I can’t believe that I made it to Round 7 of the Project Food Blog challenge. I mean really can’t believe. The competition at this point is ridiculously good, so I’ve a feeling my days are numbered. Which is why I took a big risk with Challenge 7: to “channel your favorite television food star,” “pick a recipe,” and “make it come to life on video.” I’ve been wanting to try and make a stop motion video for ages upon ages, so when I saw this challenge description weeks ago, I hoped I’d have the chance. But I’m afraid it’s completely wrong. Completely not what the judges are looking for. “Pick a recipe,” check, “make it come to life on video,” double check, but the television part? No check. Alas. Big risk.
I chose the easiest “recipe” (if it can be called that) I have on my blog: glittery, sparkly marshmallows. And I chose them because they are easy. While I have some challenging tutorials here, I also emphasize how simple, accessible and affordable edible art can be. For anyone and everyone. And this trick exemplifies that. All you need is a marshmallow, a lollipop stick, a bowl of water and some sprinkles.
MUSIC UPDATE: Originally, I had One Charming Man by the Smiths as the background music (“I would go out tonight, but I haven’t got a stitch to wear…”) and What is Love from Haddoway for the disco scene(as in, the SNL nightclub guys). Because of copyright fears, we were instructed to use royalty free music. So I searched and searched for something to use that was safe and not ridiculously expensive. I ended up with a couple Beethoven songs and a generic techno dance song.
Disclaimers: To explain the crudity of what you’ll see, I should note that I have zero, zippo, zilch experience with video, stop motion, anything that animates, and limited (ie almost nonexistent) computer knowledge generally. I started by googling “how to make a stop motion video.” I have no idea how to edit audio, so forgive the choppy music that stops suddenly. And by the way? This took forever and a day. Two days. What was I thinking? And I just realized it’s not due for another week. I didn’t know that. So you get this early.
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58 Comments
Adorable! Oscar worthy!!!
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Love it! It's PERFECT that you brought one of your marshmallows(your signature food item)to life! This is unique, and I agree with Loren:)
Cute! Break a leg! (Or a marshmallow stick)
too good,..
SO FUNNY!
So, so, SO adorable. I love that you used that Moz song. Wish I could vote more than once!
Questo video conferma che sei un genio ^_^ bellissimo!
WOW! You are amazing! Great video, so clever, I know this will get you through to the next round! You are doing awesome in this competition!
My husband is a Computer Animator (by day) and an Actor (by night). He's HUGE Ray Harryhausen fan. So I have a bit of Second Hand knowledge about video and Stop Animation…
You did an AWESOME Job. Good luck!
Absolutely loved it and the music was perfect. Awesome job, it rocked!
Love it! And the Morissey isn't bad either. ha. I'm not surprised at all that you've made it this far, we love your blog!
really awesome! and great music too.
i love this, it's genius! i'm sure you'll make it to round 8!
I love it! It's super adorable and the music choice is perfect! This kind of thing is what your blog is about, and this video brings it to life perfectly (…just what was asked of you!) Don't worry, you'll do great this round!
So cute
absolutely brilliant!
i loved it! i thought it was so cute and the music fit perfectly! what is the name of the first song?
Super cute video!
I love this movie, I am so gonna vote for you (again
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I love your video. I giggled at it quite a bit actually.
I like it how it is, but if you're really worried about how you haven't chanelled a tv cooking personality, then could you not video yourself pretending to be Nigella or someone introducing your marshmellow video? That way you can check all boxes. I'll be voting for you again though, I think you're incredibly talented.
hahaaha so cute!
you did a great job!
That is absolutely adorable!! You've definitely got my vote!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! I ABSOLUTELY LOVVVVVVVVVVVVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a HUGE fan of homemade stop motion
What a great video! It's so cute when Fluffy is watching all of the colorful candy go by =P
Loved it! Super cute! Loved your music.
mickey
This is my favorite challenge of yours. The music is great and the whole entire video is so cute and funny. My sons will get a big kick out of this I am going to show them. Good luck with this challenge ; you aced it!
Beyond brilliant. Love Fluffy O'Mallow's expressions. Too cute and clever.
I thought that was adorable!!! Well done for your first for sure! My fav part was the agonizing look on his face when he got the stick in his butt. LOL.
awesome!!!!
I thoroughly enjoyed your video! Fluffy is awesome!
OH MY GOSH!! SO CUTE!!
This is so funny, I loved it. You are so creative and talented.
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I love the little marshmallow!!! So happy she got to go clubbing! Genius video . . .
Bwah ha ha ha. So fun. I had no idea you could dress up marshmallows. My daughter will be thrilled.
I cannot believe you didn't know how to do this before. You made it perfectly!
I totally love how you interpreted this challenge! Great job letting your creativity shine
Hahaha! I couldn't stop smiling throughout this whole video! LOVE IT!
Please remind me what the name of the first song is. I think it is Beethoven? Maybe? But I can't remember which piece and it is driving me nuts!
Just voted for you- best of luck!
I loved it..marshmallows make you smile!!
So Cute!!!!! I thought the video was great!!
I love this…and know how long it takes to make a video like this. Great job!!
It's adorable…i just want to hug that little marshmallow man
It made me think of Shell Silverstein's "the missing piece".
Cute, clever, talented! I voted for you!
this was way too cute. the stop motion must have taken forever! but well worth it
Adorable! When I was a kid, I used to create stop motion videos with my Beanie Babies. I'm now a television editor.
This is too cute! I had to vote!
This is super cute! I love the little marshmallows various expressions. Too cute!!
This is hilarious! I love the video! ALthough I felt a little bad for the marshmallow when he got poked with the stick
This is truly one of the cutest things I have ever seen. For someone not pro at stop motion you sure seem it to me. Amazing job
This is truly one of the cutest things I have ever seen. For someone not pro at stop motion you sure seem it to me. Amazing job
That was adorable. I actually felt sorry for the poor little mallow before he got his new duds on.
Very, very good.
Voting NOW!
What a personality! Not everyone can pull off that look for sure! Great job!
So adorable and creative. You did a great job. Best of luck & continued success on the PFB
Congrats on making it this far! Sending a little red heart your way. Good luck. I love how cute everything on your site is!
SO FLIPPIN' CUTE!!! You did a great job!!
I think it's great, and it totally made me think of Paris Hilton for some reason (probably the pink), so I think you got all 3 boxes checked! Nice work!
This is quite outstanding–I admire your honesty and I think you did the right thing in sticking to something simple while doing stop-motion.
I loved the dance faces!
The change in facial expression upon auto-impalement might be the best thing that has happened on PFB so far.
Shucks, thank you! Ben, best line so far.
I don't know why you are being so apologetic in your post, this video is AWESOME! It made me happy that the marshmallow found an outfit to wear in the end, and that disco looked fun
LOVED the bit where his face screwed up when pushing self onto stick, made me laugh out loud!
Hope you get to next round, it'd be madness if you didn't, good luck!
Hungry Jenny x
Wow ..Its amazing how you get such lovely ideas…Hilarious…