New PES video

Stop-motion filmmaker PES, which makes whimsical use of everyday objects as substitutes for other things (bubble wrap for boiling water, popcorn for explosions, Post-It Note pads for pats of butter), made a fun commercial for the Washington State Lottery.

In the upcoming issue of MAKE, we are running an article written by PES producer and manager Sarah Phelps on how she makes these clever videos.

PES videos

Previously:

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anansi133

Wow. Sure wish the product being advertised was anywhere near as cool as the ad.

(duh. If the product was that good, it wouldn’t need such an ad in the first place.)
Anonymous

Well, the scrabble ad was good.
I wonder what Pes’s going rate is for a commercial.
El Stinko

Me loves Pez.

Glad they hired the real thing rather than knocking him off too.
IronEdithKidd

This beats the pants off Michigan’s commercial for the same lottery merger. Way to disapoint, yet again, Lansing.
jody

True story. I don’t know why exactly, but this brought a tear to my eye.