Screen Novelties

Screen Novelties is a collective of film directors, specializing in stop motion animation. It was formed in 2003 by Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and Chris Finnegan. Their work fuses classic cartoon sensibilities with mixed-media elements such as puppetry and miniature model photography. They were among the first stop motion artists to adopt an entirely digital capture system and workflow, beginning in 1999 with the pilot films that would eventually become Robot Chicken. Screen Novelties was integral in the launch of both Robot Chicken and Moral Orel for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. Notable past work includes: Creating a stop motion animation version of the Flintstones for a dream sequence in The Flintstones: On the Rocks. Working with Ray Harryhausen, helping him complete his film The Tortoise & the Hare. Contributing whimsical puppet and special effects sequences for Cartoon Network shows Chowder and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. Performing the restoration of the original Rudolph & Santa Puppets from the 1964 classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Their offbeat short films enjoy a small cult following, especially "Mysterious Mose" which was made in their garage in 1997-98, using a hand-wound bolex camera and an old 78rpm record as the soundtrack. The film mixes rod puppetry, stop motion animation, and silhouette animation.

Filmography

Old Man & the Goblins

The Boy with the Flip-top Head

Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose

Zombie Brothers

The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare

Monster Safari

Television/film credits

The Flintstones: On the Rocks

Robot Chicken

Moral Orel

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

SpongeBob SquarePants

Courage the Cowardly Dog

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Corn Pops commercials

Chowder

MAD

The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

Family Guy: "Road to the Multiverse" (Robot Chicken segment)

It's a SpongeBob Christmas!

Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas

The Electric Company (2009 TV series)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Bubbles character only)

Harvey Beaks

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (Sock puppet sequence)

Title Sequences

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Adventure Time (Lego Opening Title Sequence)

Awards and nominations

Won 30th Annual Annie Award in the category Best short Film for The Story of the Tortoise & The Hare.

Nominated for the 34th Annual Annie Award in the category Best Animated Television Commercial.