Stop Motion Animation

STOP MOTION ANIMATION

byMegan

Poulton

HISTORY OF MOVING IMAGE

Persistence of Vision Frame rates Technology

VARIATIONS OF STOP MOTION

Stereoscopic 3D stop motionGo motion

PIONEERS Simon von Stampfer Joseph Plateau William Horner Emile ReynaudEadweard MuybridgeAnd others

SIMON VON STAMPFER

Born October 26th 1792Austrian mathematician Benedictine Monastery of Kremsmunster Stroboscopic discs

JOSEPH PLATEAU

Born October 14th 1801Belgian physicist Ill through trauma Blinded during an experiment Phenakistoscope

WILLIAM HORNER

Born sometime in 1786British mathematicianEstablished a school Horner’s Method Zoetrope

EMILE REYNAUD

Born December 8th 1844 French science teacher Created animated cartoons Praxinoscope

EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE

Born April 9th 1830English photographerChanged his nameSpent much of his time in America Zoopraxiscope

THOMAS EDISON

Born February 11th 1847Famous American inventor First to apply principles of ‘mass production’ Great influence on the first motion picture camera

THE LUMIERE BROS

Auguste and Louis Lumiere Born October 19th 1962 and October 5th 1964 History’s earliest filmmakersInfluenced by Emile Reynaud Refused to sell their cameras to other filmmakers

GEORGE PAL

Born, Gyorgy Pal Marczinsak, February 1st 1908Hungarian-born American animator Immigrated at 32 to work for Paramount PicturesFamous for his work with sci-fi and fantasy

BIRTH OF STOP MOTION

J. Stuart Blackton (1875 – 1941)The Humpty Dumpty Circus

CONTEMPORARIES

Henry Selick Tim Burton

HENRY SELICK

Born November 30th 1952American stop-motion director Interested in animation from young age Nominated for a Student Academy Award whilst studyingWorked for Disney

TIM BURTON

Born August 25 1958 America director, writer and artistInfluenced by Edgar Allen Poe and Alfred Hitchcock “My films are like

strange children”

CORALINE

2009 children’s horror, directed by Henry Selick Novel by Neil Gaiman 450 workers 150 setsSimilarities to Burton’s work

CORPSE BRIDE

2005 film, directed by Tim Burton Shot with Canon EOS-1D Mark II digital SLRs Created for Helena Bonham Carter Jewish folklore

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS

1993, Selick and Burton film Based on a poemOver a decade to come to life 227 puppets 400+ heads

FRANKENWEENIE

Upcoming 2012 film Parody200 puppets usedHuman hair Release date

WHY I LIKE STOP MOTION

Childlike aspects Beautifully doneNatural 3-D effect Not computer generated