Rock band Lydia Can’t Breathe debuts a NSFW claymation video.

Further proof that low budget doesn’t mean bad.

11/15/17 – Now that Robot Chicken has won multiple Emmy awards, the door is wide open for edgy use of stop motion animation.  Rockers LCB have tapped into this with a new claymation video that features hardcore sex scenes, simulated fellatio, eating dog shit and whole lot more.   A format that was once best know for the lovable benign Gumby, has been elevated(?)…. eviscerated(?) …. let’s go with LIBERATED to boldy go where no clay has gone before.

We reached out to the creators of the video, and had a good laugh about the video.  Here’s what they had to share.  Obviously, what follows is for adults only. #NSFW

Slickster Mag – First Pillar Studios is Mike Ramsdell and Brendon Paredes. You recently created the NSFW claymation video for the Florida based band Lydia Can’t Breathe.  NSFW (Not Safe For Work) as a warning label has lost some of it’s bite over the years, just like ‘Parental Warning’ did on music back in the 90’s.  However, this video is actually NSFW.  So, how did all of this come around?  Did the band approach you with the idea or did you just run with it?

Mike Ramsdell – The video was definitely a super fun project to work on while also being very challenging. So we started this almost a year ago when the band was tracking their album. We are good friends with Lydia and have worked with them for years on their music and content. We are a unique studio, as we combine both a professional recording studio (www.studio101.cc) and creative video production house (www.firstpillarstudios.com) into one. This makes us a great spot for bands and artists to work. I think this came together kind of symbiotically in a sense that we had started to test and play around with the thought of doing some stop motion clay stuff, LCB saw us working on it and proposed the idea of doing a music video for them using that medium.

Did you guys storyboard this music video?

We started with a concept based around the song. We did a scene by scene shot list and kind of worked from that. We then detailed the possibilities for each scene and outlined what story beats we wanted to hit and what jokes we wanted to do.  We didn’t do a standard storyboard because we wanted to have the freedom to change things on the fly based on what was working and wasn’t working with the clay and camera angles.

Our hero in the music video gets a lot of boners.  Was there any discussion on what the appropriate chubby was? I mean, was there ever a time in dailies when someone uttered a phrase like, “His boner is too big. Or the shape of the nutsack doesn’t look right?”

Haha! Funny you ask- yes there was discussion about the boners. It more or less came down to what was funny. We knew we weren’t making something that was wholesome but we didn’t want to be pornographic…if that’s even possible with clay.

How many photos/poses did you make for each frame?  

Let’s just say there were many thousands of photos. Each frame varied depending on the shot.

Is there a special type of clay used to make the puppets, or did you use Play-doh?

Play-Doh doesn’t work great for stop motion. It drys out and it’s hard to pose things. We used plastalina clay (which is oil based and stays plyable) and molded it on to wire armatures.

Alright, I want names.  Whose idea was it to have the dominatrix peg the guy in the ass with a 12″ black dildo?  No hiding from it now. Better just own up.

It was absolutely, 100%, Brendon’s idea.

What’s in the future for First Pillar Studios, and how can people get in touch with you?

We’re going to be shooting a 360 music video that tells a story within a completely immersive environment for an indie rock band. That should come up early next year. We’re doing all kinds of things including work with the United States Military, working with West Coast Netting on their new marketing camoaign, and probably doing another video for Lydia. People can email us at firstpillarstudios@gmail.com or call us at 3212090230. Or they can check us out online at www.firstpillarstudios.com and www.firstpillar360.com

Thanks for talking with Slickster Magazine.  Is there anything else you’d like to promote or give a shout out too?

Yeah if you haven’t yet, checkout Lydia Can’t Breate’s latest album “Tastes New” – its awesome. www.Lydiacantbreathe.com