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Photographer and filmmaker Christophe Collette’s “Ce Soir” is a haunting stop motion music vid for the Montreal band Monogrenade.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation/film?

Christophe Collette: I did not study animation or film, I studied photography for a bit at Concordia University, in Montreal and at the National School of Photography in Arles, France.

CF: What are your sources of inspiration?

CC: Contemporary photography, films, books, the internet, travelling, friends.

CF: What was the most difficult part of making “Ce Soir”?

CC: Probably finding the right location… Our art budget was really limited, we really needed a fantastic location to make this work… I looked for this house for two weeks, driving the countryside endlessly…

CF: Are you working on anything new you can tell us about?

CC: I DPed a fantastic promo for Most Serene Republic with director and friend Ben Steiger Levine. You should keep an eye out for it, I think it will be amazing.

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This week’s episode is the best episode of all the episodes. I mean, I guess until the next episode, but for now, it’s probably the best. We’ve got three films that are stop-motionlicious (who isn’t a sucker for some super sweet stop-mo?) plus we want to hear about your favorite Hayao Miyazaki film, in honor of his new feature “Ponyo“.

Watch, love, and tell us what you think!

“Ce Soir” by Monogrenade, submitted by Sach Baylin-Stern - Director Christophe Collette’s creative stop motion music video.

“Pigeon Pilfer”, submitted by Michael Stevenson - Pigeons. They bug you for food, doodie on your car - now they want your money.

“Here Come the Guns” by Choo Choo La Rouge, submitted by Greg Condon - Cool stop motion music video by way of flip bookery. And also, there are guns.

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