Comments on: Do you ever dream of monsters?

Do you ever dream of monsters?

embrangled — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:46:48 -0800

They follow you on the escalator and bother you at the bus stop. They spook your horses and frighten your children. But deep down, they just want to be loved. Belgian animators Thijs de Cloedt and Wouter Sel from Volstok Telefunken have imagined monsters for all occasions. [Website in Flemish]

By: winna

winna — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:10:46 -0800

I like this one.

By: LMGM

LMGM — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:01:08 -0800

WANT. I love this one so far.

By: LMGM

LMGM — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:10:09 -0800

wait, OMG this one.

By: embrangled

embrangled — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:14:25 -0800

I wish I knew what the people in these videos are actually reacting to - before the monsters are drawn in, I mean. They seem to be members of the general public, not actors, and their responses are such an odd mix of surprise and utter disinterest. Do the animators roam the streets of Brussels wearing silly hats and shouting 'Boo!' ?

By: louche mustachio

louche mustachio — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:48:45 -0800

They're cute, but they seem a bit fragile. Apparently, they are also delicious.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:14:57 -0800

[this is good]

By: JHarris

JHarris — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:48:24 -0800

Very cool.

By: DU

DU — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:49:33 -0800

They seem to be members of the general public... I think the children one disproves that. The animators didn't manhandle those kids. I guess they could have videotaped a parent lifting one, but at the very least they'd have to be in on it. And the escalator couple seem to be talking to a friend of theirs off screen. (PS: I completely believe that's your real hair, dude.) The bus stop woman is ambiguous.

By: Lipstick Thespian

Lipstick Thespian — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:28:34 -0800

I think it's rude and too clever by half to blindly assume that people are actually "reacting" to something other than these monsters.

By: orme

orme — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:42:38 -0800

These are so good.

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:28:07 -0800

I suspect it's some combination of people who are in on it and people who aren't. Hard to say what's happening underneath the animation, though.

By: kanewai

kanewai — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:52:33 -0800

Love these! uhm, spoiler alert? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I noticed in some clips people disappear from one frame to the next. I think they must splice together different takes from the same. Watch the one with the baby reindeer monster closely.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:43:16 -0800

I'd say that there are probably some people who are in on it, but I think the majority of these are unknowing members of the general public reacting to something else. Like this one, or this.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:04:54 -0800

These are so wonderful! Thanks for this post!