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Founder
  
Seamus Walsh

Founded
  
2003

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Screen novelties


Screen Novelties is a collective of film directors, specializing in stop motion animation. It was formed in 2003 by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Chris Finnegan.

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Their work fuses classic cartoon sensibilities with mixed-media elements such as puppetry and miniature model photography. They were among the first stop motion artists to adopt an entirely digital capture system and workflow, beginning in 1999 with the pilot films that would eventually become Robot Chicken. Screen Novelties was integral in the launch of both Robot Chicken and Moral Orel for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block.

Notable past work includes:

  • Creating a stop motion animation version of the Flintstones for a dream sequence in The Flintstones: On the Rocks.
  • Working with Ray Harryhausen, helping him complete his film The Tortoise & the Hare.
  • Contributing whimsical puppet and special effects sequences for Cartoon Network shows Chowder and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack.
  • Performing the restoration of the original Rudolph & Santa Puppets from the 1964 classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    • Their offbeat short films enjoy a small cult following, especially "Mysterious Mose" which was made in their garage in 1997-98, using a hand-wound Bolex camera and an old 78rpm record as the soundtrack. The film mixes rod puppetry, stop motion animation, and silhouette animation.

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    Filmography

  • Old Man & the Goblins
  • The Boy with the Flip-top Head
  • Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose
  • The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare
  • Monster Safari

    • Television/film credits

  • The Flintstones: On the Rocks
  • Robot Chicken
  • Moral Orel
  • Robot Chicken: Star Wars
  • SpongeBob SquarePants
  • Courage the Cowardly Dog
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  • Corn Pops commercials
  • Chowder
  • Mad
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
  • Family Guy: "Road to the Multiverse": Robot Chicken segment
  • Adventure Time Lego Opening Title Sequence
  • It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
  • Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
  • Harvey Beaks

    • Awards and nominations

    Won 30th Annual Annie Award in the category Best short Film for The Story of the Tortoise & The Hare.

    Nominated for the 34th Annual Annie Award in the category Best Animated Television Commercial.

    References

    Screen Novelties Wikipedia
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