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:
- All audiences
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- Documentary
- Family
- Making of
- Adventure
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