The Pioneers Of Stop Motion Animation

The very first usage of stop motion animation was  performed by Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton  in their film ‘The Humpty Dumpty Circus’ in 1897. This film involved a toy circus and toy animals that were animated.

Edward J. Muybridge was the one of the first pioneers of stop motion animation and he used a series of photographs of a horse’s gallop to prove that horses are airborne for short periods of time while galloping.

Another early use of stop motion animation was in the popular film ‘Fun in a Bakery Shop’ in 1902.

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One of the very first uses of clay animation as created by the first female animated, Helena Smith dayton. She released a film in 1917 named Romeo and Juliet.

One of the biggest animators who used stop motion animation was Willis O’brien who worked on the animation ‘The lost world’ in 1925. This animation features around 50 different prehistoric creatures. He was mostly famed by his work on the movie ‘King kong in 1933’ which is a milestone of his achievements.

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