Here’s a video showing some of the work I’ve done with WTCI/PBS at the Ready to Learn workshops over the past year or so.

Some of the videos were used for station identification. We also exported some and sent them directly to the families themselves!

Fun!

With some of the older kids, I would let them direct and animate themselves! One kiddo would instruct the other what to do, and then capture the animation themselves!
People ALWAYS light up when they click play and see what they just created come to life. Kids and adults alike.

Please consider a donation to your local PBS station! They can use your help!

https://www.wtcitv.org/donate-now-membership

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The workshop was recently mentioned on the Fangoria website for the 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival. We had the video for Night Constructions (by the Bohannons) shown at this year’s festival.

Check it out!

https://www.fangoria.com/chattanooga-2025-third-wave/

#fangoria #chattanoogafilmfestival #theskeletonkeyworkshop

✨ Ever wonder what really goes into bringing tiny worlds to life, frame by frame?

The Skeleton Key Workshop is launching a Patreon page to take you behind the scenes of our stop motion animation process — from early sketches and set building, to storyboarding, to animation, to the magic (and chaos) of production days.

🎥 On Patreon, you’ll get:

• Exclusive sneak peeks at works-in-progress
  
• Membership shout-outs
  
• Animation tips and techniques I’ve learned over the years
  
• Early access to finished films before they’re released publicly

If you’ve ever been curious about how stop motion is made — or just love watching creative projects come to life — here is your backstage pass!

Join us here 👉patreon.com/TheSkeletonKeyWorkshop

Let’s make teeny-tiny magic! 🪄✨

#StopMotion #BehindTheScenes #Animation #PatreonCreator #IndieAnimation #TheSkeletonKeyWorkshop #DIY

Check out the ‘opening credits’ video for the skateboarding company Chapped, for their new video release, “Bad Star”. The idea was influenced by the old horror television show “Chiller” from the 1970s.

The video below shows what I animated vs the original video.

Check it out! Here’s a link to Thrasher’s site where you can watch the whole thing:

https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/trash/chapped-bad-star-video

Thanks for reading!

Matt

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I’m thrilled to release the new music video for Sean Lucy for the song Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
It’s from the album Daddy’s Jawline.

The video was made by myself, Beth Thomas, John Cothran Sr and Keri Thomas.

No AI was used in the creation of this video.

Thank you for watching!!!

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The new music video for the song Cinnamon Toast Crunch by songwriter Sean Lucy arrives this Friday!

Stay tuned!

Yay! I am thrilled to announce that the video for Night Construction has been selected to be shown at the 2025 Chattanooga Film Festival.

You can grab tickets here:

https://www.chattfilmfest.org

Maybe we will see each other there!

Join us Saturday, May 31st from 11am to 2pm at the Chattery to learn the basics of animation and stop motion! Hope to see you there!

https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-2

 I’m excited and proud to share the newest video from The Skeleton Key Workshop.

It’s called Special Needs and is a collaboration with the good people over at DIYabled. We want to help bring awareness and information about disability into the world.

The voices were done by Priya Ray and Robert Price.

The music is by Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa.

Puppets and animation were done by me.

The catalyst for this project stems from a conversation I was having with Priya where I used the term ‘special needs’. Priya gently corrected me and let me know that term isn’t really used anymore. It was a moment of growth for me. How eating your lunch isn’t a special need. We all need to eat! From there we started talking about what if we made a video explaining this very thing. It turned into what you now see. It feels good to grow.

I hope you enjoy it! We plan on making a series of videos on a wide range of subjects with some of these new characters so stay tuned! #disability #theskeletonkeyworkshop #diyabled #stopmotionanimation #puppet #diy #braille #chattanooga

Coming up soon! Saturday, January 18th.

Class is from 2:30 to 5:30pm.

If you’ve ever been curious about learning this beautiful art form, here is the chance!

In class we will focus on an introduction to the principles of animation and then build upon that! By the end of class, you’ll be able to animate a simple video of your own using your cell phone or tablet.

Come have some fun and learn something new

https://thechattery.org/classes/introduction-to-stop-motion-animation-1