Stop Motion
-DR. R. LAVANYA
Stop Motion / Stop frame
Stop motion animation is animation that is captured one
frame at time, with physical objects that are moved
between frames. When you play back the sequence of
images rapidly, it creates the illusion of movement.
Dragonframe is the premier frame-grabbing software for
stop motion animation and time-lapse photography.
Using the live view of supported Canon and Nikon
DSLRs, Dragonframe provides video assist tools for
the animator, and is the central hub for capturing and
organizing your high-resolution frames from your camera.
Stop Motion / Stop frame
The basic process of animation involves taking a
photograph of your objects or characters, moving
them slightly, and taking another photograph.
When you play back the images consecutively, the
objects or characters appear to move on their own.
Stop Motion / Stop frame
How to make stop motion video
Different kinds of stop motion
Clay animation
Toy-mation
Paper Animation
Puppet Animation
White Board Animation
Paper cut out Animation
Etc..
Pixilation Animation
Pixilation is a form of Stop Motion animation, in
which you animate live actors instead of clay figures.
History of Stop-Motion Animation
The very first example of a stop-motion animated
short was The Humpty Dumpty Circus, created
by Albert Smith and Stuart Blackton in 1899.
History of Stop Motion Films
Some early example of stop motion films
and techniques can be seen in the film
"Fun in a Bakery Shop" (1902).
Fun in the Bakery Shop
Emile Cohl
Emile Cohl, a French cartoonist and animator, used his
drawings, puppets and other inanimate objects that he
could find.
The first stop-motion animated film that he created was
entitled Fantasmagorie. He finished it in 1908.
For Fantasmagorie, he used 700 of his drawings that
he individually photographed to created the animated
sequence.
Fantasmagorie
History of Stop Motion Films
In 1907 "The Haunted Hotel" was a very
successful movie with the cinema
audience of the time.
The Haunted Hotel
History of Stop Motion Films
Norman McLaren made the short film
“Neighbours” while working for the
National Film Board, which got an
Oscar award for the Best Documentary
in 1952 of Canada.
History of Stop Motion Films
In 1912 one of the first clay animation movies using
stop motion was released. It was called "Modeling
Extraordinary"
In 1916, the first woman animator, Helena Smith
Dayton, began experimenting with clay stop
motion. She released her first film in 1917, Romeo
and Juliet.
December of 1916, brought the first of Willie
Hopkin's 54 episodes of "Miracles in Mud" to the
big screen.
Some other notable Milestones in stop
motion History
Edwin Porter directed "The Teddy Bears," one of the
earliest stop-motion animation films. A short sequence
of playing teddy bears, just over a minute in length, takes
over 50 hours to animate.
Willis O'Brien's "The Lost World" included 49
prehistoric animals in stop-motion, which took a huge
step in stop-motion history.
Willis O'Brien directed another film called "Mighty Joe
Young", a well-known film in 1945, with the help of Ray
Harryhausen, and stop-motion animator.
Ray Harryhausen received the Gordon E. Sawyer
Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences for his technological contributions in 1991.
Some other notable Milestones in stop
motion History
Edwin Porter directed "The Teddy Bears," one of the
earliest stop-motion animation films. A short sequence
of playing teddy bears, just over a minute in length, takes
over 50 hours to animate.
Willis O'Brien's "The Lost World" included 49
prehitoric animals in stop-motion, which took a huge
step in stop-motion history.
Willis O'Brien directed another film called "Mighty Joe
Young", a well-known film in 1945, with the help of Ray
Harryhausen, and stop-motion animator.
Ray Harryhausen received the Gordon E. Sawyer
Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences for his technological contributions in 1991.
Middle (20th Century)
At the turn of
20th century,
animator, Willis
O’Brien created a
milestone in the stop
motion technique
through his work
in ‘King Kong’ (1933).
Middle (20th Century)
Later in the century, clay animator Eliot Noyes Jr.
polished this technique further with his ‘free-
forming’ method in his 1965 film, ‘Clay’.
Another innovative example by Noyes was in his
1975 film, ‘Sandman’. Here, he used stop motion to
animate sand lying on glass
Middle (20th Century)
Will Vinton created a film called ‘Closed
Mondays’ that went on to become the first stop
motion film to win an Oscar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoBmlb
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Middle (20th Century)
Disney, too, experimented with stop motion by
collaborating with Mike Jittlov for
animating Mickey Mouse in a short sequence
called ‘Mouse Mania’
In the 80s, the ‘Star War’ trilogy saw the
experimentation in the stop motion technique.
Stop Motion Animation
Stop-motion has changed dramatically since the early
20th century.
Stop motion is a powerful animation technique that
makes static objects appear to be moving.
placement, framing, direction and speed of movement
There are many types of stop motion techniques, in
both 2-D and 3-D media, such as: hand drawing, cel,
cut-paper, sand, and Claymation.
Paper Animation
Sand Animation
Sand Animation
White Board Animation
Stop Motion
Claymation
Stop Motion Animation
Making of a Stop Motion Animation
How to create a stop motion animation
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