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!)

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Moon

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

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

@#9: Because cupcakes are _round_ dammit!
zikman

that was absolutely delightful
Agent 86

I second the Cupcake Dance Party + Massacre!
Peter Orosz

Last December, a 2-person team created a lovely stop motion film called Reggeli (â€œBreakfastâ€ in Hungarian) for a video contest, also set to Yann Tiersenâ€™s AmÃ©lie score. You can watch it here:

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

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

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!
Kulia

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

Wow, impressively smooth stop-motion!
alxndr

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

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 =)
Stacyj

(Loved the music, too)
Agent 86

Delightful!

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

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

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.
Pipenta

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

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

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