Assignment 1: Contemporary

Introduction:
This is part 4 of task 1 about contemporary stop motion animation filmmakers. These are modern day film makers, they are paving the path for the future of stop motion animation. They are influencing people to become stop motion animation and they are developing it into something amazing and new.

The Brothers Quay:
Stephen and Timothy Quay are American identical twin brothers and influential stop-motion animators. A major influence on them is Jan Svankmajer, they even named a movie after him, The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer. They are known for such films as Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995), The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005), the short film Punch And Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy (1980). The Brothers Quay's movies are dark and ominous. I believe their audience is mainly adults or the elderly due to the use black and white. The Brothers Quay are not mainstream. The Brothers Quay don't seem to make too much in the box office, The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes only made $29,121, this is mainly because their movies are not mainstream, they are for a specific audience which is lovers of the black and white era because that's what the Brothers Quay adore, a quote from them "the two most beautiful colours are black and white."

Tim Burton
Tim Burton is an American director known for his originality. Tim Burton is unique and will be known heavily by the stop motion community. Thanks to him stop motion animation will have a future and he will influence a lot of people to take up stop motion. Tim Burton is known for such movies as Beetlejuice(1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Corpse Bride (2005). Tim Burton's movies are mainstream and the audience is practically anyone, people of all ages seem to enjoy his work. In the box office, Tim Burton makes between $70 million - $120 million. Beetlejuice made $73 million, Edward Scissorhands made $86 million, The Nightmare before Christmas made $76.20 million and Corpse Bride made $117.2 million. Tim Burton's work is unique and new, he's managed to make creepy movies for all ages bringing in more viewers and I believe that Tim Burton is going to make a massive impact on the future of stop motion.