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| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Mark Caballero Seamus Walsh Chris Finnegan |
| Website | www |
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]
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.
| Title | Year(s) | Notes | Client |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flintstones: On the Rocks | 2001 | stop-motion sequence | Cartoon Network Studios |
| Courage the Cowardly Dog | 2002 | "Perfect" (stop-motion sequence) | Stretch Films |
| Drew Carey's Green Screen Show | 2004 | stop-motion animation | Warner Bros. Television |
| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | 2004 | stop-motion sequence | Nickelodeon Movies |
| Robot Chicken | 2005-2012 | first 5 seasons | Stoopid Monkey ShadowMachine |
| Moral Orel | 2005-2007 | seasons 1 and 2 | ShadowMachine |
| Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | 2007 | puppets | Cartoon Network Studios |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars | 2007 | Stoopid Monkey ShadowMachine | |
| Chowder | 2007-2010 | stop-motion/puppet sequences | Cartoon Network Studios |
| The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | 2008-2010 | stop-motion sequences | Cartoon Network Studios |
| The Electric Company | 2009 | Jack 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-present | stop-motion animation | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
| Mad | 2010-2011 | additional animation | Warner Bros. Animation |
| 85th Academy Awards | 2013 | Sock puppet sequence | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| Adventure Time | 2013 | LEGO title sequence | Cartoon Network Studios |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | 2013 | end credits | Sony Pictures Animation |
| Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas | 2014 | Warner Bros. Animation | |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | 2015 | Bubbles 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 | 2017 | Sock puppet sequence | DreamWorks Animation |
| Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus | 2019 | Puppet sequence | Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | 2020 | stop-motion animation | Nickelodeon Movies and MRC |
| The Patrick Star Show | 2021-present | stop-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! | 2022 | stop-motion backgrounds | Netflix Animation and Studio MDHR |
| Jim Henson Idea Man | 2024 | stop-motion animation | Disney+ and Imagine Documentaries |
| Title | Year(s) | Notes | Client |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fortnite | 2018 | Stop-motion cutscene animation [4] | Epic Games |
| Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course | 2022 | Puppet Trailer [5] | Studio MDHR |
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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]
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