A peek behind the scenes of the stop-motion animated childrens’ films Frog and Toad Are Friends (1985) and Frog and Toad Together (1987). Please visit http://JohnClarkMatthews.com
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Frog and Toad – Behind the Scenes 1985
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ive been lookin for …
ive been lookin for this for so long! thanks! i too first saw this on Long Ago & Far Away
Here’s how they …
Here’s how they tell us how they made the Frog and Toad videos.
I saw this …
I saw this documentary when I was about 9 or 10 it was fascinating. I was intrigued by how they made the skeleton of the figures and then covered it with the flexible outer layer. It also brought home the point of how time consuming it was.
I remember watching …
I remember watching this on “Long Ago and Far Away ” in 1989
An excelent behind …
An excelent behind the scenes for a stop motion production! Great work.
My childhood has …
My childhood has come flooding back. I remember watching this on a film reel in art class back in first grade, and thinking that I wanted to animate when I grew up (it was this and Reading Rainbow’s Piggy in the Puddle, really) So…thank you, I guess! Still a very cool video!
I see that the …
I see that the exposure sheet is set up at thirds of a second. That’s the timing I use too, that way you can be be slightly short or wide of the mark, and both video and film can be timed this way. (I tried timing everything to fourths of a second, but I wasn’t very good at it- the results were kind of mechanical).
HOORAY!!! I’ve …
HOORAY!!! I’ve looked all over for this video! Couldn’t even find it on VHS. Thanks for posting it, John.
Very cool.
Very cool.
this realy shows …
this realy shows how far stop motion has come ..wow wait a day just to see how ur shot came out