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Stop motion

Stop motion (also known as stop frame animation or object animation) is an animated filmmaking and special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames is played back. Any kind of object…

History, Stop motion in other media & Variants

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Comparison to computer-generated imagery

Stop motion in other media

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Stop motion

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related to 1960s and 1970s · 49
Stop motion → An, Animagic, Arichan, Arthur Rankin Jr, Ballad, Bear, British, China, Comin, Danish, Dentsu, Due, He, Here Comes Peter Cottontail, His, His Magic Machine, In, Inc, Japan, Japanese
related to 1930s and 1940s · 42
Stop motion → Academy Award, And, Bartholomew Cubbins, Beanstalk, Best Animated Short Films, Dr, Fox, French, George Pal, German, Hats, Haunted House, He, Hollywood, Hungarian-American, In, In Europe, Inky-Poo, Jam, Jasper
related to 1950s · 24
Stop motion → An Opera Fantasy, Argonauts, Beneath, Clash, Engelbert Humperdinck's, Fathoms, Gretel, Hansel, Harryhausen, Hänsel, It, It Came, Jason, Mighty Joe Young, O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Sea, Sinbad, The, The Beast
related to Stereoscopic · 24
Stop motion → Alexander Lentjes, Also, Another, CGI, Coraline, December, Elmer Kaan, Giant Robots, Henry Selick, In Tune With Tomorrow, John Norling, Motor Rhythm, Neil Gaiman's, Nintendo, Outer Space, ParaNorman, Paul Sprunck, Sam Space, Stop, Stop-Motion
related to Go motion · 18
Stop motion → Another, Christopher Reeve, Dinosaur, Dragonslayer, Fox, Go, Jurassic Park, Monoclonius, Phil Tippett, Prehistoric Beast, RoboCop, The Empire Strikes Back, The Tale, Those Phil Tippett's, Tippett, Tyrannosaurus, With, Władysław Starewicz
related to 1849 to 1895: Before film · 12
Stop motion → Before, Charles Wheatstone, Fantascope, He, In, Joseph Plateau, Plateau, The, These, Until, Wheatstone, Wheatstone's
related to Stop motion in other media · 12
Stop motion → Best Short Form Music, Grammy Award, Her Morning Elegance, January, Lavie, Many, Merav Nathan, Singer-songwriter Oren Lavie's, The, Video, YouTube, Yuval
related to 1895–1928: The silent film era · 10
Stop motion → Edison Manufacturing Company's, Extant, Helena Smith-Dayton, In, It, Mary Stuart, Stop, The, The Execution, Whether
related to Comparison to computer-generated imagery · 9
Stop motion → CGI, Guillermo, Henry Selick, Pinocchio, The, This, Tim Burton, Toro, Travis Knight
related to External links · 5
Stop motion → European Film Gateway, Hänschens Soldaten, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
paperinstance ofStop motion of flat materials0.80text
fabrics or photographs is usually called cutout animationinstance ofStop motion of flat materials0.80text
the zoetrope.In 1849instance ofanimation could only be presented via mechanisms0.80text
Joseph Plateau published a note about improvements for his Fantascopeinstance ofanimation could only be presented via mechanisms0.80text
Philipsinstance ofIn Europe he mainly worked on promotional films for companies0.80text
The Little Drummer Boyinstance ofwith titles0.80text
Stop motionrelated to 1849 to 1895: Before filmBefore0.60section
Stop motionrelated to 1849 to 1895: Before filmThese0.60section
Stop motionrelated to 1849 to 1895: Before filmUntil0.60section
Stop motionrelated to 1849 to 1895: Before filmIn0.60section
Stop motionrelated to 1849 to 1895: Before filmJoseph Plateau0.60section
Stop motionrelated to 1849 to 1895: Before filmFantascope0.60section

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    Stop motion

    Nodes358
    Edges357
    Triples217
    Avg. degree1.99
    Density0.005587
    Components1
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