Stop Motion: Difference between revisions

The models used can be made of anything, from hard plastic to foam rubber to metal. Rogue independent animator [http://www.wizworld.com/ [Mike Jittlov]] has been known to animate anything and everything with Stop Motion, including himself (see his famous shorts "''Fashionation"'', "''The Wizard of Speed and Time"'' and "''Mouse Mania"'').

At one time, this was the default method for producing a non-human charactercharacters in special effects, along with puppetry. Stop motion characters would be matted into shots along with live actors. [[Ray Harryhausen]] was a leading practitioner and innovator of the art; his last stop-motion film was 1981's ''[[Clash of the Titans]].'' The technique has been supplanted almost entirely by CGI from the 1980's on.

Stop motion animation can be done on ''live actors'' as well -- in this case it's called ''pixilation''. (Not to be confused with [[Pixellation]].) Pixilation can make certain scenes very surrealistic, and can be used to create some cheap special effects (e.g. it can be used to make an actor appear as if he were levitating). In this form, the Scottish-Canadian animator, Norman McLaren, is generally considered the master, although American amateur film maker [[Mike Jittlov]] has an immense following here as well.