02:45 In this mesmerizing stop-motion animation, different light beings – including camels, snakes, and skeletons – explore the wilderness of California by night. Locations featured include Mono Lake, Big Sur, Trona Pinnacles, Death Valley, Sequoia, Joshua Tree, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. At each spot, the photographer pulled out his camera gear and LED lights and then shot long exposure photos while waving his lights through the frame.

03:31 In this wonderful stop-motion film Elastika uses push pins, elastic bands, and a cork board to tell an age-old adventure tale — one that involves fast cars, fireworks, and the high seas.

03:52 The adorable sneaker-wearing shell has a number of big moments. He braves the rain, sings a heartfelt song about friendship, laments his plant allergy, takes a dig at shrimp, and reveals the “hot zone” where he needs to apply deodorant. For the uninitiated, Marcel is a near-microscopic, talking shell (with shoes on), whose childlike awkwardness and earnest nature make for some hilarious observations on his life surroundings.

04:19 In this awesome stop motion animated film the sunlight cast through a bedroom window breaks free and takes on surprising new shapes as it journeys around the room.

03:54 This stunning stop-motion music video stars a dancing bowerbird who watches the destruction of his forest environment by human forces. It features a love affair between two soon-to-be-crisp Praying Mantises. The film takes the visual spectacle of a nature documentary and puts it into a stop-motion animated world.

05:53 A fantastically shot, magical CG stop motion film set in the forest at night. A family of rabbits is having a birthday party under a big tree, unaware that a mischievous wolf is approaching.

03:13 A quirky narrative history of the city of Charlotte, NC using stop motion video animation to physically manipulate aerial still images of the city (both real and fictional) creating a landscape in constant motion with objects and overlays flying in and settling into the cityscape.

0:40 A magical evening light show set in a forest pulsating with color and imagination, produced using stop motion techniques and light painting.

06:13 Imaginative motion graphics portray major wars around the world by battling the foods of the conflicting countries against one another. Boing Boing tv edited the film to include the names of the wars being depicted, helpful for those of us who forgot what we learned in history class.

02:36 See over six thousand still photos of cameras and camera parts animated and edited together to create the sensation of movement. It’s set to sounds recorded from a collection of antique cameras.

03:12 Very funny stop-motion animated history of life on Earth, with a few extraterrestrial bits. It is set to the Galop from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, better known as can-can dancing music.