I love how you made the abelisaur act like a normal predator in a situation would you rather chase a big meal that could fill you up but possibly escape your grasp or have a very easy meal that is stuck with no escape very smart move there for not making him a big threat to the protagonist and for the fact that you made a wonderful documentary in stop motion to rival phil tibbit or the late ray harryhausen
fucking flawless, dude this is beautiful, it captures the essence of stop motion as well as the amazing monsters that roamed the earth over 50 million years ago.
Nice choice with Rapator as the theropod, even if the depiction is outdated now. This is honestly one of the finest pieces of dinosaur stop motion ever produced, right up there with Tippet's Prehistoric Beast. It pains me to say that the art form is pretty much dead and the documentaries have become oversaturated with stiff, jerky, barely CGI that hardly resembles a real living creature. There are, of course, a few exceptions (WWD, Dinosaur Revolution, etc) but the stop motion and 2D animation in the documentaries of the 80s-90s is always perfect.
In response to all those who have commented about Carnotaurus not living in Australia, that's very true. We knew that at the time - 1993. The featured creature is not meant to be Carnotaurus (which had extremely tiny forearms) but Rapator. While it's true that Rapator is (or was) only known from a single wrist bone, our consulting paleontologist suggested we might like to base our creature on Carnotaurus for the sake of sheer drama and, in the absence of evidence, why not?
I'm making a film using all practical effects and I was wondering if there was a way to contact you. I'm really blown away by your work and I was wondering if you'd be interested in working on something or if I could use any of your existing work and crediting you. There is a scene in my movie where some kids are watching a dinosaur video and I wanted to use something like this but I don't know if I would be allowed to or how to obtain it.
Hi Tim. Thanks for your kind words. Glad you like it. I'm always open to collaborating on worthwhile projects. I don't think you'd be able to use any footage from Muttaburrasaurus, unfortunately, as I don't own copyright to it. I could produce something especially though. If you'd like to discuss, my email address is: gnawman@gmail.com
Wow is this from like a professional movie? or something because the background is amazing!! and the movement is really smooth for stop motion this is so epic it must of taken HOURS if not days to do this good job!!!
The stop-motion is about 10 minutes long and is part of a commercial half hour documentary Graham & I made back in '93. The stop-motion component took us around 9 months to complete, including making the model dinosaurs and sets.
This some really impressive and captivating work, worthy of Phil Tippett ! Some elements in the scenario are a bit amateurish to me but like you said, it was a passion work from 25 years ago, which also explains the scientific innacuracies and the presence of Rapator as an abelisaurid (the remains are so fragmentary, scientists don't know if it was an abelisaurid, an alvarezsaurid or some other kind of theropod). I love your use of cinematography and dramatic colors, plus the amount of work in the environment is really commendable. I whish stop-motion could make a comeback for movies when it comes to dinosaurs. A remake of your work with the new knowledge about early cretaceous Australia would be great !
+Godzilla 1984 Thanks, Goji. (I'm also a big Godzilla fan. ;) I don't know that I'd go so far as to say it's as good as Ray Harryhausen's work, although we did send the film to him shortly after we made it, and he was most encouraging. I treasure the letters he sent, praising our efforts.
Would love to see a tutorial from you both for making the dinosaurs and creating your some of the camera moves whilst animating. If you had time of course!
Hey, Norman. Could you make a tutorial video of you making the stop-motion dinosaur models that are seen in this video sequence? I'd really would love to see that, please.
Norman Yeend Closest thing to see what Disney's Dinosaur would be like in stop motion since that was what they were originally going for when Paul Verhoven and Phil Tippett were originally directing the film.
this is even better stop motion than king kong in 1933. the movement looks more fluent and not as shakey. nice job. Did you make the models from clay? if so, cool. I love the way that they blink. I love the sounds, they fit them perfectly. I feel so bad for the baby that got eaten, wad it a Leaellynasaurus? that baby muttaburrasaurus was so cute too. that rapator is so cool too. great job.
1:19 the dryo is like KILL ME NOW!!! and the little hadrosaur NO STEVE!!!! the carno lik "who do I choose???? I choose u!! bites Steve NO STEVE rip Steve the random dryo
Leaellynasaura* *perhaps, not entirely sure, the documentary just stated as a hypsilophodont, and "hypsilophodont" is an outdated term to use, "small ornithopod" is a more appropriate one.
The carnivore was not a Carnotaurus, it was an Antarctic version of Allosaurus from the Jurassic. This sequence is Prehistoric Antarctica 110-100 million years ago.
+kylec917 Are you joking, no allosaur was ever found in Antarctica or Australia, and Carnotaurus is the only known meat eating dinosaur with horns like that.
the allosaur is austrovenator which did live at the time of muttaburrasaurus. don't believe me look up the creature and u will see it lived at approximately same time as the muttaburrasaurus.
yeah and if you do, do a ceratosaurus or some carnivore . do I sculpt the teeth or does the skeletons teeth just do the work same with horns and spikes?
May i ask about the reasoning for adding an Abelisaurid? Was that a current idea at the time, or a slip of judgement? Either way, excellent animation :) Edit: Now i saw a comment further below where you explained your reasoning, i understand. Though i still think it was very dubious adding it considering the only known material we have is a single left hand bone.
I agree about the scant remains. At the time though, it was the one of the only known carnivorous dinosaurs that was contemporaneous with Muttaburrasaurus that could have posed a threat. And anyway, the consultant paleontologist agreed it made for good drama. ;)
Moore Stories Only that story took place in the American West as a subtropical environment. Home of the last of the Dinosaurs like Ornithomimus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ankylosaurs, Edmontosaurus & Triceratops. Including one of the early mammals.
It was made the old-fahioned way, before computers. These are actual metal and rubber models that were animated one frame at a time in miniature environments. A lot of time and patience went into it.
If it was supposed to be Carnotaurus, you're right. It's not Carnotaurus though. It's a creature known as Rapator. (See my comment above re. Carnotaurus.) :)
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This is beautiful. I wish stop-motion was used more often nowadays.
Me too, along with hand drawn animation being used more.
I love how you made the abelisaur act like a normal predator in a situation would you rather chase a big meal that could fill you up but possibly escape your grasp or have a very easy meal that is stuck with no escape very smart move there for not making him a big threat to the protagonist and for the fact that you made a wonderful documentary in stop motion to rival phil tibbit or the late ray harryhausen
First Stop Motion Carnotaurus I've ever seen! O-O
Bravo!
The light, the movement, the behavior ....beautiful
Dude are a natural at this, your just as skilled as Ray was back then
The australians is very genius with this great documentary of dinosaurs in stop motion, is better that the effects of CGI.
This is more entertaining than 99%of what is on TV at the moment!🤨🦖🦕🌴🌴🌋🏜️
Wonderful! Some of the best stop motion dinosaur animation I have ever seen.
Wow! For a second I thought this was a Phil Tippet sequence! Great job!
fucking flawless, dude this is beautiful, it captures the essence of stop motion as well as the amazing monsters that roamed the earth over 50 million years ago.
Thanks. The dinosaurs are made from foam latex over the top of machined aluminium armatures.
Nice choice with Rapator as the theropod, even if the depiction is outdated now. This is honestly one of the finest pieces of dinosaur stop motion ever produced, right up there with Tippet's Prehistoric Beast. It pains me to say that the art form is pretty much dead and the documentaries have become oversaturated with stiff, jerky, barely CGI that hardly resembles a real living creature. There are, of course, a few exceptions (WWD, Dinosaur Revolution, etc) but the stop motion and 2D animation in the documentaries of the 80s-90s is always perfect.
This is awesome!I love the details!
In response to all those who have commented about Carnotaurus not living in Australia, that's very true. We knew that at the time - 1993.
The featured creature is not meant to be Carnotaurus (which had extremely tiny forearms) but Rapator. While it's true that Rapator is (or was) only known from a single wrist bone, our consulting paleontologist suggested we might like to base our creature on Carnotaurus for the sake of sheer drama and, in the absence of evidence, why not?
I'm making a film using all practical effects and I was wondering if there was a way to contact you. I'm really blown away by your work and I was wondering if you'd be interested in working on something or if I could use any of your existing work and crediting you. There is a scene in my movie where some kids are watching a dinosaur video and I wanted to use something like this but I don't know if I would be allowed to or how to obtain it.
Hi Tim. Thanks for your kind words. Glad you like it. I'm always open to collaborating on worthwhile projects. I don't think you'd be able to use any footage from Muttaburrasaurus, unfortunately, as I don't own copyright to it. I could produce something especially though. If you'd like to discuss, my email address is:
gnawman@gmail.com
That is actually very interesting, maybe you should remake this project using new scientific data someday?
Great stop motion animation! I've dabbled in it myself, but this beats anything I've done.
Marvelous stuff, love the colours.
I am really impressed. This is so good
Would love to see a "making of"..............great work
A awasome stop motion
We need more of Rapator.
Wow is this from like a professional movie? or something because the background is amazing!! and the movement is really smooth for stop motion this is so epic it must of taken HOURS if not days to do this good job!!!
The stop-motion is about 10 minutes long and is part of a commercial half hour documentary Graham & I made back in '93. The stop-motion component took us around 9 months to complete, including making the model dinosaurs and sets.
Norman Yeend You should make more stop motions. Maybe you should start doing these more. I love the classic feel of claymation.
This is damn awesome stop motion
Would you like seeing Rapator modeled as a megaraptorid or an allosaurid?
If this was set in Australia, you could've used that small allosaur.
Very nice! This was amazing!
this is realy well done!
This some really impressive and captivating work, worthy of Phil Tippett ! Some elements in the scenario are a bit amateurish to me but like you said, it was a passion work from 25 years ago, which also explains the scientific innacuracies and the presence of Rapator as an abelisaurid (the remains are so fragmentary, scientists don't know if it was an abelisaurid, an alvarezsaurid or some other kind of theropod). I love your use of cinematography and dramatic colors, plus the amount of work in the environment is really commendable. I whish stop-motion could make a comeback for movies when it comes to dinosaurs. A remake of your work with the new knowledge about early cretaceous Australia would be great !
So incredibly good
very nostalgic feel to it. I like it!
The carnos arms tho..
Phenomenal Animation. ; )
wow you are as good as ray harryhausen's stop motion good job
+Godzilla 1984 Thanks, Goji. (I'm also a big Godzilla fan. ;) I don't know that I'd go so far as to say it's as good as Ray Harryhausen's work, although we did send the film to him shortly after we made it, and he was most encouraging. I treasure the letters he sent, praising our efforts.
I was lucky enough to meet Ray when I was 19, he was such a nice guy, so humble.
Would love to see a tutorial from you both for making the dinosaurs and creating your some of the camera moves whilst animating. If you had time of course!
Very well animated. Good job.
Hey, Norman. Could you make a tutorial video of you making the stop-motion dinosaur models that are seen in this video sequence? I'd really would love to see that, please.
The Carnotaurus had shorter arm and didnt lived together with Muttaburasaurus, but still a great stop motion animation.
Thanks for the kind words. It's not a Carnotaurus, though. It's a creature known as Rapator, and is based on Carnotaurus.
I knew it wasn't a type of abelisaur but I must wonder why did You make it so carnotaurus like?
Steve Jumpman We based Rapator on Carnotaurus at the suggestion of the paleontologist we were consulting with at the time.
Norman Yeend Closest thing to see what Disney's Dinosaur would be like in stop motion since that was what they were originally going for when Paul Verhoven and Phil Tippett were originally directing the film.
Tyler Rakstis You again..
You made lovely models of Carnotaurus!
this is even better stop motion than king kong in 1933. the movement looks more fluent and not as shakey. nice job. Did you make the models from clay? if so, cool. I love the way that they blink. I love the sounds, they fit them perfectly. I feel so bad for the baby that got eaten, wad it a Leaellynasaurus? that baby muttaburrasaurus was so cute too. that rapator is so cool too. great job.
Awesome skill with the stop motion though!
awesooooome !
Its not Ray Harryhausen but its pretty good work.
this is fantastic. would you mind if i used this in a dinosaur compilation video?
good work
I think the carnivore may have hesitated less in attacking its prey
its like that fabrosaur wanted to get eaten or something
Hey, I like this :)
Could you post the whole video/movie of this please?
carnotaurus didn't live in australia but Austrovenator did
1:19 the dryo is like KILL ME NOW!!! and the little hadrosaur NO STEVE!!!! the carno lik "who do I choose???? I choose u!! bites Steve NO STEVE rip Steve the random dryo
Miosotis Dolores thats not a dryo rhats a lealleniasauria
Leaellynasaura*
*perhaps, not entirely sure, the documentary just stated as a hypsilophodont, and "hypsilophodont" is an outdated term to use, "small ornithopod" is a more appropriate one.
The carnivore was not a Carnotaurus, it was an Antarctic version of Allosaurus from the Jurassic. This sequence is Prehistoric Antarctica 110-100 million years ago.
no1 asked u
+kylec917 Are you joking, no allosaur was ever found in Antarctica or Australia, and Carnotaurus is the only known meat eating dinosaur with horns like that.
the allosaur is austrovenator which did live at the time of muttaburrasaurus.
don't believe me look up the creature and u will see it lived at approximately same time as the muttaburrasaurus.
that was super asom
This is kind of strange 1:03 it's a Carnotaurus they live In south America (is it when South America, Antarctica and Australia are still one?)
MrWanapon No,its a rapator,but the remains are only a wrist bone so the makers decided to add more drama affect by basing it off carnotarus
Muttaburrasaurus
Australovenator (Looks more like a Carnotaurus)
Leaellynasaura
That is not Australovenator but instead a Rapator (modeled as a Carnotaurus). You can read Norman Yeend's posted comment on why he modeled it as such.
Could you do a tutorial on how you guys made your dinosaur that would be great
yeah and if you do, do a ceratosaurus or some carnivore . do I sculpt the teeth or does the skeletons teeth just do the work same with horns and spikes?
You would add the teeth later.
cool but how do you make those
May i ask about the reasoning for adding an Abelisaurid? Was that a current idea at the time, or a slip of judgement? Either way, excellent animation :)
Edit: Now i saw a comment further below where you explained your reasoning, i understand. Though i still think it was very dubious adding it considering the only known material we have is a single left hand bone.
I agree about the scant remains. At the time though, it was the one of the only known carnivorous dinosaurs that was contemporaneous with Muttaburrasaurus that could have posed a threat. And anyway, the consultant paleontologist agreed it made for good drama. ;)
Oh i understand, especially when you have so little information to work from. Sometimes you just have to speculate ;)
Pretty much. As I've often said, paleontology is the science of best guess. ;)
This reminds me of Bill Maylone’s 64,000,000 Years Ago film form 1981.
Moore Stories Only that story took place in the American West as a subtropical environment. Home of the last of the Dinosaurs like Ornithomimus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Ankylosaurs, Edmontosaurus & Triceratops. Including one of the early mammals.
Carnotaurus is my most fav. dinosaur
Gest animation! What are the dinosaurs made of?
Carno's arms are a bit long but otherwise this is awesome!
For the people who disliked this I to see them do better
+Jeff Woodard
Thanks Jeff. It was made a long time ago, and a lot has changed, but we did our best given the time and budget. :)
Can u make a 6 one where the carno falls down a cliff because the iguanodon attack him
from 1993? cool
How did ya get the figures to anim8 with
what did you use for flesh
and if no allosaur lived with muttaburrasaurus then what predator at the time ate them?
Megaraptorans like Australovenator, already mentioned.
Good i like
Umm, I thought the carnotaurus' arms are supposed to be really tiny
They are. Please read the comment below...
Actually mrwanapon that's a rapator not a carnotaurus
you should do a brachiosaurus in Africa
Wait a second, did Carnotaurus really live in Australian? I thought they lived in Argentina?
It's not Carnotaurus. It's an Australian theropod called Rapator.(A lot like Raptor but with an A added.
How did you make this?
It was made the old-fahioned way, before computers. These are actual metal and rubber models that were animated one frame at a time in miniature environments. A lot of time and patience went into it.
+Norman Yeend how did u detail the latex? Molds ? I want to make a film myself but have basically no idea
how does it move and what do I need to buy?
What? A Carnotaurus in Australia?
Please read my comment below...
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The carnotaurus 1:18 should have very very tiny arms
If it was supposed to be Carnotaurus, you're right. It's not Carnotaurus though. It's a creature known as Rapator. (See my comment above re. Carnotaurus.) :)
cool
Carnotaurus lived in South America
Omg Carnotaurus ftw.
1:27
i like to make Blender animation based on these stop motion clips if you like that
I am super sad, omg, how, that thing was begging for life, how can you do this.
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Not everyone believes in Jesus, get over it
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