Stop Motion/ Stop Frame
Stop motion (more commonly known as 'stop frame') is a type of animation that takes an object and is physically manipulated to make the object look like it is moving on its own.
The Persistence of Vision
A term used often in the topic of stop-motion is 'the persistence of vision'. The concept of this is that basically the eyes paired with the brain can only register several images at a time. If those images are shown to the viewer quickly and consistently, the images will give off the illusion that they are moving. If the images are shown at the right speed they will flow together smoothly and will show smooth movement.
Frame Rate
The frame rate or FPS (frames per second) is basically the frequency that frames are displayed on things like TV, video or film.
For motion picture film, the standard FPS is 24 frames per second. Having a slower rate would speed up the film when projected and having a faster rate would slow down the film when projected.
For digital video and television, there's three main frame rates: 24, 25 and 30 frames per second.
Development
- Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen, born June 29th 1920, was an important man in the film industry. His first ever film was released when he was only 15 years old. He was an American visual effects creator and was especially known for his stop motion animations.
His stop motion was involved in such films as 'Mighty Joe Young' (1949), which he won an Academy Award for the Best Visual Effects, 'Earth vs The Flying Saucers' (1956), 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' (1958), 'Mysterious Island' (1961).
A more modern film he applied stop motion to was the popular Christmas film, 'Elf' (2003).
Ray Harryhausen sadly died in May 2013 at the tender age of 93 in his London home from natural causes. Popular films and directors such as the movie Monsters Inc., and the director Tim Burton, have made tributes to Harryhausen by involving his name in the movies and music.
- Tim Burton
Timothy (Tim) Walter Burton is one of the world's most well known writers, directors and stop motion artists. He created movies such as Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (both Johnny Depp films).
In terms of his stop motion animation movies, he has created several world known classics. These include;
The Nightmare before Christmas (1993)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Frankenweenie (2012)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Vincent (1982) and many more...
Burton has won a Future Film Festival Digital Award for Corpse Bride. He was also nominated for the EDA Award in 2012 for Frankenweenie.
- Lumiere Brothers
The Lumiere Brothers, otherwise known as Auguste Marie (19th October 1862) and Louis Nicolas 10th April 1954) were the first credited filmmakers in history. They created a film called "Train Entering the Gare de Giotat" (1895). When shown to an audience, it caused some of them to faint with fear as the train loomed from the screen into the theatre auditorium.
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