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Single frame filmmaking has been around as long as film itself. It is the ancestor to modern day special effects and animation. Despite its age-old practice, single frame film making and stop-motion animation continues to influence media and culture with its magic.
List of contents
Chapter 1: What are the Possibilities?, Chapter 2: Shooting Frame by Frame, Chapter 3: Pixilation, Chapter 4: Time Lapse, Chapter 5: Cinematography, Lighting and Composition, Chapter 6: Objects, People & Places, Chapter 7: The Multiplane Down-shooter, Chapter 8: Collage (The Digital Advantage), Chapter 9: Visual Rhythm, Chapter 10: A Sense of Drama, Chapter 11: Massaging Frames in the Edit, Chapter 12: Off to the Market
About the author
Tom Gasek is a Professor Emeritus at RIT where he taught in the School of Film and Animation for 19 years. He worked as a professional director and animator for 26 years previous to teaching with animation credits that include Aardman Animations'
The Wrong Trousers and
Chicken Run as well as Laika's
Coraline. He operated several small studios of his own including the award winning, Sculptoons in San Francisco. Gasek is a Fulbright Specialist and wrote the only book on "non-puppet stop motion" for Focal Press. He just completed his third independent film called
4@60 , which includes "non-puppet" stop motion techniques.
