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Stop Motion Animation

Stop Motion Animation. by Megan Poulton . History of moving image . Persistence of Vision Frame rates Technology . Variations of Stop Motion. Stereoscopic 3D stop motion Go motion . Pioneers. Simon von Stampfer Joseph Plateau William Horner Emile Reynaud Eadweard Muybridge

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Stop Motion Animation

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  1. Stop Motion Animation by Megan Poulton

  2. History of moving image • Persistence of Vision • Frame rates • Technology

  3. Variations of Stop Motion • Stereoscopic 3D stop motion • Go motion

  4. Pioneers • Simon von Stampfer • Joseph Plateau • William Horner • Emile Reynaud • Eadweard Muybridge • And others

  5. Simon Von Stampfer • Born October 26th 1792 • Austrian mathematician • Benedictine Monastery of Kremsmunster • Stroboscopic discs

  6. Joseph Plateau • Born October 14th 1801 • Belgian physicist • Ill through trauma • Blinded during an experiment • Phenakistoscope

  7. William Horner • Born sometime in 1786 • British mathematician • Established a school • Horner’s Method • Zoetrope

  8. Emile Reynaud • Born December 8th 1844 • French science teacher • Created animated cartoons • Praxinoscope

  9. Eadweard Muybridge • Born April 9th 1830 • English photographer • Changed his name • Spent much of his time in America • Zoopraxiscope

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

  11. The Lumiere Bros • Auguste and Louis Lumiere • Born October 19th 1962 and October 5th 1964 • History’s earliest filmmakers • Influenced by Emile Reynaud • Refused to sell their cameras to other filmmakers

  12. George Pal • Born, Gyorgy Pal Marczinsak, February 1st 1908 • Hungarian-born American animator • Immigrated at 32 to work for Paramount Pictures • Famous for his work with sci-fi and fantasy

  13. Birth of Stop Motion • J. Stuart Blackton (1875 – 1941) • The Humpty Dumpty Circus

  14. Contemporaries • Henry Selick • Tim Burton

  15. Henry Selick • Born November 30th 1952 • American stop-motion director • Interested in animation from young age • Nominated for a Student Academy Award whilst studying • Worked for Disney

  16. Tim Burton • Born August 25 1958 • America director, writer and artist • Influenced by Edgar Allen Poe and Alfred Hitchcock “My films are like strange children”

  17. Coraline • 2009 children’s horror, directed by Henry Selick • Novel by Neil Gaiman • 450 workers • 150 sets • Similarities to Burton’s work

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

  19. The Nightmare Before Christmas • 1993, Selick and Burton film • Based on a poem • Over a decade to come to life • 227 puppets • 400+ heads

  20. Frankenweenie • Upcoming 2012 film • Parody • 200 puppets used • Human hair • Release date

  21. Why I like stop motion • Childlike aspects • Beautifully done • Natural 3-D effect • Not computer generated

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