STOP-MOTION

STOP-MOTION

The invention of photography and moving pictures aided in the development of animation

1906 J. Stuart Blackton made the first animated film.

•He drew faces on board

•Photographed them onto film

•Ran the film sequentially to show the faces

•Titled the film: “Humorous Phases of Funny Phases”

•It is considered stop-motion

 Stop-motion is  the basis of animation. Stop-motion is a form of animation that relies on photographs of still objects to create movement. Objects are manipulated and photographed sequentially. When the photographs move together in a quick sequence (like in a film) it creates the illusion of movement.  This is similar to the way a flip-book works.

Clay figures are often used in stop-motion for their ease of repositioning. Stop-motion animation using clay is called clay-mation.

From Stop-Motion to Cartoons

Artists began to realise that by drawing and using the stop-motion animation technique they could create seamless animation.

In 1914 Winsor McCay, using drawing and the stop-motion technique, created the first character-based cartoon called “Gertie the Dinosaur”

“Gertie the Dinosaur,” which is only approximately 5 minutes long, contains 10,000 drawings.