This is the PEN Story in stop motion. We shot 60.000 pictures, developed 9.600 prints and shot over 1.800 pictures again. No post production! Thanks to all the stop motion artists who inspired us. We hope you enjoy :-)
Olympus PEN: The PEN Story Commercial (2009)
Song: Down Below by Johannes Stankowski
Some of the comments we have read here suggest that we should mention the creator of "A wolf loves pork", Mr Taijin Takeuchi.While we were looking for a way to realise a story describing "a journey through time" based on printed images, we were inspired by Mr Takeuchi's brilliant work.
Lyrics used in the commercial
Be just who you want to be my friend
You’ve just got to trust in fate
Do the things you wanna do cause life don’t wait
Take it easy, keep your head up high
no need for sorrow and despair
Just keep on movin’ it’s such a wondrous world out there
The years are flashing by and everything will change (everything will change)
But way down deep inside we all just stay the same
And down below old memories come alive
and then we know
down below
It’s a long road we all got to walk
but there’s an awful lot to see
and the sun keeps rising up wherever you may be
Fly the ocean down into the blue
no need for sorrow and despair
just keep movin’, it’s such a wondrous world out there
The years are flashin’ by and everything will change
but way down deep inside we all just stay the same
And down below old memories come alive and then we know down below... ...
Music video by Johannes Stankowski performing Down Below. Performed live at Gotteswegstudio A in Cologne. (C) 2011 Haute Areal Videos.
Song: Down Below by Johannes Stankowski
Release: 08 April, 2011
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One year after The PEN Story we present our second stop motion project. 355 pictures have been taken, printed in billboard size and shot again. The video was produced with the Olympus PEN itself. No tricks or computer animation at all.
Learn moreOlympus PEN: The PEN Giant Commercial (2010)
Song: Break Through With You by Poppy's Biggest Fan
