Monster paper flip movies

[imagineerie]

It would take 2 people, but if someone took a digital photo of someone else flipping one page at a time, I could align them and gif them pretty easily.

[ChrisW]

Thanks for the offer Ray, but i have to agree with the General - rather than seeing a pretty poor quality clip from the images, I think its cooler to actually see them in action in someone's hands. The nostalgia factor kicks in...

[chrisnurse]

It would be the same thing, just in a different format. I think the ani-gif wanted was a flat film clip, rather than somebody holding a book. Personally, I'd rather watch somebody flip the book, that watch a 1.5 sec. film clip.

It would be the same to a degree, but digital photos would be a much higher res than SD video, you could do a very hi-res animation from photos -  I'd like to see them shot in lovely flickering Super 8!

[Mike Scott]

It would be the same to a degree, but digital photos would be a much higher res than SD video

True! Video is pretty crappy, now that you mention it. (I suppose it would be crappy, even if you hadn't mentioned it?)

[imagineerie]

What I meant was to have someone photograph someone else holding the book and taking a photo for each flip (hands and book), then compiling it as a gif.

[Mike Scott]

What I meant was to have someone photograph someone else holding the book and taking a photo for each flip (hands and book), then compiling it as a gif.

Yeh, I got that. You'd have to "lock down" the camera and give the person holding the book an arm rest of some sort, to avoid shaky pic.

[chrisnurse]

Darn, I wish I wasn't in the UK! I have all the HD kit do do this - we could release a UMA DVD! 

[dlhenderson]

My dad stuck a whole box of those in my easter basket; guess it was '63. I was 11 years old.
The box looked great, nestled in there with the plastic easter grass.
Loved 'em. And yea, they were on what seemed to be standard newsprint.
That's primordial home video! 

[mjaycox]

I have though often that one could make their own custom flip books by doing screen captures off the DVDs and then printing them onto archival paper and stapling the book together.

The point would be to do scenes that hadn't been done. Such as Christopher Lee bursting through the library door, or Ollie Reeds werewolf turning around menacingly inside the jail cell. Or even some of the rarer scenes of A+C Meet series, such as Karloff transforming into Hyde, or The Wolfman tackling Dracula on the balcony window and tumbling into the sea.

Matt

One day i will do it... but until then, someone else could try....

[Mike Scott]

Found this on the internet, so I thought I'd post it. I added a few monster names that I knew were the subject of the flipbook. Some of the other no name ones are easy to guess, some not. If you know any others, shout 'em out and I'll add them.

1963 Monster Flip Movies: Checklist
1. Death Struggle (Mummy)
2. Futile Battle (Creature)
3. The Mummy Awakens
4. The Creature Emerges
5. The Mummy's Wrath
6. No Escape
7. Charging the Brute
8. Attack by Fire
9. Frankenstein Attacks
10. The Wolfman Strikes
11. Fight to the Finish (Mummy)
12. Kidnapped by Frankenstein
13.  Hurled into the Pool
14.  Electric Shock
15. Captured by the Creature
16. Struggle Under the Water
17. Frankenstein Takes a Bride
18. Fiend of the Forest (Wolf Man)
19. Underwater Combat (Creature)
20. The Wolfman Goes Berserk
21. Frankenstein's Fight
22. Death of the Wolfman
23. Here Comes Frankenstein
24. The Wolfman Meets Frankenstein
25. The Club of Frankenstein
26. Frankenstein on the Alert
27. Night Attack (Wolf Man)
28. Frankenstein Goes Wild
29. Anger of the Wolfman
30. Frankenstein in Hiding
31. The Mummy's Master
32. Frankenstein Cries Out
33. Rage of the Creature
34. Stalking New Prey
35. Undersea Menace
36. The Creature's Capture

[dlhenderson]

The ones I can specifically remember are the Creature pushing over a car, Igor annoying Frank w/ a torch, and the Mummy on the attack. For some reason I think I flipped the Igor one most frequently. Guess I liked that flame action.

[Mike Scott]

Igor annoying Frank w/ a torch

Which is probably #8 "Attack by Fire".

[dlhenderson]

Sounds right, Mike.
Numbers 5, 8, and 33 must be the ones I referred to.
Funny how selective our memories can be.

[Gasport]

Mike,
          Just curious, Does one of the flip books include a scene from Frankenstein meets The Wolf man where Bela is flipping over a table with a couple of people under it from the festival of the new wine scene? If so, which one is it? Thanks,
                                                                 Mike G

[Mike Scott]

Does one of the flip books include a scene from Frankenstein meets The Wolf man where Bela is flipping over a table with a couple of people under it from the festival of the new wine scene?

All I know about them is the few I've seen a large enough pic of to read the description and I don't recall that one, off hand.