Ray Harryhausen was a true pioneer of early stop-motion, and his work on Jason and the Argonauts is a testament to his genius. His innovative dynamic movement and special effects established a gold ...

It begins with preproduction, crafting your story and characters on paper long before you start making physical models. It ...

All aspects of stop-motion animation will be covered, including puppet construction, animation, lighting, shooting, compositing and editing. Through lecture and demonstration, we will cover ...

Merlin Crossingham is an animation director who has worked at Aardman animations for the last 12 years on films such as Chicken Run and Curse of the Were Rabbit. Stop motion animation can be a ...

The first half of the semester consists of weekly exercises in which students explore various styles and methods of animation including optical toys, stop motion, traditional drawn, and 2D digital ...

There’s a reason why we all unilaterally think about classic Christmas Rankin/Bass productions when we’re discussing stop-motion animation, and that’s because the duo’s best specials never ...

A stop-motion film written and directed by Ainslie Henderson (previously ... The short film is a BAFTA nominee and was recognized as the Best British Film at the London International Animation ...

Jack Frost has a special place in several holiday lovers' hearts given its ability to make a lesser-known Christmas figure's story come to life in a memorable tale about ... think about classic ...

For years, before the stop-motion animation wizards of England’s Aardman Animations introduced themselves to a mass audience with the feature film “Chicken Run” in 2000, they had been delighting fans ...

From the time Stephen Hillenburg created Spongebob Squarepants, in 1994, the sassy pants-wearing sea sponge has embodied an anything-goes attitude. For Nickelodeon executive producers Marc ...

The stop-motion animated film, coming to Netflix on Jan. 3, is full of elaborate inventions and delightful sprinkles of wit, ...

Interestingly, Ben's daydreams materialize as 2D hand-drawn animation which maintains ... the 2D visions and the tangible figures. At one point, stop-motion Ben interacts with an imaginary 2D ...