ABSTRACT
Stop motion is an umbrella term for several techniques, which are all based on the fact that mostly real-built objects are manipulated frame by frame. Of all the animation techniques, stop motion is the one most similar to a live-action film shoot, especially in the version of puppet animation. Physical sets must be built, painted and illuminated. The animation is filmed with real cameras with single frame release. Stop motion requires very complex expertise by the animator or/and must be implemented with a multi-talented team. Stop motion is not just referring to the animation with puppets a la Wallace and Gromit. It is the general term for any frame-by-frame animation of everything one can place and move in front of a camera. The boundary to 2D animation can be fluid, since one can also cut out a drawn 2D animation from paper and animate it in a stop motion procedure as a constructed layer in space/lying flat.
