Pioneers and Developments of Stop motion

Pioneers and Developments of Stop Motion

Early Pioneers

Joseph Plateau:

Joseph Plateau was  Belgian physicist, and was one of the first people to demonstrate illusion. he used a phenakistiscope.

all the artwork in this piece, and the rest of his animation is very detailed, This ensures that his animation is as realistic as possible.

 

William Horner

William Horner was a animator pioneer who made the Zoetrope in 1834. Zoetropes are devices that give you a clear image though rapid spinning, which causes an almost fluent image. In this video you can see a zoetrope in action and you can see it is more fluent then a Penakistiscope.

Chritiaan Huygens

Christiaan was the true inventor of the Magic Lantern, "In a letter to his brother, Christiaan claimed he thought that it would harm his families reputation if everyone found out that the lantern came from him." (Wikipedia)

Developers

Willis H. O'Brien


Willis Harold O'Brien was an American Stop Motion Specialist and was a help in a lot of the major films of the time period, for example King Kong (1933) and The Lost World (1925).


Ray Harryhausen


Raymond Harryhausen was an American-British artist, designer , visual effects creator and producer, Ray was the creator of the stop motion technique called 'Dynamation'. "He also worked on many Great movies of the time period including Mighty Joe Young (1949) with Willis Harold O'Brien, which won the Academy Award For Best Visual Effects." (Wikipedia)

 

Jan Svankmajer

Jan Švankmajer is a Czech Film maker who has influenced many current film makers, His animation life really started from when he was given a puppet theatre for Christmas, and since then he had been very passionate for puppetry and stop motion. He has worked on many films, one of the most popular being Alice.

 

Contemporary Practitioners  

Tim Burton

Tim Burton is an American director, Producer, writer, artist and animator; he is known for his dark and gothic style, and is the director and animator for many famous films. Some being The nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns.

Aardman

Aardman is a British animation company based in Bristol, and is one of the most popular stop motion company, with a worldwide making of $973.2 million, you can easily see that everything Aardmen touches is a masterpiece.

The Brothers Quay

The Quay Brothers are identical twins that were born in Norristown, Pennsylvania; they are one of the top tier animators in the game. They have been the creator of many amazing pieces of art.