Klutz Book of Animation Stop #3 and Giveaway

Klutz Rubber Band Book

This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner chosen by random.org: #77 Dawn @ Coming to a Nursery Near You! This is stop #3 on the Klutz Book of Animation Blog Tour! The Klutz Book of Animation teaches anyone with a computer, camera, internet  connection and a little bit of creativity how to create their own stop-motion animated films. Step-by-step instructions show you how to create a variety of different classic stop motion special effects, and the book includes everything you'll need,  from practical instruction to ready-to-shoot scripts. The software you’ll need is available as a free download, ready to use on any computer (PC or Mac). Attached to the book is a piece of low-tech, non-toxic clay, which you can mold into the star of your film! If you've seen the classic movie "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", you've seen a stop motion movie. The basic technique involves taking a picture of something, then moving it (or some part of it) a tiny bit, taking … [Read more...]

Top Ten Family Rentals from Redbox Oct 19 to Oct 25

Image by Getty Images via Daylife These were the most popular family movie rentals on Redbox last week: 1. Monsters vs. Aliens 2. Imagine That 3. Hannah Montana: The Movie 4. Aussie & Ted's Great Adventure 5. Race to Witch Mountain 6. Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins 7. Casper- Scare School 8. Battle for Terra 9. Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom 10. Sid the Science Kid: Change Happens See what movies are available and find a Redbox near you at http://www.redbox.com/. disclosure: this is not a sponsored post, just sharing information. … [Read more...]

Toy Story 3 Trailer!

When the first Toy Story movie came out in theaters in 1995, Chris and I had been married two years and still had that luxury of being able to look at each other on a Friday night and say "hey, let's go to the movies!". We had seen a trailer for Toy Story and because of the animation and seeing some of our favorite childhood toys brought to life, we knew we wanted to see it. I can't seem to find any info online regarding when Toy Story was originally released on video, but I'm pretty sure it was 1998, Ryan got it for his birthday, and watched it every single day from October 2nd until New Year's Day when I declared that I could not watch it any more, as much as I loved it, because that was enough. Toy Story 2 came out in 1999, and we took a then-3 year old Ryan and then-1 year old Nathan to see it with us. Nathan got the Woody doll that had the guitar, "Sing and Strum Woody", and Ryan got the Buzz Lightyear that made flying noises when you swooped it around the room, with … [Read more...]