Insane Stop Motion Animation in a World of Books

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

4th Estate has been publishing books for 25 years. This film was for 4th Estate Publishers’ 25th Anniversary. Produced by Apt Studio and Asylum Films and is called  “This is Where  We Live”  – in a world of books.

The film was produced in stop-motion over 3 weeks in Autumn 2008. Each scene was shot on a home-made dolly by an insane bunch of animators; you can see time-lapse films of each sequence being prepared and shot in their other films.

Animators at Work: Timelapse from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

London Shoot Timelapse from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

I love the attention to detail, use of texture and whimiscal charm that becomes a visual metaphor for the magical world of books.