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DEFINITIONS

Stop frame

This is a way of making a physical objet appear as if it is moving.

Through the use of the many photos moving it a little bit at one time.

This is used in such films like Wallace and Gromit.

FRAME RATES

Frames rates are the number of images per second, the average is set at 24 frames rates per second. The higher the rater the smoother the film.

PERSISTENCE OF VISION

Persistence of vision is the phenomenon of the eye. The eye perceives something to be moving i.e. flicker book or a zoetrope.

Pioneers

Edward Muybridge William Horner

WILLIAM HORNER

William Horner was an animation pioneer. He created the the Zoetrope in 1834.

This invention made animation easier to see because it used small slits on the side of the drum which a person could look inside and see the image moving. He was responsible for inspiring further developments in animation.

EDWARD MUYBRIDGE

This was the basis of the flip books Without being stapled together

DEVELOPERS OF THE OF ANIMION

Ray Harryhausen Jon Svankmaer

RAY HARRYAUSEN

Ray H, began the trend of stop motion effects for creative sequences in live action, with films such as Star wars in the 1980’s.

In 1953 he created special effects for the Beast 20,000 Fathoms. He learned a technique called Split Screen which inserted beast into real world backgrounds.

He was also renowned for creating the 7th Voyage of Sinbad. He often worked alone and his films could take as long as two years to create, a famous example of this was a skeleton sword fight in Jason and the Argonauts, in this he shot no more than 13 frames a day.

The 60’s saw some of his best years including One million BC and Sinbad the Eye of the Tiger.

JAN ŠVANKMAJER

• He started out using puppets he got at Christmas with a puppet studio.

• 1988 he made Alice in Wonderland

• He is due to release a new movie in 2015

CONTEMPORIES ANIMATION

Tim Burton Aardmananimation

TIM BURTON

What Tim Burton has produced in animation.

Nightmare Before Christmas- 1993Corpse Bird – 2005 Frankenweenie_(2012 film) WaltDisney Pictures

AARDMEN ANIMATION

The two founders of Aardmen were Peter Lord and David Sproxman in 1972.

Their first work was for the BBC for a series for deaf children. Called Vision On. They later created a character called Morph. In 1997 Aardmen and Dreamworks got together to create Chicken Run, this as their first feature film.

In 2006 the pair split and did not renew their contract. In 2007 they signed a contract with Sony, their first feature 3D film was Arthur Christmas.

From December 2008, Aardman also started posting various flash games on Newgrounds, these were based on the characters Wallace and Gomit

TOP FIVE AARDMAN STOP FRAME RELEASES

STOP FRAME CHARACTERS