ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates the infinite possibilities that continue to unfold in photographic frame-by-frame non-puppet stop motion. Soon after its introduction, filmmaking started to expand its repertoire and the "fantastic" became a possibility in storytelling. Single-frame filmmaking has been around as long as film itself. The idea of fooling or tricking the eye has always been fascinating to people and the manipulation of live-action filming was the origin of this technique. The most common form of stop motion that is recognized today is model or puppet stop motion. This is when figurative models are fabricated and animated frame by frame to create a narrative or experimental approach. The nontraditional or alternative use of stop motion utilizes people, objects, various materials like sand, clay, and paper, and often a mixture of these and other elements as the objects to be animated. The most common of the nontraditional alternative stop-motion techniques is known as "pixilation".
