stop-motion

See also: stop motion

English

Alternative forms

• (animation technique): stop motion

Noun

stop-motion (countable and uncountable, plural stop-motions)

1. (uncountable, photography) An animation technique wherein physical objects are slightly altered and photographed one picture at a time to give an illusion of movement when displayed in sequence.

   Synonym: stop-go animation

   • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Jan Švankmajer’s stop-motion looks angry, rough, and primal; Henry Selick’s is so polished and smooth that it resembles CGI.

2. (countable) A device used for automatically stopping a machine or engine when a fault or error is detected.

Translations

animation technique

• Arabic: إِيقَاف الْحَرَكَة m (ʔīqāf al-ḥaraka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: stop motion, animointi kuvaamalla ruutu ruudulta, pysäytyskuva-animointi
• French: animation en volume (fr) f
• German: Stop-Motion-Technik f, Stop-Motion-Verfahren n
• Japanese: 齣撮り (ja) (こまどり, komadori)
• Portuguese: quadro por quadro m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cuadro por cuadro, fotograma a fotograma

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