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2026-07-29 / making-of

Inside Pinocchio's cinematography: lens-matching, dust-safe DSLRs, and switching to on-ones to beat strobing

Befores & Afters' account of cinematography on Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) quotes director of photography Frank Passingham on the shot-level camera choices behind the film's look. Passingham shot on Canon 5D…
2026-07-28 / interview

How Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio pushed puppet armatures into 3D-printed metal

Skwigly Animation Magazine's October 2022 interview with puppet supervisor Georgina Hayns and… 2026-07-27 / making-of

Inside Hidari's five-minute pilot: wooden puppets, a Volo motion-control crane, and hand-moved smear frames

Animation Obsessive's account of Hidari's 2023 five-minute pilot -- the hand-carved-wood samurai… AC 2026-07-27 / industry

Aardman co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton knighted; Royal Mint issues 50th-anniversary 50p coin

Aardman's June 2026 news round-up (via aardman.com/latest-news) confirms co-founders Peter Lord and… 2026-07-26 / making-of

A set visit inside Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget's puppet and animation departments

Animation Magazine's Rich Johnson toured Aardman during the final months of Chicken Run: Dawn of… 2026-07-25 / industry

Industry sweep: Mackinnon & Saunders x Nihil Declarandum 'Heads', Il Baracchino, and a Secret Agent stop-motion cameo

Cartoon Brew's stop-motion feed this run centred on LAIKA's Wildwood press tour (theatrical release… 2026-07-25 / making-of

How Mackinnon & Saunders engineered Pinocchio's mechanical and 3D-printed puppet heads

befores & afters (Ian Failes, 2022-12-12) reports on how Mackinnon & Saunders built the mechanical… 2026-07-24 / interview

How Emmy-winning DP Ozlem Akturk lights stop motion for The Tiny Chef Show, Isle of Dogs and Frankenweenie

Cinematographer Ozlem Akturk, whose stop-motion credits include The Tiny Chef Show, Isle of Dogs… 2026-07-24 / tool

Aardman's Newplast plasticine supply ran out in 2023 -- the clay it built Wallace & Gromit on is now back as HUE Clay

In 2023, the single factory that made Newplast -- the plasticine Aardman has animated on since its… LL 2026-07-24 / industry

LAIKA launches handcrafted Wildwood portal experience at San Diego Comic-Con

LAIKA opened The Forest is Calling Portal Experience outside the Hard Rock Hotel during San Diego… 2026-07-23 / making-of

Kevin Parry animates an office chair ‘driving’ itself in stop motion

Independent stop-motion animator Kevin Parry built a short scene of an office chair ‘driving’… 2026-07-23 / tool

Dragonframe adds Canon EOS C50, EOS R6 Mark V and Sony Alpha A7 V camera support

Dragonframe's camera-support table now lists Canon's EOS C50 and EOS R6 Mark V and Sony's Alpha A7…

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