Boonika Studios

Paper robots gone mad. And you know what? Looks like it was done as a stop animation… OK, probably not EVERYTHING but can you imagine how complicated is to animate that paper-robo-assembling? Entire text bellow was taken from this video’s Vimeo page!

DIRECTOR: Rob Shaw
ANIMATION STUDIO: Bent Image Lab bentimagelab.com
MUSIC BY: They Might Be Giants

For this music video, Rob Shaw took his robot minions quite seriously. In an early section of the video you’ll notice soldier robots popping out of paper sheets and folding themselves into three dimensional shapes. This was actually how each robot was made. Rob Shaw created a design with which he could print out paper cut outs of each robot, which would then be folded into the characters.

Known for his character animation, Shaw used an all paper set and cast of characters in a combination of techniques to create this robot-ruled Rome. You’ll notice that many shots were created using 2D techniques, while others utilized 3D paper puppets.

Rob Shaw’s music video for the They Might Be Giants song, “I’m Impressed” won a gold plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival.