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	Animation article - Animation film claymation stop motion persistence vision computer animation - What-Means.com
		Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result.
		The first animated cartoon was from Frenchman Émile Reynaud, who created praxynoscope, animation system of 12 pictures, and films of about 500~600 pictures, projected on its own théatre optique, system near from modern film projector, at Musée Grévin in Paris, France, the october 28, 1892.
		Because animation is very time-consuming and often very expensive to produce, the majority of animation for TV and movies comes from professional animation studios.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Animation (511 words)

	FAQ
		Stop Motion Animation uses the same principles as drawn or cel animation (cartoons).......a movie camera is used like a still camera.....there are 24 different drawings (which equals one second of movement) and the movie camera shoots one frame (which is one picture) of film for each drawing (in proper sequence).
		Stop motion is used in all sorts of ways from creatures/aliens or fantasy puppet characters.....to cartoonish or stylized puppets.
		A person (the animator) moves the puppet a little bit, then the camera shoots one still picture of the puppet, the animator moves the puppet again.....another still picture is taken.....this is continually done until you get hundreds of still pictures which were taken by the movie camera.
	www.stopmotionworks.com /faq.htm (2471 words)

	Stop motion
		Stop motion is an animation technique which makes things that are static appear to be moving.
		Nowadays the almost universal use of computer generated imagery has effectively rendered stop motion obsolete as a serious special effects tool, although it is still widely used on children's programming, commercials, and the occasional comic film.
		Another variation on stop motion is go motion, first used on the film Dragonslayer, which involves moving the model slightly during each exposure to produce a more realistic motion blurring effect.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Stop_motion (625 words)

	the mighty OMNIVORE: Stop Motion vs Real Time
		It struck me that a robotized stop-motion would be something different: moving to regular poses when stop motion was required, and also able to move on a precise trajectory and with precise timing to allow capture of blurred motion images, it wouldn’t be aimed at live interaction, but at loosening up the stop-motion animation process.
		Their work makes references to animators that I also admire: The Brothers Quay and Svankmajer in particular, and I began to wonder if this one-take does it approach was universal among stop motion animators.
		On the same visit, we looked at some go-motion footage, where the stop motion is based on frames shot of a moving, as opposed to still subject.
	www.omnivore.ca /index.php?id=12 (441 words)

	Mike Jittlov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mike Jittlov is the creator of many inventive movies using stop-motion animation, also known as pixilation.
		In 1978, Jittlov co-starred on Disney's two-hour TV extravaganza, Mickey's 50th with the short film Mouse Mania, creating and animating the first stop-motion Mickey Mouse, along with 1,000 other Disney toys marching around a psychiatrist's office (The short is now featured on the Disney DVD Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Volume Two).
		After that, Jittlov bought a 16mm movie camera, designed a multi-plane animation system for $200, and began a career as a professional dream-spinner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Jittlov (472 words)

	stopact.htm
		Harryhausen also came up with a split-screen process that allowed the stop motion models to be placed in scenes with real buildings and people.
		Motion pictures are usually projected at 24 frames a second and video at 30 frames a second (although this comes in the form of two interlaced half frames every 60th of a second).
		Motion picture cameras record by exposing frames (24 a second) one after another so that movement, like a person walking down a street, is captured.
	www.unmuseum.mus.pa.us /stopact.htm (1029 words)

	Rovisoft - Arts Animation Stop-Motion - Free Directory Listings
		Bricks In Motion - This site is about the specialty area of using the Lego building brick components of this modular build-it-yourself toy system and bringing them to animated life using stop motion animation methods.
		Darkstrider: Explorations in the Art of Stop Motion Animation - Information about the European style of puppet animation in the more purer form where characters are stylized, surreal (as puppets), and are not represented as photo realistic.
		Stop Motion Armature Machining Book - Provides general instructions about machining and metal working techniques for the fabrication of armature joints which are used inside stop motion puppets.
	www.rovisoft.com /Arts/Animation/Stop-Motion (1955 words)

	Angie Glocka
		The consensus of opinion on the streets is that a background in stop-motion lends itself well to learning 3D-CG because stop-motion animators are used to thinking in 3 dimensions, instead of the 2 like traditional animators work with.
		Animation projects tend to be very loosely organized, and a lot of important work-related information is spread very casually, i.e.
		In the animation end of it I think I'm the only woman I know who has ever held a director position; meaning I was assistant animation director on "Bump in the Night".
	women.animation.org /1999/angie_glocka.html (1101 words)

	Stop Motion Animation - Another Path/ Deafhomeschool.com
		My children began experimenting with stop motion animation about a year ago (at 7 and 4.5 years of age).
		"Stop Motion Pro was created in August, 1999 in response to the limited range of tools available for traditional stop motion animators.
		Animation is one of the hottest areas of filmmaking today--and the master animator who bridges the old generation and the new is Richard Williams.
	www.deafhomeschool.com /study/art/stopmotion.html (877 words)

	Ray Harryhausen Profile
		It is to this master of stop motion animation that I dedicate this site-for the hours of pure pleasure he has given me both in the theater and now, thanks to the home video market, in my home.
		For Ray's earlier works one creature served as the driving force of his films, now the central figure was Sinbad, but rest assurred, this film has no shortage of stop motion animation.
		It wasn't the type of animation that Ray wanted to do but he loved the work and the subject matter and this job was a doorway into the industry.
	lavender.fortunecity.com /judidench/584/harryhis.html (6105 words)

	Slow Motion Heroes: Demand Is Steady for Cel, Stop Motion, and Mixed Media Animators
		He's done stop motion, cel and pin screen animation, among other things, in recent years.
		"There is a little metal guy in it that I animated the way one would do stop-motion, but instead of shooting it onto film, we shot onto a series of photographs I had taken: The background is the inside of my house, and there is also a photo of a beautiful sky.
		Slow Motion Heroes: Demand Is Steady for Cel, Stop Motion, and Mixed Media Animators
	millimeter.com /mag/video_slow_motion_heroes/index.html (1555 words)

	DVD Review - Jason and the Argonauts
		Stop-motion animators can now videotape themselves animating and go back to see what the last pose was so they can keep track of themselves.
		The luxury stop-motion animators have, and it is still a bitch, is videotape referencing.
		Site designed for 800 x 600 resolution, using 16M colors and.gif 89a animation.
	www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews/jasonargonauts.html (1242 words)

	7_1.html
		Once a frame has been captured, the animator can instantly preview the entire scene and either reshoot the added frame or continue with the animation.
		This feature is also beneficial to stop motion animators.
		The new version also adds an onion skinning feature, which allows animators to overlay a live camera image onto a previously captured drawing.
	www.animationmagazine.net /technology/7_1.html (193 words)

	Animation Toolworks - Home of the LunchBox Sync and Video LunchBox
		The LunchBox Sync is used for animation testing and motion studies by animation professionals, studios, teachers, students, schools and museums.
		Animation reference and pencil tests have never been easier.
		Animation Toolworks named one of the Web's best educational resources
	www.animationtoolworks.com (115 words)

	Stop Motion WorkShop
		Because Stop Motion involves so many skills and disciplines, it is understandable why very few pursue this avocation.
		The internet search engines have many Stop Motion listings, but most of them seem to be about nostalgia and history (which we should should know about) and a few studios, individuals, or hobbyists that do some Stop Motion.
		Stop Motion Works is undergoing content changes and expansion....
	www.stopmotionworks.com /shoptalk2.htm (1118 words)

	The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators by Richard Williams, Search Cheap Books, Discount Books, ISBN 0571202284
		Any animator looking for a book to help them improve their craft knows that most books on animation usually fall short in so many ways, it's easy to think it's impossible to write a comprehensive and accurate book on the subject (don't even get me started about the abysmal state of computer character animation books).
		Williams is the penultimate animator's animator and he tells it like it is. Williams systematically demystifies virtually every aspect of animation from simple walk cycles, to breaking joints to dialogue and acting.
		Williams had Disney animator Art Babbitt and Warner great Ken Harris working in his studio in London and training a new generation of animators in the techniques of good character animation, which was not taught at the time in any school or considered an art form.
	www.comparebookprices.ca /book_detail/0571202284 (863 words)

	WinSite: Stop Motion Pro
		Stop Motion Pro brings stop motion animation into the digital era.
		Made by animators for animators Stop Motion Pro is geared to alleviating the time honoured hassles of the art.
		Whether you are a professional or an amatuer Stop Motion Pro will save you hours of time and enable you to animate with an ease you have only ever fantasized about.
	www.winsite.com /bin/Info?500000016029 (109 words)

	Stop-Animation . Net
		We are dedicated to providing great stop-motion animation with the highest quality platform to leverage the Web to market and deliver your services around the world around the clock.
		Stop-Motion Animation is part of the Ad Producer.com/Entertainment Producer.com Global Network.
		If you want to hire a stop motion animator now, you can click on the Producers' Job Form to post the specifics of your job.
	stop-motionanimation.net (154 words)

	Gamasutra - Postcard from GDC 2004: Production Keynote: GDC 2004 Visual Arts Keynote: The History of Animation
		Tippett then rolled a video montage of examples in the history of animation, which included chapter stops during which he contextualized the material.
		Tippett explained that one of his pet peeves is that the large-scale mass-market animation in the U.S. is virtually always cute, involving anthropomorphic animals and so forth.
		This sequence led naturally into his presentation of computer-generated animation, featuring clips of the Genesis planet proposal from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the stained-glass knight from Young Sherlock Holmes, the water tentacle from The Abyss, and the T-1000 from Terminator 2.
	www.gamasutra.com /gdc2004/features/20040326/postcard-moledina_01.shtml (612 words)

	At Last, Foam Puppet Fabrication Explained!
		While these two animation disciplines require talent and drive to achieve successful animation, stop-motion is unique in the animation field in that it encompasses a number of disciplines to achieve a final end.
		This principle of creature design plus character animation is, in some ways, rather similar to the film music principle, which states that if, for example, two lovers are kissing, then coupling that image with romantic music will heighten the affectation (emotion) of the scene.
		While it certainly isn't necessary for a single individual to master all of these disciplines (and there are few stop-motion animators who have), there is no reason why one cannot attempt to do so, and have fun in the process.
	www.awn.com /mag/issue2.11/2.11pages/2.11briertonani.html (3829 words)

	Variety.com - Cutting-edge toons to S.F.
		Selick said the basic principle of stop-motion animation "was discovered a long time ago in 'King Kong.' We've just taken it to a new level.
		But the bread-and-butter at Selick Projects was MTV, for which he did about 20 short pieces from 1987-90, culminating in the short "Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions," a combo of live-action, stop-motion and cut-out animation.
		At the start of his career, "I focused on the drawn animation, because that's where all the work was," Selick explains.
	www.variety.com /article/VR116998 (775 words)

	Animateclay.com
		We have openings for intermediate and senior stop motion animators for August.
		Starting in August there will be openings for stop motion animators according to what we found below:
		Animators will be responsible for character performances and continuity in the series.
	www.animateclay.com /print.php?sid=28 (72 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > The Black Scorpion > Printer Friendly
		Stop-motion animators with a second camera sometimes tried to double their usable footage by running both while working, but many shots in The Black Scorpion are recycled by being repeated as optical blowups.
		The animation is ambitious and grandiose, with as many as three scorpions on screen at a time moving their 24 legs in staccato steps.
		The finale in a Mexico City stadium is an excuse to pull out all the stops, with the surviving giant scorpion (who has thoughtfully killed the others, we're told) battling trucks, tanks and helicopters.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=7981 (1580 words)

	Animation Toolworks - What Stop Motion Animators Are Saying
		Animation Toolworks - What Stop Motion Animators Are Saying
		"[the LunchBox has] definitely saved stop motion, especially in commercial work.
		I kid you not- to the Animation community you guys are heroes
	www.lunchboxsync.com /quo_stopmo.html (507 words)

	CGTalk - Any stop motion animators here?
		I noticed someone else asking about stop motion books and I mentioned the one by the guys at Aardman.
		I must say I've gained a huge amount of respect for stop motion animation.
		So, I've done a little stop motion in the past, but now I'm working on a stop motion gig and so I'm a little more serious.
	forums.cgsociety.org /printthread.php?t=96572 (435 words)

	To Start Information About Stop Motion Animation
		Stop motion animation using puppets, clay animation and CGI.
		Stop Motion Works :: Stop Motion Animation Resource!
		...changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result.....use of several different media to convey information (text, audio, graphics,...
	www.nextwave.com.au /information-about-stop-motion-animation.php (184 words)

	Stop Motion Books
		If you are using the molding and foam casting method to create your Stop Motion animation puppets, you would sculpt your puppets in Plasticene (oil based clay) and not polymer clays.
		Again, I attempted to list books that could relate to Stop Motion; but just learning a few tricks or tips from a book is maybe worth the purchase.
		You have to research other fields, crafts and disciplines and then adapt or modify those other techniques for use in Stop Motion.
	www.stopmotionworks.com /books.htm (498 words)

	Animators Web Ring
		You must have done original animations or some kind of work in the animation field whether working on professional projects or your own independent work.
		Animation is a Universal Language, so whether you are from Germany, France, Spanish speaking countries, etc.....everyone is invited!
		This ring has all talent levels.....some who have worked on professional Film or TV projects, animation students and also self taught animators.
	www.stopmotionworks.com /animatorsring.htm (676 words)

	7_10.html
		Anthony Scott recently directed animation for the Kid’s WB!’s new stop motion series Phantom Investigators, and is currently working with Clokey Productions on new Gumby and Davey and Goliath projects.
		Though, if you’re a stop motion animator in say, Boise Idaho, you might as well be dousing the family feline in watercolors.
		There are not many stop-motion animators so people who are serious about it can feel very isolated.
	www.animationmagazine.net /internet/7_10.html (707 words)

	Brickfilms.com
		We are a community dedicated to the art of stop motion animation.
		Our main focus is the animation of plastic building toys, or bricks (LEGO, Mega Bloks, Best-Lock etc), which we call "brickfilms" (these films are also commonly called "LEGO Movies").
		On this site you will find a searchable directory of hundreds of films, contests, a busy forum, and great resources to help animators of any level in the creation of their movies.
	www.brickfilms.com (430 words)

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