stop-animation

 

Techniques and Development of stop-motion animation. 

Stop motion animation has a history in film, it was used to show objects moving. the first stop motion technique can be credited to Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton for The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1897). The Humpty Dumpty Circus is a toy circus of acrobats where the animals come to life.

In 1902 the film Fun in a Bakery Shop directed by Edwin S Porter used the trick technique in the 'lightning sculpting" sequence.

The trip to the moon ( Le Voyage dans la lune) in 1902 Georges Melies used true stop motion motion to produce moving title-card letters for one of his short films below but never took advantage of the process for any other films. The film was written and directed by Georges assisted by his brother.

 

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces is a silent cartoon directed by James Stuart Blackton released in 1906. The short film is generally regarded by film historians as the first animated film.

 

Willis O'brien was an Irish American motion picture special effects and stop-animation pioneer who was responsible for some of the best -known images in cinema history and is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925) King Kong (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949)