Screen Novelties

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Screen Novelties
Company type Private
Founded2000;25 years ago (2000)
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
Mark Caballero
Seamus Walsh
Chris Finnegan
Website www.screen-novelties.com

Screen Novelties (stylized as SCREEN NOVELTIES) is an American animation studio, specializing in stop motion animation. It was founded by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Chris Finnegan. [1]

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Overview

Their work fuses classic cartoon sensibilities with mixed-media elements such as puppetry and miniature model photography.[ citation needed ] They were among the first stop motion artists to adopt an entirely digital capture system and workflow,[ citation needed ] beginning in 1999 with the pilot films that would eventually become Robot Chicken . Screen Novelties was integral in the launch of both Robot Chicken and Moral Orel for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block.[ citation needed ] They also animated the stop motion SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, It's a Spongebob Christmas!, The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom, and Sandy's Country Christmas.

Notable past work includes:[ citation needed ]

Their offbeat short films enjoy a small cult following,[ citation needed ] especially "Mysterious Mose" which was made in their garage in 1997-98, using a hand-wound Bolex camera and an old 78rpm record as the soundtrack.[ citation needed ] The film mixes rod puppetry, stop motion animation, and silhouette animation.

Filmography

Television and film credits

TitleYear(s)NotesClient
The Flintstones: On the Rocks 2001stop-motion sequence Cartoon Network Studios
Courage the Cowardly Dog 2002"Perfect" (stop-motion sequence) Stretch Films
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show 2004stop-motion animation Warner Bros. Television
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2004stop-motion sequence Nickelodeon Movies
Robot Chicken 2005-2012first 5 seasons Stoopid Monkey
ShadowMachine
Moral Orel 2005-2007seasons 1 and 2 ShadowMachine
Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure 2007puppetsCartoon Network Studios
Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2007 Stoopid Monkey
ShadowMachine
Chowder 2007-2010stop-motion/puppet sequencesCartoon Network Studios
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack 2008-2010stop-motion sequencesCartoon Network Studios
The Electric Company 2009Jack Bowser sequences Sesame Workshop
Family Guy 2006
2009
2011		"Deep Throats" (stop-motion segment)
"Road to the Multiverse" (Robot Chicken segment)
"Foreign Affairs" (puppet sequence)		 20th Century Fox Television
SpongeBob SquarePants 2009-presentstop-motion animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Mad 2010-2011additional animation Warner Bros. Animation
85th Academy Awards 2013Sock puppet sequence Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Adventure Time 2013 LEGO title sequenceCartoon Network Studios
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2013end credits Sony Pictures Animation
Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas 2014Warner Bros. Animation
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015Bubbles character only Nickelodeon Movies
Harvey Beaks 2015
2016		"Yampions" (stop-motion animation)
"It's Christmas You Dorks!" (stop-motion sequences)		Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 2017Sock puppet sequence DreamWorks Animation
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus 2019Puppet sequenceNickelodeon Animation Studio
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 2020stop-motion animationNickelodeon Movies and MRC
The Patrick Star Show 2021-presentstop-motion animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years 2021"What About Meep?" (puppet sequence)Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Animaniacs 2021"Mouse Madness" (stop-motion sequence) Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Television
The Cuphead Show! 2022stop-motion backgrounds Netflix Animation and Studio MDHR
Jim Henson Idea Man 2024stop-motion animation Disney+ and Imagine Documentaries
Smurfs 2025clay animation Paramount Animation, Paramount Pictures and Peyo

Video game credits

TitleYear(s)NotesClient
Fortnite 2018Stop-motion cutscene animation [4] Epic Games
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course 2022Puppet Trailer [5] Studio MDHR

Commercials

Awards and nominations

Won 30th Annual Annie Award in the category Best Short Film for The Story of the Tortoise & The Hare. [6]

Nominated for the 34th Annual Annie Award in the category Best Animated Television Commercial. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "About Us | Los Angeles Stop Motion Animation Studio | Screen Novelties". 30 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Goodman, Brenda (2006-12-23). "Rudolph and Santa, as Good as New". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  3. ↑ http://www.screen-novelties.com/news/2006/12/rankinbass-puppet-restoration.html Rankin/Bass Puppet Restoration
  4. ↑ "Fortnite Season 7 Trailer | Screen Novelties".
  5. ↑ "Cuphead D.L.C Trailer | Screen Novelties".
  6. ↑ http://annieawards.org/30thwinners.html 30th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2002)
  7. ↑ http://annieawards.org/34thwinners.html 34th Annie Award winners and nominations
  8. ↑ http://www.screen-novelties.com/news/2007/01/tobacco-psa-nominated.html Candy factory commercial
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