{"id":3185,"date":"2011-12-13T18:29:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T01:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2011-12-13T18:29:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T01:29:23","slug":"outdated-videos-that-are-still-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keymasterproductions.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/13\/outdated-videos-that-are-still-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdated Videos That Are Still Awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is a literal “lift and shift” of content that I received from Flavorpill<\/a>. The post was titled “Outdated Videos That Are Still Awesome” and was written by Contributing Editor Tom Hawking and yeah, I cribbed his title and content but hey, I gave credit! Also, while their post had 10 videos, I only thought that 4 of them were actually awesome and unfortunately due to copyright reasons, only 3 of them were on the web. The FP write up, and video where possible, is all below – enjoy! Thanks again Tom.
\nPeter Gabriel \u2014 \u201cSledgehammer\u201d (1986)<\/strong>
\nIn the era of Pixar and huge-budget animation, the idea of stop motion animation crafted frame-by-frame on tape seems almost laughably primitive. Of course, people still use the technique today \u2014 Michel Gondry has deployed it to great effect, and it also features in Wolf Parade\u2019s \u201cModern World,\u201d one of our favorite videos of recent years. But even so, it\u2019s easier these days \u2014 at least, if nothing else, you have digital editing technology. No such luck for Nick Park (of Wallace and Gromit fame), who made this video. The creation of \u201cSledgehammer\u201d was incredibly torturous \u2014 at one point, Gabriel apparently lay under a sheet of glass for 16 hours while Park carefully shot single frame after single frame. But while the techniques belong to yesteryear, the video is just as mind-blowing in 2011 as it was in 1986 (especially the dancing chickens!).
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