Cupcake waltz

Matthew sez, "A while ago iIruined a batch of cupcakes by adding too much baking soda. Rather than throwing them out, I made them dance (a waltz to be specific). Over the course of a weekend, I made a stop motion film of the awful tasting baked goods moving across my table." Link (Thanks, Matthew!)

[#1 posted by Takuan , April 14, 2008 11:11 PM]

oooh! OOOH! steampunk cupcakes!! bake some in gear molds and do an animation with them meshing and dancing in complex gear trains! Cotton candy whisps to animate steam puffs ooooh!

[#2 posted by arvana , April 15, 2008 12:13 AM]

Wow, impressively smooth stop-motion!

[#3 posted by Stacyj , April 15, 2008 1:08 AM]

That ... makes me ridiculously happy, how joyful to imagine someone spending an entire weekend making his cupcakes dance simply because - well, they came out burnt, what else was he supposed do with them?

What a fun mind =)

[#4 posted by Stacyj , April 15, 2008 1:09 AM]

(Loved the music, too)

[#5 posted by Agent 86 , April 15, 2008 1:27 AM]

Delightful!

PS: Takuan, now that you've said it, it has to happen.

[#6 posted by minamisan , April 15, 2008 2:01 AM]

matthew has a lot of patience. i only hope he turns his talents to 3D in future; i'd like to see what he can do.

[#7 posted by Pipenta , April 15, 2008 4:07 AM]

They may not have been tasty snacks, but the cupcake choreography was delicious.

[#8 posted by jetsetsc , April 15, 2008 4:14 AM]

Nice. I see your cupcakes, nd raise you - - Gumdrops:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=reY8eimgCkg

[#9 posted by Moon , April 15, 2008 6:55 AM]

Why doesn't anybody think of a Square Dance when they do this kind of stuff?

[#10 posted by kimi , April 15, 2008 7:23 AM]

@#9: Because cupcakes are _round_ dammit!

[#11 posted by zikman , April 15, 2008 8:13 AM]

that was absolutely delightful

[#12 posted by Kulia , April 15, 2008 10:02 AM]

Delightful and Delovely. That just made my day. Thanks.

[#13 posted by alxndr , April 15, 2008 10:28 AM]

I'll see your cupcake waltz and raise you a cupcake dance party plus massacre!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YLiZ2ZUWzTE

[#14 posted by ornith , April 15, 2008 11:10 AM]

@9 and 10: This calls for a brownie square dance. Who's baking?

[#15 posted by jay radical , April 15, 2008 2:53 PM]

i had a horrible day today and this brought a smile to my face. thank you.

[#16 posted by kmgraba , April 15, 2008 10:02 PM]

This reminds me of the old stop-motion Sesame Street shorts. Awesome work.

[#17 posted by Agent 86 , April 16, 2008 12:23 AM]

I second the Cupcake Dance Party + Massacre!

[#18 posted by Peter Orosz , April 16, 2008 1:06 AM]

Last December, a 2-person team created a lovely stop motion film called Reggeli (“Breakfast” in Hungarian) for a video contest, also set to Yann Tiersen’s Amélie score. You can watch it here:

http://palyazat.indavideo.hu/video/Reggeli__stop_motion_animacios_kisfilm