a bit. As it appears in the film, I tried to get the bird to stand roughly 10 feet tall. I believe the tallest known terror bird stood closer to 8 feet. However, there was a bird called a Moa that went extinct a couple hundred years ago that stood 10 feet tall. It was like a giant ostrich.
blaisingm 3 years ago
That'd be funny if instead of using the barbecue, you made a Molotov Cocktail.
kenmdrt 3 years ago
I like this film. Where do you buy your armatures, or do you make them yourself?
abitofwhimsey 4 years ago
A little bit of both. I make them and I have others make them for me. Custom pro ball- and-socket amatures are extremely expensive ($1,000's). If your stop mo project can do without pro puppets, make your own aluminum wire armatures, plasticine, or armaverse armatures ($1's). Some pros will use these types of armatures.
blaisingm 4 years ago
dude you should make a sequel i bet everyone who has ever watched this is gonna say the same
phorushacos 4 years ago 2
Maybe do one based on the children's book "Dinosaur Dream" about a kid who has to bring a baby apatosaurus home from the present by venturing through the ice ages, Creataceous,etc. Used to be one of my favorites. Or "Shadow of the Dinosaurs", which my nephew seems to like, where a dog is lost in a forest of dinosaurs and must bury a magic dinosaur's bone to return to the present.
xxGalacticGeminixx 3 years ago
are you going to make another dino dreams?
reddalek555 4 years ago
No.
blaisingm 4 years ago
why? i love dinos!
i love stop motion!
and i love you!!
well, not you, your animations!
reddalek555 4 years ago
good to see a terror bird as a main villain than a scaly dinosaur, for a change.
Piatnitskysaurus 4 years ago
Yeah, I wanted an antagonist that was different. Everyone does the T-Rex. Unfortunately, terror birds are so unknown to the general populous, I've had people think it was some kind of giant chicken. 10,000 years B.C. is supposed to feature a terror bird. That will be the first terror bird in a feature film in a long time.
blaisingm 4 years ago
yes, the first since "the mysterious island" if memory serves.
Piatnitskysaurus 4 years ago
Mysterious island has a terror bird in it! and its stop motion!
by ray harryhausen!
reddalek555 4 years ago
yeah im doin the sme thing in my movies instead of t rex and spino im using giganotosaurus
phorushacos 4 years ago
That's one way of doing it. Or you can use stop motion software like istopmotion, or stop motion pro that allows you to chroma key backgrounds while you animate. Like the Dynamation process using rear projection, I believe most stop mo programs allow for layering of video footage during the animation process. There is a tutorial on this somewhere here on Youtube. Just type in "stop motion Pro" into Youtube's search function.
blaisingm 4 years ago
You should make a tutorial on making the puppets. Many people (like me) need it.
jnp1995 4 years ago
Making stop motion puppets like the ones seen in this video are extremely complicated process that really can't be learned by watching a video. You have to bake your liquid latex and this takes a tremendous amount of trial and error. Stop motion puppet making is more of "hands on" learning experience. Although, I just polished off making a robot stop mo puppet. Robots are easier to make since you can use a lot of "found" objects rather than sculpting everything by hand.
blaisingm 4 years ago
my latexing takes 2 hours.
i usualy have a new model by the end if the day
reddalek555 4 years ago
This is AWESOME!!!
Screechingweasel82 4 years ago
are you going to make a sequel?
reddalek555 4 years ago
wow your video is fantastic and inredible i give give you five stars!
elsofriki 4 years ago
No. I didn't use iMovie for compositing. iMovie doesn't do any compositing without GeeThree plug-ins. Quality compositing can be accomplished using Adobe products, Final Cut, or CompositeLab.
blaisingm 4 years ago
That Corythosaurus is a really good-looking model. Too bad it had to die.
TheUnknown837 4 years ago
Best...Stop...Motion...Movie...EVER!1,000,000,000/5!
tkemert20 4 years ago
The models, animation, and compositing are all well done. The pacing (shot length and overall editing) could be a bit tighter and the camera angles could use a bit of variety. Nice work!
darkmite8 4 years ago
Thanks! I agree with your comments. Camera angles can be difficult with stop mo. I was rather limited on creature angles due to my animation table limitations. Pacing too isn't the best, but I had to match some of my scenes with royalty free stock music. I didn't write the music, some scenes are a tad longer than they should to match the tempo of the music.
blaisingm 4 years ago
i was using clay to animate but now im on to something big!! look for DINO DISASTER soon
reddalek555 4 years ago
great video, I really really really need to learn how to do this.
kakafan228 4 years ago
Watch my "making of" segment.
blaisingm 4 years ago
Wow, you are an amazing stop motion artist! I love your work and think it even comparable to Jurassic Park, although i'm sure it wasn't stop motion. Great job, this is your best by far!
UnicyclistB 4 years ago
yo mate this is fuckin brilliant! did u make the models yourself??
i work wih stop motion myself, and the models look really good, i especially like the huge bird!
you have done really well here man, do u have a wesight i can visit??
gekotdf 4 years ago
I don't have a website. My channel does have some "making of" segments if you're looking for more detailed information on how this was made.
If you liked this, you might also like Reindeer Games.
blaisingm 4 years ago
thanks alot, i watched ur making of, i thought it was really helpfull, top man for making that!!
ime currently animating a robot for a feature film, ime finding it quite hard to make it flow life like but ime getting there
thanks again
gekotdf 4 years ago
Wow! me too! I've been very slowly working on a short film called Roboticus. It's another stop motion short with a large, killer robot.
blaisingm 4 years ago
sounds siiiiick! make sure u lemme know when uve put it up!!! safe man!
take it easy n keep this magic coming!
gekotdf 4 years ago
This is a great short film. I'm a Ray Harryhausen junke and at the age of 42 I'm finally making a stop motion project. Currently I'm building my models and I start shooting next month with Stop Motion Maker. I will be filming with a Sony Digital Video camera. Correct me if I'm wrong but does video not play back at 30 fps? If it does, should I shoot the animation with the same amount? Some people have said compromise and shoot a little less.
sharkman64 4 years ago
I've always enjoyed stop motion too. Digital video makes it all possible without the hassle of film. 90% of video cameras shoot at 30 fps. However, there are some models that will shoot at 24 fps, or offer a 24 fps shooting mode. You don't have to shoot at 30 fps, but I always do. Obviously, the fewer the frames, the quicker the animation. If I'm shooting dinos and I want to portray size, more frames means slower movements.
blaisingm 4 years ago
My creature is an alligator that I want to appear around 30 feet long. Any advice will be helpful.
sharkman64 4 years ago
I would need more details to offer any advice. It sounds like a challenging project. Alligator's have short legs and their bodies hover right over the ground. I would imagine an alligator puppet to be difficult to animate due to it's short appendages and close proximity to the animation table.
blaisingm 4 years ago
This is a great short film. I'm a Ray Harryhausen junke and at the age of 42 I'm finally making a stop motion project. Currently I'm building my models and I start shooting next month with Stop Motion Maker. I will be filming with a Sony Digital Video camera. Correct me if I'm wrong but does video not play back at 30 fps? If it does, should I shoot the animation with the same amount? Some people have said compromise and shoot a little less.
sharkman64 4 years ago
I love it, but there are two flaws: the lighting and also the brontosaurus appears to have changed sizes between his two appearances. When he's first seen, he appears to be gigantic and when he fights the phorahocus, he's about its size, much smaller.
TheUnknown837 4 years ago
Yeah, I made an error on size. But, it wasn't necessarily the same Bronto. It could have been a different Bronto. The bird stayed at a steady 9- 10 feet tall where the bronto went from about 25 feet tall to about 12 feet tall. Massive jump in scale. But again, it could have been a completely different bronto. It was a baby Bronto.
blaisingm 4 years ago
Im Speechless. that was amazing it couldn't of been better.
Jwats96 4 years ago
Thanks. Glad you liked it. I have many other projects in the works. However, I've run into some production problems and copyright problems so it might be some time before my next project hits Youtube. Again, thanks!
blaisingm 4 years ago
i will be looking for your new videos. this is amazing.
Jwats96 4 years ago
I whant to do somthing like this!!! but Im only 13 and dont have the money to get the frames for the animals,
kakafan228 4 years ago
Making something like this takes a lot of time and effort. Start by animating clay and see if it holds your interest.
blaisingm 4 years ago
ive made models, but I need a stop motion camera and stuff to get them in the real life shot.
kakafan228 4 years ago
hahaha.. the bdino sounds r hilarious..lol
ricky1oh1 4 years ago
excelent but you need a better color correction, nice job
gbmov 4 years ago
Where do feel that color correction could be used?
blaisingm 4 years ago