Building Stop Motion Masterpieces by Hand
Phil Tippett has spent a lifetime in the film industry, working as a modelmaker, visual effects supervisor, director and stopmotion animator. He s been involved with bigname productions such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and RoboCop among others. But his real passion lies in handmade stopmotion animation. For over 30 years, Tippett has been working on an incredibly detailed film called Mad God. He describes it as being set in a Miltonesque world of monsters, mad scientists and war Amazingly, each character is painstakingly constructed by hand from foam, clay, latex and wire. Despite all the arduous toil, Tippett sees Mad God as a form of therapy and a way to reconnect with a time when special effects and animation were all done by hand. SUBSCRIBE: This story is a part of our Human Condition series. Come along and let us connect you to some of the most peculiar, stirring, extraordinary, and distinctive people in the world.
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