The PEN Story

An amazing stop-motion video by Olympus dedicated to the comeback and the 50th anniversary of the PEN series. For this project, 60,000 pictures have been shot, 9,600 prints were developed and nearly 2,000 pictures have been shot again. According to the guys from Olympus, no post-production or special effects were used.

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-17 1. blackisotope commented 15 years ago

Awesome? Yawn-some! ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
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-14 2. irishgek commented 15 years ago

Nice clip but what puzzels me is if its stop motion why do they keep moving the damm camera in that jerky motion ? and well nice clip but bloody boring had to flick threw that one
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+15 3. Slap_chop_ninja commented 15 years ago

I loved this vid. The technical foresight and planning to go into some of the sequences and transitions was amazing.
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-11 4. asemanden commented 15 years ago

This video should really give credit to the stop motion wolf pig video created by dokugyunyu. its identical in terms of concept but? i still prefer the wolf pig one
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+6 5. Kurisusan commented 15 years ago

there are people out there with A LOT OF FREE TIME.


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+2 6. NathaneM commented 15 years ago

Amazing... it must be a lot of work. :D
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+8 7. patriotaus commented 15 years ago

i want one for my life
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+6 8. moskwiz commented 15 years ago

I'm gonna get flamed now but all the creativity aside this just seems like a massive waste of paper and ink :|
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-3 9. Cifer commented 15 years ago

#8 yeah i think so too ... and #1 & #2 you guys are right *thumbs up*
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-1 10. bountyhunter53 commented 15 years ago

If the camera videoing the commercial was a bit more steady it would look awesome. But at times you can't really tell whats happening. Olympus should get help from the ad masters (Sony, Honda and Audi), their ads are flipping creative and the Audi ones are hilarious.
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+2 11. Nemi commented 15 years ago

Absolutely amazing sequences...The time, energy and effort involved in doing this is quite remarkable and Olympus should be applauded for their efforts here! :(|) :(|) :(|)
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-1 12. ardiani commented 15 years ago

WOW
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0 13. wtwutao1988 commented 15 years ago

good vid ;)
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0 14. eNdEmiOn06463 commented 15 years ago

What a waste of paper and ink.
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+1 15. zerorain commented 15 years ago

I think it would be easier if they used a camcorder instead of a camera. :P
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0 16. cannnobaL commented 15 years ago

nice idea of stopmotion
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0 17. MiNo commented 15 years ago

that was a perfect choice for BGM.
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0 18. frizzlsnits commented 15 years ago

This vid made me happy, I don't know why..
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0 19. 95731 commented 15 years ago

wow....... how many pictures were used? that took 50 years of pictures but unknown time to be made