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We just spent the last 4 weeks working on this stop-motion music video for Fleet Foxes. Thanks to Chris, Jesse, and Toby for working so hard on it. The timeline was tight so i apologize for any shortfalls, but I hope you enjoy it!

You can watch a short making of here: vimeo.com/3090846

Fleet Foxes - Mykonos
Director/Animator - Sean Pecknold
Artist/Illustrator - Jesse Brown (papervspencil.com)
Animation Assistant - Toby Liebowitz (inbruno.com)
Animation Assistant - Chris Ando (myspace.com/talbottagora)
Art Director - Sean Pecknold
Produced by Grandchildren
Labels - Bella Union & Sub Pop
Special thanks - Ryan Rothermel, Aja, Greg, Lisa, Smokey, Robin, Christian, Josh, Casey, and Skye.

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  • Thinklab plus 9 months ago
    This is my favorite Fleet Foxes videooo
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  • thatgo plus 9 months ago
    well done!
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  • loonachic plus 9 months ago
    i looked at the making of video first. the finished product is amazing. i love the photos with it too. it's interesting to see how this was made. very interesting!
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  • Greg Bonnell 9 months ago
    Beautiful light and color. I love how it walks the line between abstract and representational. Nice!
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  • kaspars plus 9 months ago
    This is too rad.
  • Grandchildren plus 9 months ago
    thanks!
  • kaspars plus 9 months ago
    I mean - i'm trying to imagine that job you've put in this..and all that. It's sick!
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  • Nick B-T 9 months ago
    Real animation and real music.

    You ROCK paper scissors!
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  • jonathan baab plus 9 months ago
    wonderful
  • Grandchildren plus 9 months ago
    thanks man!
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  • this brightens my day on so many levels.
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  • Patrick Wright 9 months ago
    by far my favorite FF song...
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  • noel paul 9 months ago
    how many paper cuts?
  • Grandchildren plus 9 months ago
    No paper cuts, but one cut from matt and ryan's video. I think it was a giant sword.
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  • Reid Dennis 9 months ago
    Very creative, nice job.
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  • Phoric plus 9 months ago
    Sweet! Good to see more of your stuff. I've been listening to FF all the time lately.

    Seattle rocks once again!

    Seriously, let me know if you ever need some extra help on your future projects.
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  • viktorfokeev.com 9 months ago
    nice
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  • Zach Wist 9 months ago
    excellent job. your talent shows so much. Seans a freakin beast.
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  • Emily 9 months ago
    this is off the hook. it's so far off the hook, that like, the hook isn't even in the same vicinity.
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  • Mark Jacinto 9 months ago
    Awesome work guys. Incredible lighting throughout.
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  • Susan 9 months ago
    And I thought I couldn't like this song any more... Nice work.
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  • Vincent Ewald 9 months ago
    wondefull & so poetic
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  • Dimitris Christou 9 months ago
    Amazing! Any connection to the famous Greek island (Mykonos)? Loved the song too!
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  • Charles Pieper 9 months ago
    My mind is thoroughly boggled by how cool this is!
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  • bernardo varela 9 months ago
    beautiful puzzle! congratz!
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  • michael cox 9 months ago
    Beautiful!
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  • Ryan Junell plus 9 months ago
    top notch... seriously... mad respect!
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  • chad hinman 9 months ago
    I don't know what to say other than thank you.

    Thank you.
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  • Neil Sanders 9 months ago
    the lighting and textures were Captivating
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  • Aquatic Tangerine 9 months ago
    excelent work!!!!!!!! I love it!!
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  • courtney Reagor plus 9 months ago
    yay jesse!
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  • Dan Carson 9 months ago
    This is incredible, I love every part of it. Keep up the fantastic work!
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  • Paul Wong plus 9 months ago
    fantastic!
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  • Spout Creative 9 months ago
    awesome work!
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  • Vaho al Babun 9 months ago
    its just great! :)
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  • Scott C. 9 months ago
    Very cool. Reminds me of that line rider game... I think that is what it is called :-)
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  • A Musing Propaganda 9 months ago
    I thought of first the opening titles of Metropolis. Then I thought the art style had a Russian influence. Maybe. Maybe not. Still, very beautiful, and I really enjoyed the video and the music.
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  • Giacomo De Luca 9 months ago
    wow!!
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  • tim! 9 months ago
    GA-MAZING!!!! The lighting is so beautiful! i am the admire of grandchildren!
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  • txirlo 9 months ago
    ohhh ohh yeah!!!
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  • geekjon 9 months ago
    Very nice!
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  • David Nilsson 9 months ago
    Not much else to say than: Amazing, beatiful & great work!
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  • DUMAIS plus 9 months ago
    Cool song and great video!
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  • bloqueo.net 9 months ago
    Great! great!
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  • deniz bankal 9 months ago
    respekt!
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  • ori toor 9 months ago
    This is breathtaking! You made my day.
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  • alexanderlehmann 9 months ago
    I like it. But I think it is too dark sometimes... makes it hard to watch.
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  • David Bryan 9 months ago
    Hey, I was one of the guys helping out on that minus the bear shoot...Your video came out bad ass. Nice work. I'll be back in doing some post production of rotting fruit or something...maybe see you then.
  • Grandchildren plus 9 months ago
    Thanks man! Would be great to have your help!!
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  • Katie V 9 months ago
    wow. the lighting is so soft and it is a mesmerizing video. excellent! i luvs it!
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  • The Outabodies 9 months ago
    I Love this. song and visual. The singers voice is haunting.
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  • Thiago Ricieri 9 months ago
    what a wonderful video! *-*
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  • jungyounglee 9 months ago
    oh...I don't know what to say. This is hilarious !
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  • Ryan Simpson 9 months ago
    so amazing!
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  • Wow!
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  • Erick Blackwood 9 months ago
    amazing. fantastic piece of creative art.
  • Grandchildren plus 9 months ago
    thanks!
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  • thedaft 9 months ago
    great!
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  • Zafarali Ahmed 9 months ago
    very creative. Fantastic. Love the song too! very artistic!
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  • David Reymond 9 months ago
    unbelievably beautiful, and a great song
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  • fat_butcher 9 months ago
    Really sensational, a moving video for a moving song. Now do one for America's Horse With No Name...
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  • Ed Brown 9 months ago
    never thought i'd be moved by triangular pieces of paper, nor watch a video populated by bits of paper to the end, but this is just excellent. How well it fits the tune!
  • Grandchildren plus 9 months ago
    ha, thanks!
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  • elisa bertolotti 9 months ago
    wonderful work! :)
  • Grandchildren plus 9 months ago
    thank you for all the comments!!
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  • Thomas Akira Nakasone plus 9 months ago
    four weeks well spent
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  • Muzaffer Can 8 months ago
    Xacto knives and coloured papers. Couldn't be simpler and beautiful. Congratulations..!
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  • rosie potter 8 months ago
    simply fantastic
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  • ragsx 8 months ago
    Exellent!! very creative and music is awesome.
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  • THEomegaBOY 8 months ago
    It's people like you that make people like me jealous. This is amazing. make more please
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  • Kotryna Zukauskaite 8 months ago
    oh i like this one so much, nice nice nice
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  • Claire Fauché 8 months ago
    it's beautiful! the graphic is great
    but the animation needs more frames for making it fluent

    anyway it's an hard job with a really good sens of composition so congratulations!!
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  • Sid Black 8 months ago
    amazing video! Is there any way we can buy/download this video, i can't find it on the itunes store
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  • MykonosTour Mykonos 8 months ago
    When I click it on Google I thought it was a song about Mykonos.
    That’s why I post this site if you are interesting to find out about Mykonos Island
    mykonostour.com and on the Greek language is mykonostour.gr
    and these are nice too
    mykonostour.com/english/mykonos_hotels/index.html
    mykonostour.com/english/car_rental_mykonos/index.html
    mykonostour.com/english/mykonos_general_information/index.html
    mykonostour.com/english/mykonos_beaches/index.html

    hotelnazos.com
    galinimykonos.com
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  • Miss. astrup plus 8 months ago
    oh beatifull paper cutting heaven

    this is what childrens dreams were like in the 60s after watching paper-cut animated children shows before going to bed

    wauw...
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  • Greek islands lover 8 months ago
    Congrats from Mykonos, wonderful sound, go on.

    apsenti.gr
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  • David B. Weaver 7 months ago
    Grandchildren -

    This stuff is some of the most innovative and creative stop motion out there today. Congratulations, this is incredible.
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  • James Edwin Myers Jr. plus 7 months ago
    Completely inspiring.
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  • Justin Bunnell plus 7 months ago
    This is great.
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  • Dominik Gansner 6 months ago
    awesome job!

    well done
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  • Nozieres Cyprien 6 months ago
    I can't stop watching it !
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  • Giant Squid 6 months ago
    This song and video are so full of awesome.
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  • Michael Fragstein 6 months ago
    this is pure pleasure !
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  • bascadet 6 months ago
    you are fantastic!!!you create a magic world! thanks!!
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  • HEHRTREIGER 5 months ago
    Really amazing! I can't stop watching this vid!
    Greetings from Chile (South America).
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  • Daniel Fernández 5 months ago
    simply awesome! I love it :)
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  • Clément Deltour 4 months ago
    very nice colors and compositions !
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  • Nurcan Durmaz 3 months ago
    i like this one so much...
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  • Scion tc 3 months ago
    this seem like it took you a whilee

    over i like it its pretty dope!!
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  • Ryan Bateman 2 months ago
    Beautiful. Great work, guys.
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  • Rok Predin 2 months ago
    Thank you for this
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  • VIO Producciones 2 months ago
    What a hard work!

    Check out our little stop motion if you want ;)

    vimeo.com/6583941
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  • Amila Galappatthi 2 months ago
    Love your work. Wish you all the best!
  • Grandchildren plus 2 months ago
    thanks!
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  • Pedro Roxo Nogueira 2 months ago
    so beautiful! how come paper makes you cry?
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  • PrettyMonkeyStudio plus 2 months ago
    Love it. Makes me think of east European television from the seventies (that's a good thing.) Added to both my vimeo groups.
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  • Dave Velazquez 2 months ago
    Beauty in paper art.
    loved it.
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  • Cameron T. Morris 1 month ago
    this is awesome!
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  • Scott Stadum 1 month ago
    Awesome video!

    This didn't take me four weeks but it took a while. A link to a video I made of Fleet Foxes Blue Spotted Tail - youtube.com/watch?v=r5ffXmdJZI4
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