{"id":194,"date":"2020-01-08T17:56:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2020-01-08T17:56:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:56:39","slug":"stop-motion-animation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/stop-motion-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"STOP MOTION ANIMATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stop motion is an animation technique in which a physically manipulated object appears to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classic stop motion techniques include puppets, clay, pixilation (humans) and paper cut-outs, but the possibilities of material are as wide as the animators\u2019 imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The animation in \u201cKubo and the Two Strings\u201d was created by meticulously altering the position of puppets frame-by-frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCredited As: Stop Motion Animator\u201d \u2013 Video by Academy Originals [ Click to watch<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The puppets used in claymation also have an armature, but the malleable nature of clay gives this type of animation a unique quality. Aardman Studio has perfected the art of claymation with iconic works such as \u201cWallace & Gromit\u201d and \u201cCreatures Comfort\u201d, but \u201cAdam\u201d \u2013 one of their very first shorts \u2013 already shows their deep understanding of clay\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAdam\u201d by Aardman Animations, 1992 [Click to watch<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lotte Reiniger\u2019s 1926 \u201cThe Adventures of Prince Achmed\u201d was the first animated long-feature film (over 10 years before Disney\u2019s \u201cSnow White\u201d). She single-handedly created over 40 films with minutely detailed and back-lit paper cut-outs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCinderella\u201d, 1922 by Lotte Reiniger [Click to watch<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Pixilation is a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject by repeatedly posing while one frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame. Norman McLaren\u2019s famous Acadamy Award winning \u201cNeighbors\u201d uses this technique to great comic effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cNeighbours\u201d, 1952 by Norman McLaren [Click to watch<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Almost any material can be re-imagined as a subject for stop motion animation. \u201cBottle\u201d and \u201cFresh Guacamole\u201d are two recent and interesting examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBottle\u201d, 2009 by Kirsten Lepore [Click\u00a0to\u00a0watch<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cFresh Guacamole\u201d, 2012 by Pes [Click to watch<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Anna Pinkas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stop motion is an animation technique in which a physically manipulated object appears to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Classic stop motion techniques include puppets, clay, pixilation (humans) and paper … Continue reading “STOP MOTION ANIMATION”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-194","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mes152-samplesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}