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Guillermo del Toro is a fan. The Oscar-winning director behind Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy, and The Shape of Water, as well as ...
The stop-motion films “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Wendell & Wild,” and “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” were all released in 2022, which is rare since the techniques used to ...
Although stop motion has existed since the dawn of cinema, it became more common for full-length features in the 1990s. Its unique tactile charm continues to captivate audiences today.
To ensure that wasn’t the case, he enlisted independent stop-motion storyteller Kirsten Lepore as his animation director to lend her expertise to the meticulous frame-by-frame technique.
The Pirate Captain, the lead swashbuckler voiced by Hugh Grant in the new stop-motion animated film”The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” possesses an overweening sense of optimism and some ...
This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in ...
Stop motion animation is often called a lost art, as doing it (or at least, doing it well) is incredibly difficult and time consuming. Every detail on the screen, no matter how minute, has to be pl… ...
The first stop-motion film was made in 1898, but the technique was largely replaced by hand-drawn celluloid animation by the 1920s. Stop motion was deemed too time consuming: ...
MEAGAN CIGNOLI: Stop motion has a very playful quality but also the element of surprise. HAYLEY MORRIS: Stop motion appealed to me because you can make your own characters. You can make your own sets.
Junk Head, a stop-motion sci-fi odyssey produced by director Takahide Hori over seven years, is one of the best-kept secret gems available to watch online.
The stop-motion used in “The Primevals” conjures up an earlier era of filmmaking, before computer-generated imagery took over visual effects.
Stop-motion animation is a time-consuming method with a rich history dating back to 1898 - a key aspect of bringing unique stories to life. Films like Wallace & Gromit and Coraline showcase the ...