R.I.P Ray Harryhausen

The other week i had the pleasure of going to see some of Ray Harryhausen work at Bradford Media Museum but on 7/5/2013 i heard the tragic news that he had passed away aged 92. For anyone who was not aware of his work then you have been missing out because before all the big Hollywood effects that we are now used to Harryhausen created a little thing called Dynamation which is used with stop-motion model animation. I first saw his work when i watched the film Jason and the Argonauts with my dad when i was a kid and straight away i was amazed when i saw the skeletons come alive as a young kid i was in a daze. How was this possible?

Ray Harrhausen interview about the production of Jason and the Argonauts and also he speaks about the how he started in the stop-motion productions. Watching the video you get a sense of the passion that he puts into all his work and the time and effort he spent perfecting the work he wanted to achieve. Watching some of his work shows the break though is special effects though it seems dated now its hard not love his work. It remind me off the work that goes into shows like Wallace and Gromit it takes time and effort and things like this can take months to get perfect and i take my hat off to him for having the patience with his work.

Here is a link to a few of his films:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg1v5HkpdEA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg5TZqJvG6M - This link is brilliant watching the difference between Ray's work and the remake of Clash of the Titans.

R.I.P Ray HarryHausen (29th June 1920- 7th May 2013)