stop-motion
noun
stop-mo·tion
ˈstäp-ˈmō-shən 
often attributive
: a filming technique in which successive positions of objects (such as clay models) are photographed to produce the appearance of movement
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A week after release, IndieWire sat down with Misato to discuss the studio’s impressive achievement in stop-motion animation.
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Blake Simons, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
In the season premiere of Wednesday season two, director Tim Burton returned to his stop-motion animation roots for a visually stunning flashback sequence that took eight months to complete.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the most heartening aspect of creating the object at the center of the stop-motion sequence — the clockwork heart — was that it was put together the traditional way.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Nintendo also revealed a new series of stop-motion video shorts designed for kids.
—PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
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Blake Simons, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025
In the season premiere of Wednesday season two, director Tim Burton returned to his stop-motion animation roots for a visually stunning flashback sequence that took eight months to complete.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
Perhaps the most heartening aspect of creating the object at the center of the stop-motion sequence — the clockwork heart — was that it was put together the traditional way.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Nintendo also revealed a new series of stop-motion video shorts designed for kids.
—PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Stop-motion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stop-motion. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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