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Sean Pecknold: Fleet Foxes “White Winter Hymnal” “White Winter Hymnal,” a stop-action music video directed by Sean Pecknold for Seattle band Fleet Foxes, is a quietly beautiful meditation on nature and time. Channeling the music’s cyclical vocals, the video stars a Father Time-ish gnome who brings to life—and then to death—the natural world around him. Sean is repped by Curious Pictures, but this project was completed on his own in Seattle. Sean’s brother, incidentally, is Fleet Foxes’ lead singer. Neat. Director: Sean Pecknold Animators: Christopher Rodgers, Britta Johnson, Sean Pecknold, Paul Maupoux Miniature sets: Sean Pecknold, Thomas Troisch, Britta Johnson Costume Design: Joy Andrews Puppets: Christopher Rodgers, Britta Johnson, Sean Pecknold, Mollie Fabric Consultants: Noel Paul, Greg Pecknold Photography: Sean Pecknold Editorial: Sean Pecknold Producer: Grandchildren Client: Sub Pop Records Posted on 8 July 2008 by justin This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 at 10:24 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. (1 votes: 5 out of 5) RSS feed 7 Comments » Comment by yetch 2008-07-08 11:06:12 so good. Log in to Reply Comment by Matt 2008-07-08 11:27:54 Yes, very good. Although polished SM is always pleasurable (i.e. Parks or Burton), I really enjoy the looser, rougher, ‘handcrafted’ look of animation such as this - it really adds to a more tactile and empathetic state. Nice work. Log in to Reply Comment by BaconIsGood4You 2008-07-08 16:51:32 Awesome work. Awesome music. Those Pecknold boys sure are talented. Log in to Reply Comment by Issara willenskomer 2008-07-09 13:23:20 My good friend Britta Johnson, stop motion genius that she is, apparently did some work on this, too. You can see her awesome work at The Kenosha Motion Picture Institute. Log in to Reply Comment by sean Pecknold 2008-07-09 13:58:58 britta is amazing! so are christopher and paul, and joy! i miss staying up ridiculously late with you guys. thanks for all your hard work. Log in to Reply Comment by Brian 2008-07-11 10:59:51 Really weird. I was at a Fleet Foxes show at the Bowery Ballroom maybe 4 months ago here in NYC, randomly started talking to a guy outside who said he worked at Curious Pictures with one of the bandmate’s brothers. So good. Log in to Reply Comment by John 2008-07-13 18:44:29 Haha, that was me, Brian. I am Sean’s sales rep at Curious–and very proud of this video of his… Log in to Reply Click here to cancel "reply". You must be logged in to post a comment.