VFX Voice Magazine: Stop-motion might be one of the oldest kinds of filmmaking effects, but it doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down. That’s partly because of continual developments in stop-motion techniques and technologies. For example, the past few years have seen radical advancements in 3D printing, filming animation with digital cameras, and combining practical sets and puppets with digital effects.
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So when I was growing up, I always found stop motion to be really unsettling. I remember how watching movies like Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline felt like an out of body experience, and not just because of the content of the movies. Though I still find these movies kind of uncomfortable to watch, I can certainly appreciate the artistry that goes into them. Making one figure or mini environment at the level of the work done for this movie would take me a while, so its unbelievable to read how many sets and models were created for the seemingly minimalistic animation style of the Shaun the Sheep franchise. Probably the most interesting part of this article for me is reading about how the people creating the stop motion frames with the models work from pre-animated content, and then the stop motion frames are reanimated to give them life and personality. I guess it makes sense and probably lends itself to an easier overall process, but I don't think that pre-animation is what most people would expect was behind the making of a stop motion movie. It almost feels like changing it to stop motion might be a step backwards in that case, but the notoriety of this stop motion style is what draws audiences to the franchise time and time again.
I feel like all of my adolescent years have been formed by watching stop-motion animation entertainment - my brothers and I have most definitely seen every episode and special of Shaun the Sheep. This meant that this article first and foremost brought to my attention the fact that a new movie is coming out. I really enjoy the simplicity of storylines that come from the Aardman company. Even though this will be a more involved concept there is something very simplistic about farm animals and their version of domestic life - I really enjoy this, so I will look forward to the new movie. The time that goes into bringing life to these characters and places is incredible, and I feel, very often overlooked. These artists have to pinpoint each detail about what makes an action, an emotion, and so on. The patience and talent these people must have is something I cannot even begin to fathom.
Stop motion has always been wild to me. I could never imagine an entire movie being filmed in that way and how long that would take. I never really thought that this was still happening in film as opposed to regular computer animation, but I could see how this industry would be sort of flourishing with the rise of 3D printing and other related modeling technologies. It’s really amazing to see something that was a part of all of our childhoods move into this more modern and technologically advanced industry and how it progressed through time. Currently I am taking digiTOOL where we are learning how to 3D model and print so this, for me, is very cool to see how it is being applied in so many different ways in the real world. I am excited to see what the future holds for stop motion and what we will see in the coming years.
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