The Toys Awaken in Cool Stop-Motion STAR WARS Video
Animator Damon Wellner has created a stop-motion recreation of the trailer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (with a couple of small changes) using Hasbro's new line of 3 3/4'' toys. The result isn't perfect — the editing and sound is occasionally pretty jerky and blaring — but there's something cool about seeing the scenes from the movie played out with toy versions of these characters. Let us know what you think below:
This video was made in about 10 days with a micro-budget, the bulk of which was for the toys themselves. Filmmaker Damon Wellner shot the stop-motion animation with a Nikon D700 and DragonFrame animation software. Wellner edited the video and synced his animation to audio clips mostly from available trailers. While most of the scenes recreate specific shots from the film, one extended sequence shows a scene inspired by the toys that we didn’t see in the film, of the droid BB-8 being captured by scavengers on the dunes of Jakku.
Another detail added by Wellner that was not from the film, but that fans of the video seem to enjoy nonetheless, is the painting of Grand Moff Tarkin displayed prominently at the First Order Starkiller Base, painted by artist Heather Morgan.