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A music video for Fleet Foxes.

Director: Sean Pecknold
Animators: Christopher Rodgers, Britta Johnson, Sean Pecknold, Paul Maupoux
Miniature sets: Sean Pecknold, Thomas Troisch, Britta Johnson
Costume Design: Joy Andrews
Puppets: Christopher Rodgers, Britta Johnson, Sean Pecknold, Mollie Fabric
Consultants: Noel Paul, Greg Pecknold
Assistants: Brendan Nunn, Lanna Apisukh
Photography: Sean Pecknold
Editorial: Sean Pecknold
Producer: Grandchildren
Label: Sup Pop Records & Bella Union

Fleet Foxes are:
Robin Pecknold (my wonderful brother)
Skye Skjelset
Casey Wescott
Christian Wargo
Josh Tillman

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peter bill 1 year ago

sweet-
me i gotz to go getz some fleetz foxes...
love the stop motion timelapse!!!
i am working on the storyboards for a piece likewise- set in post end LA, based on an, well i will show you when it is done...

what did you shoot/edit this on? are you in seattle?

peterbill
meyoko 6 months ago

just amazing wow
Grandchildren 1 year ago

thanks for checking it out!

we shot with a Nikon D200 and cut with Final Cut Pro. Most shots are straight from the camera, we ran out of time to do any fancy color correction and all that. Oh well...

i am in Seattle indeed.
mortalfaerie 10 months ago

This definitely looks to be a labor of love. It is outstanding. I am so totally hooked on this vid. I can't stop watching but I get more and more out of it with each viewing. I love this! Best to all of you on your future endeavors.
Phil Regan 1 year ago

Lovely video and animotion. And I fell in love with this song when I heard the album. Getting a lot of heavy rotation in my house, car and office right now.
Milk Products 1 year ago

this is a wonderful piece of work.
love the sky.
Andrenalin 1 year ago

Brilliant. Really really beautifull combination of music, IDEA, and the love to 'give life to puppets'
Ted Roden 1 year ago

This is so great. I'm glad you uploaded the images too.
Adrian B 1 year ago

Oh man, did I love this! Superb work.

Will Vinton influence?
Lesley Barnes 1 year ago

lovely! and such an ace track as well....
Gala 1 year ago

really amazing! congrats! :3
thatgo 1 year ago

this is really good, sean. :)
Konx-om-Pax 1 year ago

great!
birds-on-fire films 1 year ago

i must be pretty dense...it took me a second or third viewing to really pick up on what was going on. In the third viewing, I noticed the bit with the bird returning the little creature it had snagged. Very sweet video. Bitter sweet, I suppose. Great work.
Grandchildren 1 year ago

thanks for the comments guys!! i'm happy you've been able to see it!
Justin Kane 1 year ago

i <3 fleet foxes...great vid...double wammy.
→Zac Boyet← 1 year ago

I love it! Great job!
Benjamin Winchell 1 year ago

Great claymation! What made your work distinct from many others was your manipulation and position of light. Excellent and genius work!
Grandchildren 11 months ago

thanks!
Daniel Hayek 1 year ago

This is extremely wonderful. Thank you for sharing such a well executed, sensitive, sublime video.
Mike Dorsey 1 year ago

Awesome! I love this album and this is my fav song! Cool seeing the vid for it!

Highly recommend the record - go out and get it now.
Graeme Phillips 1 year ago

LOVE this song very much, and now i love the video very much. Great stuff
Albornoz 1 year ago

I´m really speechless!
Congrats!
onur tukel 1 year ago

I love it that they turn old.
nice touch.
j 1 year ago

beautiful...

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beautiful...
Wolfgang Gaebler 1 year ago

Great music - great vid!
Jared Foster 1 year ago

how long did this take you to create? Great song and very interesting.
Grandchildren 1 year ago

Thanks guys! It took about 2 months all told. We spent 6 weeks on building things and 2 weeks to shoot and 1 day to edit.
Phoric 1 year ago

This song has been stuck in my head for a week. Great job on the video.
By Osmosis TV 1 year ago

Fantastic!
Handsome Panda 1 year ago

beautiful song, beautiful video
Erik Stinson 1 year ago

this must have taken at least a hundred hours. way more artistically intensive than the actual song. the nighttime lighting reminds me of street of crocodiles by the brothers quay
Travis Bickle 1 year ago

awesome!
Jim Janek 1 year ago

i love this song, and the video turned out great. just imagine all the extra work required if you went with a longer song from the album.
Sean Kiely 1 year ago

that's awesome, great band
kahve 1 year ago

wooow. thats really good.
Jann Vivoni 1 year ago

Very cool idea, very professional, looks great.
Martijn Doornenbal 1 year ago

Beautiful puppets and mood. The clothing is really cool too...
Andreas 1 year ago

Reminds me of Shins. Like it
All Aces Media 1 year ago

Blown away. Great visuals to a great song.
Jeferson Richetti 1 year ago

holy s***
this is really awesome..
srly
it's really really great
the animation, the photography, the "puppets"
everything
congratz
herself 1 year ago

Beautiful work! 2 months. I started a 6 minute stop motion 15 years ago. Still slogging away on it!

The timelapse segments in this are especially effective. Well done.
Sam Whitehall 1 year ago

This was truly awesome... I just love it; the visuals are amazing and shows true imagination. I wish I had a sky-lever!
pekka 1 year ago

that is such a load of distilled, pure beauty, this video and this song. Grown men cry!
daniel gillespie 1 year ago

Fucking Awesome!
Mitsch Kaufmann 1 year ago

thank you for that clip!
Jeremiah Clark 1 year ago

Very neat piece. The idea of it is very beautiful. I especially liked to see the light move across the characters' faces. Nice animation!
Bobby 1 year ago

love this song... great video too!!
brandon hess 1 year ago

Wow, what an incredible video. Fit the mood perfectly. Great work. Very moving.
Grandchildren 11 months ago

thanks!!
Lance Kuhns 1 year ago

Very awesome. i love the lighting in the miniatures. very nice..
Max Lampin 1 year ago

I saw it on TV last night and now I love the song and the video!

Wonderful and (very sad?) video
joana vieira da costa 1 year ago

Lovely! The idea of Time was beautifuly portrayed, leaving us with a sad, yet peaceful feeling... I guess you can never run away from time, for it will always catch up yo you...
Jeff Stine 1 year ago

That is really awesome, just goes perfectly with the music. Had never heard of the Fleet Foxes until now, just bought the album :-)
Lizondo 1 year ago

Simplemente Genial!
Wyatt Gordon 1 year ago

Really Amazing Stuff!
I love the song.
Reid Dennis 1 year ago

Accolades!
Barry Moseley 11 months ago

Nice work! Congratulations!
Gudjon Jonsson 11 months ago

Brilliant!
Matteo Lecchi 11 months ago

Wonderful!
Grandchildren 11 months ago

thank you!!
Matt Hughes 10 months ago

What an amazing video. How did you get the streaking effect of the stars as they spin? You must have added them in afterwards, am I right?
Grandchildren 10 months ago

Thanks so much! Well everything is in camera, there were no post effects added. The star streaking effect was done using long exposures and pulling the disc with longer and longer increments each time. Thanks for watching it!
Natalie Asplund 10 months ago

WOW!!! amazing claymation! it's very smooth an just all around beautiful! I especially love the sky turning as he turns the wheel!!!
great job!!
Lara Asher 10 months ago

Beautiful! It goes so well with the song. I especially love the turning of the sky and the general light quality of this piece. Really great work.
nano test 9 months ago

ooooowww Love It!!!

that is some serious artistry!
Obviam Est 9 months ago

really touching... great work!
Katie V 9 months ago

I just LOVE this video. It is a beautiful song and the video is a prefect complement to the melody and lyrics. Lovely.
Gregory Rucker 9 months ago

This was sent to me by a friend....Thank you friend..
Ladd Smith 9 months ago

once again, brilliant.
Charlie Criscola 8 months ago

omg this video is just simply stunning. a superb piece of art. to say "breathe taking" is just simply not enough.
rosie potter 8 months ago

simply beautiful. completely in tune with the spirit of the song. wonderful!
THEomegaBOY 8 months ago

I was afraid the video would ruin the song
It made it even better
good stuff
neicebdog 7 months ago

I love this! make me a music vid? myspace.com/septemberforever
Greek islands lover 7 months ago

Nice song, nice video, nice gift to us.
Thank you.
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Granted Productions 7 months ago

what program are you using to get the frame by frame!?
Grandchildren 7 months ago

Hey, we used iStopmotion for this one. Thanks for checking it out!
ibrahim uzun 6 months ago

Amazing music and flavor!
May Jay 6 months ago

you've probably heard it a hundred times before but dude this is awesome. i just keep watching it over and over. the lighting is just sooooo amazing, im currently studying stopmotion at uni and this is a real inspiration. the song is brilliant too.
Grandchildren 2 months ago

Thank you May! Good luck with your studies,
Bliss7 4 months ago

Kudos on a job well done.. I love Fleet Foxes!
Myles Lewando 4 months ago

What an incredible set! Your recreation of nature with real objects and clay is excellent. I am in awe of the design here.
Christian Bermejo 4 months ago

wow... nice ighting, nice modeling, nice animation, awsome concept and rythm! congrats!!!
Ann Nilsson 3 months ago

Indeed a very touching video and definitely one to view over and over. As many previous comments witness it is very professional. Personally I find it very open, allowing different and even contrasting emotions to pop up.
Eduardo Fernandes 2 months ago

Hey. I love this video. we have a educational tv here in Brazil and we want to show your video to the people. Everybody has to see it! It's awesome.

Congratulations.
Grandchildren 2 months ago

Okay cool let me know where to send it! Thanks!
Nadine Marson 2 months ago

Just saw them live yesterday. Amazing band! :D The videos are as great as the band itself! Thanks Sean :)
Travis Johansen 6 days ago

wow great work! Good timing and detail-

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