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The Dragonframe keypad is a small dedicated controller, sold by Dragonframe to licence holders and connected…
Published 2026-09-28 SC Scale control for miniature water camera / animating-water-stop-motionScale control for miniature water is the deliberate manipulation of flow, droplet breakup, surface…
Published 2026-08-16 S3 Stereoscopic 3D shooting and review tools in Dragonframe camera / dragonframeDragonframe's built-in software toolset for shooting and checking stereoscopic (3D) stop motion: an automated…
Published 2026-08-12 HR High-resolution RAW capture and video assist in stop motion camera / capture-technique; dragonframeHigh-resolution capture in stop motion separates the image used to animate from the image used to finish the…
Published 2026-08-11 BA Bluescreen and Chroma-Key Capture in Stop Motion cameraBluescreen or greenscreen capture photographs a stop-motion subject against a controlled chroma background so…
Published 2026-08-10 MC Motion-Control Camera Work in Stop Motion cameraMotion control uses a programmable mechanical camera rig to move the camera through a repeatable path during…
Published 2026-08-10 FP Focus pulling in stop motion camera / capture-techniqueFocus pulling in stop motion is the planned change of lens focus during a frame-by-frame shot so that the…
Published 2026-08-10 CM Camera movement in stop motion camera / miniature-cinematography; dragonframe-arc-motion-controlCamera movement in stop motion is the frame-by-frame design and execution of a changing camera position or…
Published 2026-08-07 DO Depth of field in miniature cinematography camera / miniature-cinematography; lens-selection-stop-motionDepth of field in miniature cinematography is the controlled range of distance that appears acceptably sharp…
Published 2026-08-07 FP Forced perspective for miniature sets camera / miniature-cinematography; miniature-setForced perspective is the deliberate arrangement of camera position, subject distance and set scale so that…
Published 2026-08-07 LB Lens breathing in stop-motion cinematography camera / lens-selection-stop-motion; depth-of-field-miniature-cinematographyLens breathing is the apparent change in image size or field of view that occurs when a lens changes focus.…
Published 2026-08-07 PN Production notes and metadata in Dragonframe camera / dragonframeThe set of Dragonframe tools -- the Notepad, and per-take/exposure/frame notes stored in a metadata text file…
Published 2026-07-31 CS Camera-body selection for stop-motion camera / capture-technique; miniature-cinematographyCamera-body selection for stop-motion is risk management over a shot that may remain physically locked for…
Published 2026-07-29 GL Guide layers: onion skin and reference footage in Dragonframe camera / dragonframeDragonframe's Guide Layers panel blends the live camera feed against an already-captured frame (onion skin)…
Published 2026-07-27 DC Dragonframe camera and lens support camera / dragonframeThe bounded set of camera hardware Dragonframe can drive directly from its capture timeline, organised by…
Published 2026-07-23 D Dragonframe camera / capture-techniqueIndustry-standard stop-motion animation software for Mac, Windows and Linux, widely used by major studios…
Published 2026-07-22 SM Stop Motion Studio (Cateater) camera / capture-techniqueStop Motion Studio is a consumer and education-market stop-motion app from the US developer Cateater LLC…
Published 2026-07-18 S( Stereoscopic (3D) stop-motion capture camera / capture-technique; miniature-cinematographyShooting a stop-motion frame twice from two known, fixed-offset camera positions -- one per eye -- so the…
Published 2026-07-12 AM Arc: motion control and robotic arms in Dragonframe camera / dragonframeArc is Dragonframe's motion-control workspace: it maps external hardware -- stepper-driven sliders and…
Published 2026-07-08 SV Stylization versus craft convention in stop-motion cinematography camera / miniature-cinematographyStop-motion cinematography carries an inherited convention -- harder, more sculptural, carefully motivated…
Published 2026-07-07 LS Lens selection for stop-motion capture camera / dragonframe; capture-techniqueChoosing a lens for stop-motion capture is governed by two constraints Dragonframe enforces rather than…
Published 2026-07-06 MC Miniature cinematography camera / capture-technique; miniature-setMiniature cinematography is the discipline of photographing small physical subjects so that they read as…
Published 2026-07-04animation
An animated loop is a short stop-motion sequence built as a cycle, so that its final frame flows back into…
Published 2026-09-27 SG Surface gauge animation / puppet-animation;timing-spacing-arcs-stop-motionA surface gauge is a machinist's marking and measuring stand — a heavy base carrying an adjustable rod with a…
Published 2026-09-24 MC Multi-animator character continuity in stop motion animation / performance-reference-stop-motionMulti-animator character continuity is the production discipline of making one stop-motion character retain a…
Published 2026-09-08 OI Observation-to-performance in stop-motion animation animation / puppet-animation; performance-animationObservation-to-performance is the stop-motion practice of studying real movement closely, selecting the small…
Published 2026-09-07 TS Timing, spacing and arcs in stop-motion animation animation / stop-motionTiming is how many frames an action takes and where its holds fall; spacing is how the individual…
Published 2026-09-05 AW Animating wind in stop motion animation / stop-motion-animationIn stop motion, wind is usually not an object to animate but a pattern of secondary motion carried by visible…
Published 2026-08-18 RA Rehearsal and blocking in stop motion animationRehearsal and blocking in stop motion are deliberately simplified test passes made before the final…
Published 2026-08-12 DT Dialogue Track Reading for Stop-Motion Animation animationDialogue track reading is the frame-by-frame breakdown of recorded speech into words, phonetic events,…
Published 2026-08-11 MB Motion blur and smear techniques in stop motion animation / stop-motionMotion blur and smear techniques in stop motion are the range of methods animators and cinematographers use…
Published 2026-08-11 PR Performance reference for stop motion animation / animationPerformance reference for stop motion is recorded acting, movement or timing material used to communicate a…
Published 2026-08-09 SP Straight-ahead performance and key-pose planning in stop-motion animation / stop-motion; on-twosHow stop-motion animators plan a performance despite the medium's straight-ahead constraint: because each…
Published 2026-08-06 DA Dialogue and lip-sync planning in Dragonframe's X-Sheet animation / dragonframeThe workflow, built into Dragonframe's Audio Workspace and X-Sheet, for breaking a pre-recorded dialogue…
Published 2026-07-17 ES Exposure sheet animation / on-twosAn exposure sheet (X-sheet, or dope sheet) is a grid-format planning and record-keeping tool used by…
Published 2026-07-01glossary
In stop-motion production, "animation director," "lead animator" and "supervising animator" name points on…
Published 2026-09-22 DO Director of photography (stop motion) glossary / stop-motion-glossary; miniature-cinematographyA stop-motion director of photography (also credited as cinematographer) carries the same core responsibility…
Published 2026-09-21 SG Stop-motion glossary glossary / stop-motion-production-mapThe glossary is the expandable index of stop-motion terms, job names, tools, materials, workflows and…
Published 2026-06-30technique
Strata-cut animation is a clay-animation technique in which a long, internally patterned “loaf” of clay --…
Published 2026-09-20 PA Pinscreen animation technique / stop-motionPinscreen animation is a stop-motion technique in which each photographed frame is formed not by a puppet or…
Published 2026-09-15 MA Model animation technique / stop-motionA sub-type of stop motion in which a rigid-armature miniature figure -- typically a creature or effects…
Published 2026-08-25 PA Papercraft animation technique / stop-motionA sub-type of stop motion in which the animated figures, props and sets are built as three-dimensional paper…
Published 2026-08-25 MS Mixed-media stop motion: designing the boundary between physical and graphic techniques technique / stop-motionMixed-media stop motion combines frame-by-frame photography of physical materials or objects with one or more…
Published 2026-08-12 FA Fluid-frame animation with sand, paint, clay, and carved material techniqueFluid-frame animation is an under-camera stop-motion approach in which the photographed image is made from…
Published 2026-08-10 MI Multiplane in stop motion technique / cutout-animation; silhouette-animationMultiplane is a set-and-camera technique that separates artwork, cutouts or set elements onto distinct planes…
Published 2026-08-02 OA Object animation technique / capture-technique; subjectA sub-type of stop motion in which everyday or found objects serve as the animated subject rather than a…
Published 2026-07-23 B Brickfilm technique / stop-motionA brickfilm is stop motion shot with a mass-produced construction-brick system and its companion minifigures…
Published 2026-07-15 SA Silhouette animation technique / stop-motion; cutout-animationA stop-motion sub-type in which figures are built and photographed as flat, fully opaque black shapes rather…
Published 2026-07-12 GM Go motion technique / stop-motionGo motion is a stop-motion variant in which a rod puppet, rigged to a motion-control system, is driven a…
Published 2026-07-11 CA Cutout animation technique / stop-motionA sub-type of stop motion in which flat figures and set pieces -- cut from paper, card, fabric or…
Published 2026-07-05 PA Puppet animation technique / stop-motionA sub-type of stop motion in which articulated puppet figures — typically built over a poseable armature —…
Published 2026-06-30 CA Clay animation technique / stop-motionA sub-type of stop motion in which animated subjects are built from malleable materials — typically…
Published 2026-06-29 P Pixilation technique / capture-techniqueA stop-motion technique in which live human actors are used as frame-by-frame subjects instead of…
Published 2026-06-28 RA Replacement animation technique / capture-techniqueA technique where expression, mouth shape or body parts are swapped between frames instead of deforming a…
Published 2026-06-17post
The step where a stop-motion scene leaves Dragonframe's per-frame capture environment and becomes part of a…
Published 2026-09-12 PM Practical-reference matching for digital extensions post / after-effects-compositing; stop-motion-production-mapPractical-reference matching for digital extensions is a stop-motion VFX workflow in which physical…
Published 2026-09-08 CL CG lighting integration in stop motion post / compositingCG lighting integration in stop motion is the digital-lighting stage used to make CG additions, extensions…
Published 2026-09-07 PS Puppet scanning for game-engine integration post / puppetPuppet scanning for game-engine integration is the practice of digitising a physical stop-motion puppet or…
Published 2026-09-07 CH Compositing human eyes onto puppet faces post / after-effects-compositingComposited human eyes is a stop-motion visual-effects technique in which a live actor's own eyes are filmed…
Published 2026-09-02 GA Generative AI as an internal pipeline tool at a stop-motion/VFX studio post / stop-motion-production-mapAt Tippett Studio -- Phil Tippett's practical-effects house, still shooting its own stop-motion features --…
Published 2026-08-19 SA Smoke and fog in stop motion post / compositingSmoke and fog in stop motion are atmosphere effects whose method should be chosen by the motion the shot…
Published 2026-08-16 UT UV-ink tracking for CG face replacement post / replacement-face-systemsA technique for driving a CG-generated mouth or face replacement on a stop-motion puppet without physically…
Published 2026-08-01 CM Colour management in Dragonframe (OCIO) post / dragonframeDragonframe's built-in colour management, added in software version 2024.05, uses OpenColorIO (OCIO) -- the…
Published 2026-07-23 RR Rig removal post / tie-down; after-effects-compositingRig removal is the post-production work of erasing every visible support a stop-motion puppet needed during…
Published 2026-07-15 AE After Effects compositing post / capture-techniqueAdobe After Effects used as the primary compositing and finishing environment for stop-motion…
Published 2026-06-28fabrication
Specialized puppet variants are multiple physical versions of the same stop-motion character built either so…
Published 2026-09-08 CA Costume as character storytelling in stop motion fabricationCostume character storytelling in stop motion is the design of a puppet's clothing as part of the character's…
Published 2026-09-08 MC Miniature costume fabrication fabrication / materialsMiniature costume fabrication is the design and construction of clothing for stop-motion puppets at a scale…
Published 2026-09-07 AH Animatable hair and fur fabrication fabrication / hair-materialsAnimatable hair and fur fabrication is the construction of miniature hair systems that do more than look…
Published 2026-09-07 MS Miniature scenic painting fabrication / materials; backgroundMiniature scenic painting is the production painting of stop-motion sets, props and sculpted assets so that…
Published 2026-09-07 QP Quadruped puppet armature design fabrication / armature; mechanical-puppetQuadruped puppet armature design is the engineering of an internal stop-motion skeleton for four-legged…
Published 2026-09-07 MS Material substitution in miniature fabrication fabrication / materialsMaterial substitution in miniature fabrication is the practice of choosing or transforming a material because…
Published 2026-09-07 RA Real-location-to-miniature adaptation fabrication / miniature-set; production-designReal-location-to-miniature adaptation is the production-design process of translating an existing full-scale…
Published 2026-09-07 CD Costume design as character storytelling fabrication / miniature-costume-fabricationCostume design as character storytelling is the use of a stop-motion puppet's clothing not only as surface…
Published 2026-09-07 FP Foam-carved puppet bodies with a stitched fabric skin fabrication / armatureA budget- and student-tier method of building a puppet's soft body: two blocks of upholstery foam are glued…
Published 2026-09-03 K Kitbashing fabrication / mechanical-puppetKitbashing is the practice of cutting apart commercial model kits and grafting the salvaged parts onto a…
Published 2026-09-01 MA Mould-making and casting for stop-motion puppets fabrication / puppetThe fabrication stage between sculpting and the finished puppet, where a one-off clay original is turned into…
Published 2026-08-28 DS Digital sculpting in ZBrush for stop-motion puppet design fabrication / digital-to-physical-puppet-fabricationDigital sculpting in ZBrush is the practice of authoring a stop-motion puppet's face, head, or body as a…
Published 2026-08-24 CF CG-groomed fur and silicone-cast creature fabrication fabrication / puppet; digital-to-physical-puppet-fabricationA hybrid stop-motion fabrication technique in which a creature's fur is designed first as a digital CG groom…
Published 2026-08-23 SD Set dressing for stop motion fabrication / set constructionSet dressing is the camera-facing preparation and maintenance of a stop-motion environment: assembling…
Published 2026-08-19 AD Animating dust in stop motion fabrication / physical-effects-scale-stop-motionDust in stop motion is an effects-animation problem in which a cloud, puff, trail or suspended particulate…
Published 2026-08-17 AS Animating smoke in stop motion fabrication / physical-effects-scale-stop-motionSmoke in stop motion is not one fixed material effect but a design problem: the production chooses whether…
Published 2026-08-16 AS Animating snow in stop motion fabrication / physical-effects-scale-stop-motionSnow in stop motion is a family of separate image-making problems rather than one material recipe. Ground…
Published 2026-08-16 DP Digital-to-physical puppet fabrication fabrication / puppet; fabricationDigital-to-physical puppet fabrication is a stop-motion production workflow in which character or part design…
Published 2026-08-16 AF Animating fire in stop motion fabrication / physical-effects-scale-stop-motionFire in stop motion is best treated as a coordinated animation, lighting and compositing problem rather than…
Published 2026-08-14 SP Scaling physical effects for miniature stop motion fabrication / miniature-setScaling physical effects for miniature stop motion means treating apparent scale as a designed interaction…
Published 2026-08-14 SA Stop-motion animation stage fabrication / miniature-setA stop-motion animation stage is the rigid, accessible platform and surrounding shooting space that supports…
Published 2026-08-14 AA Animator access in stop-motion set design fabrication / miniature-cinematography; miniature-setAnimator access in stop-motion set design is the deliberate engineering of miniature scenery so an animator,…
Published 2026-08-13 SP Stop-motion puppet maintenance and on-set repair fabrication / what-is-being-animatedStop-motion puppet maintenance is the production discipline of inspecting, repairing, cleaning, retensioning…
Published 2026-08-13 DP Duplicate puppets and asset replication for parallel stages fabrication / stop-motion-puppet-maintenanceDuplicate puppets are camera-matched copies of an approved stop-motion character built so more than one stage…
Published 2026-08-13 PP Paper-built puppets for stop motion fabricationPaper-built stop-motion puppets use paper or card as the visible character material while retaining the…
Published 2026-08-12 CE Costume engineering for stop-motion puppets fabricationCostume engineering for stop-motion puppets is the design and fabrication of miniature clothing that must…
Published 2026-08-12 RP Rapid prototyping: 3D-printed replacement faces fabrication / replacement-face-systemsRapid prototyping is the fabrication process, pioneered by LAIKA starting with Coraline (2009), of building a…
Published 2026-08-09 MF Mechanical facial controls fabrication / puppetMechanical facial controls are miniature internal mechanisms that let an animator reshape a stop-motion…
Published 2026-08-08 AS Art-department scheduling for a stop-motion TV series fabrication / miniature-set; stop-motion-production-mapArt-department scheduling in stop-motion television is the system that converts an episode order and shooting…
Published 2026-08-06
Practical fire effects in stop motion fabrication / miniature-set Practical fire effects are in-camera combustion events -- flames, sparks, embers, glowing trails --…
Published 2026-08-02 CC Cast clay over a floating armature: the Gumby method fabrication / armature; clay; claymation-vinton-clokeyA cast-clay puppet-building method, distinct from the sculpt-clay-onto-a-rigid-skeleton approach used on most…
Published 2026-07-25 AW Animating water in stop motion fabrication / scaling-miniature-physical-effectsAnimating water in stop motion means designing the visible behaviour of liquid for frame-by-frame photography…
Published 2026-07-22 RF Replacement face systems fabrication / replacement-animation; puppetA replacement face system is a fabrication and performance technique in which a puppet's face is built as an…
Published 2026-07-01 AT Animation table fabrication / miniature-set; tie-down; comparative-production-practiceAn animation table is the raised work surface or shooting stage on which a stop-motion set, puppet, tie-down…
English · 日本語 · Published 2026-06-30 MS Miniature set fabrication / backgroundA scaled-down physical environment built for stop-motion or special-effects photography. Miniature sets…
Published 2026-06-28 B Background fabrication / subjectA background in stop motion is the photographed environment around the animated subject: physical set…
Published 2026-06-17lighting
Parallel-stage lighting coordination is the production system used when a stop-motion feature photographs…
Published 2026-09-08 PF Physical fixture lockdown for stop-motion lighting lighting / lighting-continuityPhysical fixture lockdown is the stop-motion lighting practice of mechanically fixing lamps, stands, grip…
Published 2026-09-08 FC Flicker Control in Stop-Motion Capture lightingFlicker control in stop motion is the discipline of keeping frame-to-frame exposure, illumination and optical…
Published 2026-08-11 ML Multiple-exposure lighting passes in stop motion lightingMultiple-exposure lighting passes are a stop-motion capture method in which the same animation increment is…
Published 2026-08-10 LM Lighting miniatures: motivation, movement and continuity lighting / lighting; lighting-continuity; miniature-cinematographyMiniature lighting is the design of illumination for a frame-by-frame physical set where scale, long…
Published 2026-08-07 DL DMX lighting control in Dragonframe (DDMX-512) lighting / dragonframe; lighting-continuityThe DDMX-512 is Dragonframe's hardware interface for the DMX-512 lighting-control protocol: a USB-to-DMX…
Published 2026-08-03 LS Light-source spectrum for stop-motion lighting / lightingLight-source spectrum for stop-motion is the distribution of wavelengths a fixture sends onto puppets and…
Published 2026-07-29 LM Lighting miniature interiors lighting / lighting; lighting-continuityLighting a miniature interior means fitting a working lighting rig inside a set built at puppet scale, often…
Published 2026-07-06
Lighting continuity lighting / lighting; capture-technique Lighting continuity is the practice of making the light in a stop-motion shot repeat frame after frame unless…
Published 2026-06-29 L Lighting lighting / capture-techniqueLighting a stop-motion set means building a light rig that can hold its output dead steady across hundreds or…
Published 2026-06-17rigging
Oversized puppet support systems are stage-scale mechanisms that carry the weight of a stop-motion puppet too…
Published 2026-09-08 RP Robot-assisted puppet animation rigging / rigging; mechanical-puppetRobot-assisted puppet animation uses a powered support or motion-control system to carry, position, or move a…
Published 2026-09-08 EP External puppet support rigs rigging / tie-downAn external puppet support rig is a mechanical structure outside a stop-motion puppet that carries weight,…
Published 2026-08-18 BS Ball-joint support rig rigging / tie-down; flying-rigA rigging system distinct from both the tie-down and the flying rig: an articulated arm of stainless-steel…
Published 2026-08-12 FR Flying rig rigging / tie-downA flying rig is a rigging system -- typically fine wire or a rod running to an overhead track or off-camera…
Published 2026-07-02 T Tie-down rigging / puppet; armatureA system for anchoring a stop-motion puppet to the animation set between frames, preventing the figure from…
Published 2026-06-27workflow
Production-stage comparison is a way of exposing how one stop-motion shot changes across planning, physical…
Published 2026-09-08 ST Shot tracking and stage-integrated production management workflow / stop-motion-production-mapShot tracking and stage-integrated production management is the workflow that keeps each stop-motion shot,…
Published 2026-09-07 PA Photomatic: a physical, in-camera bridge from storyboard to stop-motion fabrication workflow / storyboard-and-animatic; previsualization-stop-motion-builds; stop-motion-production-mapA photomatic is a physical, in-camera stop-motion pre-production stage -- developed and named at Montreal's…
Published 2026-09-06 DA Directing and making at once: the dual-role director-maker on a small stop-motion production workflow / stop-motion-production-mapOn a small or independent stop-motion production, the director may also personally build puppets and sets,…
Published 2026-08-22 DP Digital previsualization before a physical stop-motion build workflow / storyboard-and-animatic; stop-motion-production-mapDigital previsualization, in a stop-motion context, is the practice of modelling a set, camera move, or rig…
Published 2026-08-05 SA Storyboard and animatic workflow / stop-motion-production-mapA storyboard sequences a script into individual drawn shots before a single frame of animation is exposed; an…
Published 2026-07-30 CP Comparative production practice workflow / stop-motion-production-mapComparative production practice describes how stop-motion working methods differ between countries,…
Published 2026-06-30 SP Stop-motion production map workflow / stop-motionA production map is the working table of contents for stop-motion craft: it follows the film from idea,…
Published 2026-06-30sound
Music scoring for stop-motion animation is the process of composing and recording a film's score against…
Published 2026-09-08 SD Sound design for stop motion sound / stop-motion-foley; vox-pop-unscripted-dialogue-stop-motionSound design for stop motion is the planning, recording, editing and mixing of dialogue, Foley, effects,…
Published 2026-08-09 RT Recording the voice track before the puppet moves soundIn a scripted stop-motion feature, actors record their dialogue in a booth against the finished script before…
Published 2026-08-08 VP Vox pop dialogue: animating to real, unscripted speech soundVox pop dialogue is a stop-motion sound technique in which real, unscripted speech -- an interview, an…
Published 2026-08-03 FA Foley and sound design for stop-motion puppets sound / soundFoley for stop-motion is the performed recording of footsteps, handling, cloth, body movement, props and…
Published 2026-07-03history
The Czech puppet-animation tradition is the lineage of frame-by-frame puppet filmmaking that grew out of…
Published 2026-09-02 SP Shanghai Puppet Animation Tradition historyThe Shanghai puppet-animation tradition is the stop-motion branch developed within the institution that…
Published 2026-08-11 PS Palestinian stop motion historyPalestinian stop motion is best understood not as a single studio style but as a distributed practice made by…
Published 2026-08-08 "L "Two Lineages of Stop-Motion: Eastern European Puppet Cinema and American Creature Effects" history / stop-motion-historyStop-motion history is best understood not as one technological ladder leading from crude puppets to digital…
Published 2026-07-11 "W "A World Map of Stop-Motion Traditions" history / stop-motion-history; two-lineages-of-stop-motion-effectsA global history of stop motion is not a ranking of countries or a single chain of inventions. It is a map of…
Published 2026-07-11 CC Claymation: Clokey, Vinton, and the Road to Laika history / clay-animation"Claymation" is not a generic synonym for clay stop motion -- it is a trademarked name Will Vinton coined for…
Published 2026-07-04 DF Dynamation: from Willis O'Brien to Ray Harryhausen history / stop-motionDynamation is the composite-photography process Ray Harryhausen developed out of Willis O'Brien's stop-motion…
Published 2026-07-02foundations
Persistence of vision is the historical theory that the eye briefly retains each image on the retina after it…
Published 2026-08-26 AO Animating on twos foundations / capture-techniqueAnimating on twos means holding each distinct stop-motion pose for two frames of the finished timeline…
Published 2026-06-30 SM Stop motion foundationsStop motion is a capture method in which a physical subject is changed between individually photographed…
Published 2026-06-29 CT Capture technique foundationsCapture technique is the umbrella term for how a stop-motion production actually records its frame-by-frame…
Published 2026-06-17material
The practice of choosing an everyday or industrial material to solve a specific on-set problem — standing in…
Published 2026-08-16 PA Paint and costume as puppet finishing layers material / materialsA cast or sculpted puppet skin is rarely camera-ready on its own. Paint and costume are the two finishing…
Published 2026-08-10 CA Crochet and yarn as a puppet skin material material / materialsHand-crocheted wool or yarn used as the visible outer body of a stop-motion puppet, wrapped directly over a…
Published 2026-08-07 AA ABS as a brickfilm material material / materialsAcrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is the injection-moulded plastic that LEGO and other construction-brick…
Published 2026-07-27 WA Wood as a puppet material material / materialsSolid or carved wood used as the visible outer material of a stop-motion puppet -- distinct from the…
Published 2026-07-11 M Materials materialThe physical substances a stop-motion production builds with -- armature metal, skin silicone or foam latex,…
Published 2026-06-17 SM Skin materials material / materialsThe materials layered over a puppet's armature and core to give it a finished outer body -- usually not a…
Published 2026-06-17 HM Hair materials material / materialsMaterials and construction methods for hair, fur, feathers and other fine, individually-applied fiber…
Published 2026-06-17 A Armature material / puppetAn armature is the internal, poseable skeleton of a stop-motion puppet. It holds a pose between frames and…
Published 2026-06-17subject
In stop-motion, the subject is the physical thing whose position, shape or configuration is changed between…
Published 2026-06-17 P Puppet subject / subjectA poseable figure built for incremental movement, often with an armature, body padding, costume, surface…
Published 2026-06-17 C Clay subject / subjectClay, in stop motion, means an oil-based, non-drying modelling compound -- plasticine, not ceramic clay --…
Published 2026-06-17 MP Mechanical puppet subject / puppetA puppet with internal mechanisms, linkages, paddles or controls that let animators adjust eyes, brows,…
Published 2026-06-17