Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are
physically manipulated in small increments between individually
photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent
motion or change when the series of frames is played back. Any kind of
object can thus be animated, but puppets with movable joints (puppet
animation) or plasticine figures (clay animation or claymation) are
most commonly used. Puppets, models or clay figures built around an
armature are used in model animation. Stop motion with live actors is
often referred to as pixilation. Stop motion of flat materials such as
paper, fabrics or photographs is usually called cutout animation.The
term "stop motion," relating to the animation technique, is often
spelled with a hyphen as "stop-motion." Both orthographical variants,
with and without the hyphen, are correct, but the hyphenated one has a
second meaning that is unrelated to animation or cinema: "a device for
automatically stopping a machine or engine when something has gone
wrong" (The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1993 edition).Stop
motion should not be confused with the time-lapse technique in which
still photographs of a live scene are taken at regular intervals and
then combined to make a continuous film in which time appears to be
moving faster.Before the advent of chronophotography in 1878, a small
number of picture sequences were photographed with subjects in
separate poses. These can now be regarded as a form of stop motion or
pixilation, but very few results were meant to be animated.
physically manipulated in small increments between individually
photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent
motion or change when the series of frames is played back. Any kind of
object can thus be animated, but puppets with movable joints (puppet
animation) or plasticine figures (clay animation or claymation) are
most commonly used. Puppets, models or clay figures built around an
armature are used in model animation. Stop motion with live actors is
often referred to as pixilation. Stop motion of flat materials such as
paper, fabrics or photographs is usually called cutout animation.The
term "stop motion," relating to the animation technique, is often
spelled with a hyphen as "stop-motion." Both orthographical variants,
with and without the hyphen, are correct, but the hyphenated one has a
second meaning that is unrelated to animation or cinema: "a device for
automatically stopping a machine or engine when something has gone
wrong" (The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 1993 edition).Stop
motion should not be confused with the time-lapse technique in which
still photographs of a live scene are taken at regular intervals and
then combined to make a continuous film in which time appears to be
moving faster.Before the advent of chronophotography in 1878, a small
number of picture sequences were photographed with subjects in
separate poses. These can now be regarded as a form of stop motion or
pixilation, but very few results were meant to be animated.
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