Synopsis:
Bringing a make-believe world to life through stop-frame animation takes a large and talented team! See how all the pieces come together to make a stop-frame animation scene.
- Year:
- 2025
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- Stop Motion Animation, Puppet Animation, Claymation, Making-of
- Original title:
- Stop-Frame Animation (How It's Made - Science Channel)
- Production type:
- Professional
- Production:
- Science Channel
- Distribution:
- Discovery
- Genres:
- Documentary, Making of, Family
- Tags:
- Animals, Humor, Technology and society
- Audience:
- 4+
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How Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 4’ Was Animated (Movies Insider)
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The fourth installment in the beloved “Toy Story” franchise achieves a level of detail and realism unseen in any Disney/Pixar project yet. See how it all came to life at the legendary Pixar studios, step by step: beginning with the story and artwork stage, onto 3D computer modeling, shading and surfacing, layout, voice acting, character animation, simulation, lighting, effects, scoring, sound mixing, and the final render.
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- Family
- Making of
- Adventure
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The beloved Coraline – fearless, independent, curious – had nine different outfits, all of which gave animators unique opportunities to bring her to life. Explore Coraline’s closet in this behind-the-scenes featurette for LAIKA’s Oscar-nominated stop-motion classic.
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Ivana Bosnjak & Thomas Johnson – Director interview, Animatricks 2022
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Interview with directors Ivana Bosnjak & Thomas Johnson.
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The cast of of the Toy Story 4 providing insights and offering samples of recording in the vocal booth.
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- Comedy
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Director interview with Ignas Meilunas at Animatricks 2021.
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