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Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

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Re: Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

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No MVP here - they went all the way the first time. Be sure to switch to 1080p and go full screen, it's breathtaking. But it makes me wonder, what is the ROI on this? Will they really make back the wages of 30 people for 22 months, and how long will it take?

Re: Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

#6

No MVP here - they went all the way the first time. Be sure to switch to 1080p and go full screen, it's breathtaking. But it makes me wonder, what is the ROI on this? Will they really make back the wages of 30 people for 22 months, and how long will it take?

The ROI is creating something incredible that you can be proud of forever. This is art! I hope people will always have the courage to create amazing things without worrying about the financials.

Re: Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

#7

No MVP here - they went all the way the first time. Be sure to switch to 1080p and go full screen, it's breathtaking. But it makes me wonder, what is the ROI on this? Will they really make back the wages of 30 people for 22 months, and how long will it take?

The ROI is creating something incredible that you can be proud of forever. This is art! I hope people will always have the courage to create amazing things without worrying about the financials.

That (they had to have a good time making it), and the purely promotional reason of this is in their portfolio! If they we're bidding on a job for me and they showed me this I would throw money at them. Dedication, quality, and creativity.

Re: Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

#8

The behind the scenes video shows details of the process. I found it fascinating: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIH4MJAC2Tg

I can think of many ways how to make this whole process much much easier. The amount of unnecessary work they did is just insane.

Re: Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

#9

No MVP here - they went all the way the first time. Be sure to switch to 1080p and go full screen, it's breathtaking. But it makes me wonder, what is the ROI on this? Will they really make back the wages of 30 people for 22 months, and how long will it take?

The ROI is probably poor, but then again, many artists aren't in it for the ROI. More power to them.

Re: Stop motion video shot over 2 years with 288,000 jelly beans

#10
The fact that they had to finish shooting the whole thing to have something worth showing makes this even more impressive. They couldn't just stop halfway through and say good enough.

For nearly two years they kept working on it and she couldn't really put on any weight, couldn't really age too much, etc. It really is dedication!

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