DUCK Handles Stop Motion for SpongeBob's 10th Anniversary

Stop-motion animation pros Screen Novelties, the latest talent addition to DUCK Studios, created a jolly opening sequence for children's favorite SpongeBob SquarePants' 10th anniversary special on Nickelodeon. The roughly :45 piece is a spectacular showcase of a diverse capabilities of DUCK's newest creative team. The intro is a rollicking adventure across, beside, and beneath the ocean, with a brief jaunt into outer space, through fantastic landscapes handcrafted by the gang at Screen Novelties. SpongeBob, along with a pirate and a fish, are represented with a mixture of stop-motion, cardboard animation and puppetry as the show's zippy anthem plays in the background. DUCK Handles Stop Motion for SpongeBob's 10th Anniversary

Client: Nickelodeon

Spots Title: Spongebob Squarepants :45

Air Date: November 2009

Special Title Sequence by: Screen Novelties (of DUCK)

Directed and Produced by: Mark Caballero, Chris Finnegan, Seamus Walsh

Director of Photography: Ralph Kaechele

Storyboards: William Reiss

Animators: Sarah DeGaudemar; Musa Brooker, Kelly Mazurowski

Puppets by: Bruce Lao; Max Winston; Paula Lauterbach, Cesar Romero, Robin Walsh, Thomas R. Smith,

Sets and Props: Jeff Cross; Brian Capati; Meaghan Ross; Roy Wood, Christopher Swanson

Digital Artist: Hlynur Magnusson