In just about any film class, the first thing the teacher will say is that everything in a movie is there for a reason. If a scene is shot from eye-level or a bird's-eye view, that's because the ...

This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in theaters on Friday, ...

That avocado you bought a couple of days ago is finally ripe and ready to eat, but during those times when you only need half, you might be wondering how to salvage the second half before it turns an ...

The best stop motion animated films bring something purely imagined to vivid life in a way that other animation techniques ...

Stop motion movies often go bitterly underappreciated, with many stunning masterpieces of animation frequently falling by the wayside. Somewhat of a niche medium, stop motion animation can often be ...

Although today's filmmakers prefer using CGI animation over stop-motion, you have to appreciate the time and meticulous attention to detail put into stop-motion animation films and projects. Image ...

On the set of "The Nightmare Before Christmas," a top stop motion musical fantasy film written and produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick. In many ways, stop-motion is older than the ...