stop-motion

Objects are moved slightly between exposures. This topic is part of Film within Movies & Television. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.

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Stop-motion animation creates movement by photographing objects how?

Answer: One frame at a time

Bonus fact: Objects are moved slightly between exposures.

Which material is commonly used in clay-based stop-motion?

Answer: Modeling clay

Bonus fact: Clay animation is often called claymation.

What 1933 film used pioneering stop-motion effects to animate a giant ape?

Answer: King Kong

Bonus fact: Willis O'Brien's effects were groundbreaking.

How does stop-motion filmmaking make inanimate objects appear to move?

Answer: One frame at a time after small movements

Bonus fact: The objects appear to move when frames are played rapidly.

Which Neil Gaiman story did Selick adapt into a stop-motion film?

Answer: Coraline

Bonus fact: Coraline was released in 2009.

Who directed the stop-motion film Fantastic Mr. Fox?

Answer: Wes Anderson

Bonus fact: BFI lists George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Jason Schwartzman among the featured voice cast.

Who directed the stop-motion fantasy film Coraline?

Answer: Henry Selick

Bonus fact: BFI lists Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher among the featured voice performers.

Which actress voices the title character in Coraline?

Answer: Dakota Fanning

Bonus fact: BFI identifies Coraline as a stop-motion feature from LAIKA.

What animation technique photographs physical objects one frame at a time while moving them slightly between frames?

Answer: Stop-motion

Bonus fact: Stop-motion creates movement from real objects or models.

Which material is famously used in clay animation?

Answer: Modeling clay

Bonus fact: Claymation is a popular form of stop motion.

Henry Selick is best known for directing what animation technique?

Answer: Stop-motion animation

Bonus fact: Selick has directed several major stop-motion features.

What is the main purpose of a vehicle brake?

Answer: Slow or stop motion

Bonus fact: Brakes convert motion into heat through friction or other mechanisms.

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