The Makings of Animation

70 minutes
The Makings of Animation

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, “Wait, how the heck did they do that?”, you’re in for a treat. Feast your eyes on our selection of short documentaries, making-ofs, and animated shorts to really see how handmade animations are created. These funny and insightful behind-the-scenes materials will have you marvel at the devotion of the animator, his craftsmanship, and his wacky sense of humor.

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2015

Showing in this program

“Edition Speciale” Opening

“Edition Speciale” Opening

  • Greg Barth
  • Canada, 2010
  • 6 min.

The making of the 3 and a half month long Stop Motion Opening for Canal Plus.

Animatin’ Rap

Animatin’ Rap

  • Dan Povenmire / Jeff Marsh
  • United States, 2011
  • 3 min.
Fifty Pairs of Hands for One Single Frame

Fifty Pairs of Hands for One Single Frame

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1961
  • 10 min.

Promotional film for the Dollywood studio aimed at ‘advertising men’. The documentary images give a nice insight into the different steps in the production process of the stop-motion film Pleasure Revived (1960), such as the storyboards, the music, the building of the sets, manufacturing the puppets, animating with the stop-motion camera and the final editing.

Happy Camper: Happy?

Happy Camper: Happy?

  • Job / Joris & Marieke
  • The Netherlands, 2011
  • 3 min.

In een anoniem interview vertelt slachtoffer M over zijn ervaringen op de set van de videoclip Born with a Bothered Mind van Happy Camper.

Honda “Paper”- Behind the scenes with PES

Honda “Paper”- Behind the scenes with PES

  • PES
  • United States, 2015
  • 2 min.

PES's new film for Honda. Dozens of animators and illustrators, thousands of original drawings, and four months of work. Everything in the film is done by hand and shot in camera.

Loeki Making-of

Loeki Making-of

  • Joop Geesink
  • The Netherlands, 1978
  • 3 min.

Loeki Making-of

Making of Roof Sex

Making of Roof Sex

  • PES
  • United States, 2002
  • 3 min.

Making of Roof Sex

Making of the Bigger Picture

Making of the Bigger Picture

  • Daisy Jacobs
  • United Kingdom, 2014
  • 3 min.

'You want to put her in a home; you tell her; tell her now!' hisses one brother to the other. But Mother won't go, and their own lives unravel as she clings on. Innovative life-size animated characters tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent.

Making The Eagleman Stag

Making The Eagleman Stag

  • Mikey Please
  • United Kingdom, 2011
  • 7 min.

'The larger our past gets the smaller our present feels.' And it certainly felt that way during the Making of the Eagleman Stag. Mikey Please explains all his big idea's to God, who just loves animation.

The Boxtrolls – Time Lapse End Credits

The Boxtrolls – Time Lapse End Credits

  • Anthony Stacchi / Graham Annable
  • United States, 2014

Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles consider the unseen forces of the universe as the human makers of their universe are quickly and quietly revealed.

The Future of CGI

The Future of CGI

  • Fatal Farm
  • United States, 2012
  • 2 min.

Ray Liotta, Michael Bay & Jon Favreau talk about the future of CGI with motion capture experts, Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel.

The Making of Grindin’

The Making of Grindin’

  • Susie Oosting
  • The Netherlands, 2010
  • 4 min.

In his mission to create an ambitious animated music video, Nobody Beats the Drum's visual artist Rogier van der Zwaag may have bitten off more than he could chew.

The Making of Leader KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2015

The Making of Leader KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2015

  • Francisco Marquez / Daniela Uribe
  • The Netherlands, 2015
  • 4 min.

The making of Leader KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2015

The the making of… The Obvious Child

The the making of… The Obvious Child

  • Stephen Irwin
  • United Kingdom / India, 2015
  • 4 min.

A personal journey into the art of animationing.

This is how MUTE was made

This is how MUTE was made

  • Job / Joris & Marieke
  • The Netherlands, 2015

This is the making of MUTE. MUTE is an animated short about a world populated by people born without a mouth. When a gory accident leads to the discovery they are able to create their own mouth by cutting themselves, this releases an enthusiastic chain reaction among the population.

Trailer

Trailer

  • Mascha Halberstad
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

Het is oorlog, de vijand is overal. De aanslagen en explosies zijn allesvernietigend. Gelukkig is daar de redder. Maar niet iedereen neemt hem even serieus.