{"id":673,"date":"2011-11-07T13:18:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T12:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=673"},"modified":"2025-05-17T19:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:54:01","slug":"amazing-jelly-bean-stop-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Jelly Bean Stop-Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Take a look at this stop-motion music video made for Kina Grannis&#8217; song &#8220;In Your Arms.&#8221;&nbsp; And before you look at it, take note of the fact that it is 100% stop-motion &#8211; no green screen, no CGI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In Your Arms - Kina Grannis (Official Music Video) Stop Motion Animation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOu0DuxFAT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This video was photographed frame-by-frame over a period of 22 months, involved a crew of 30 people, and using 288,000 jelly beans.&nbsp; My first reaction was, &#8220;Wow, what dedication \/ how amazing&#8221; but then on the other hand, all this effort for a music video???&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check my math here, but at 400 jelly bellies a pound, that&#8217;s 720 pounds of Jelly Bellies.&nbsp; The company lists a 10-pound bag for $85; so assuming no sponsorship, that&#8217;s $61,200 worth of jelly beans.&nbsp; Add in 1357 hours and assume about 6 people on the job at any given time, at minimum wage&nbsp;that&#8217;s at least another $60,000.&nbsp; Now throw in, say $30,000 worth of gear and we are at $150,000 for a three-minute music video.&nbsp; At minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it would be cool to say you did it.&nbsp; And 1.5 million views so far is nothing to sneeze at either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how they did it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Making Of &quot;In Your Arms&quot; (Stop Motion Animation)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cIH4MJAC2Tg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at this stop-motion music video made for Kina Grannis&#8217; song &#8220;In Your Arms.&#8221;&nbsp; And before you look at it, take note of the fact that it is 100% stop-motion &#8211; no green screen, no CGI. 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