How to Use stop-motion in a Sentence
stop-motion
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There were a lot of challenges to do that stuff in stop-motion.
— Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023 -
The duo also have the stop-motion movie Wildwood set to release in 2025.
— Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024 -
For more on what makes the stop-motion movie so special, check out our review.
— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 13 Mar. 2023 -
Released in 2000, the film went on to become the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time.
— Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024 -
When a stop-motion alien shows up and steals the meteorite, the town is forced to quarantine and go a little cuckoo.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 May 2023 -
Plus, the movie landed at just the right time for stop-motion in 2009, the same year as the equally successful stop-motion film Coraline.
— Milan Polk, Men's Health, 14 June 2023 -
The beauty of stop-motion is that everything must be made by hand, even more so back in 2006 when the film began its production.
— Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024 -
Tippett also spent decades working on his own film, the stop-motion nightmare Mad God, which finally saw the light of day in 2022.
— Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 16 July 2024 -
Meanwhile, also on the streamer, Dawn of the Nugget is the sequel to 2000’s Chicken Run, still the most successful stop-motion film ever.
— Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023 -
Aardman’s legendary stop-motion franchise is back with a new feature in time for the holidays.
— Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 16 June 2024 -
Twenty-three years later, the sequel seems like a shoo-in for a nom, boasting Aardman’s trademark mix of British wit and amusing stop-motion work.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Booth posted a stop-motion-style video of her and Mock shooting off tubes filled with blue confetti and captioned the post with a simple blue heart emoji.
— Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023 -
The bespoke space is custom-made for Passion’s 2D series work as well as its 3D and stop-motion production for shorts and series.
— Jamie Lang, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024 -
The folk tunes, combined with stop-motion visuals, add a poetic touch to themes such as resilience, heartbreak and growth.
— Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 -
While Haru might resemble Misty (red hair, Psyduck), the show is a new story in a stop-motion-animation style.
— Vulture, 27 Feb. 2023 -
Sora is above and beyond any current AI video generators, which feel more like stop-motion reels than true videos.
— Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024 -
In contrast to the stop-motion workplace comedy, the real-world celebrity guests will conduct their sides of the interviews in live-action Space Ghost Coast to Coast style.
— Vulture, 4 Jan. 2024 -
The live-action hybrid stop-motion film recently picked up the Annie Award for indie feature as well as two other awards.
— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023 -
But stop-motion filmmakers don’t bring the Hollywood flash or glamor.
— Mike Rogoway | Mrogoway@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023 -
Back in New York, a stop-motion animation studio and new Cannon and Sony cameras are among the latest additions to the campus.
— Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023 -
The beauty of stop-motion animation is in its handmade production, where the artists’ fingers are present on the characters, sets, and backgrounds.
— Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024 -
The stop-motion effect highlights both stagnation and decay.
— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024 -
The 90-second movie was created using stop-motion techniques, as flat characters, props, and backgrounds were drawn on an easel or made from paper.
— IEEE Spectrum, 9 June 2023 -
But McLean said that embracing new technology helped push the emotional range of a stop-motion character to a whole new level.
— Marta Balaga, Variety, 13 June 2024 -
Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion version is the one that won the award at Sunday's ceremony, earning the filmmaker his third career statue.
— Nick Romano and Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023 -
The track comes from The Nightmare Before Christmas, the stop-motion claymation movie that’s become not just a cult classic, but a commercial success story every year.
— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 -
Meanwhile, multimedia artists worked together to produce a stop-motion film, and dancers worked to connect through the expression of movement.
— Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024 -
The stop-motion production has an 8-in-9 chance of delivering the third Oscar of del Toro’s illustrious career.
— Ben Zauzmer, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2023 -
The track arrives with a stop-motion music video directed by Chris Hopewell that offers up a brutal post-apocalyptic parable with a heavy existential twist at the end.
— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023 -
The incredible detail of Anderson's stop-motion animation gets more astounding in every scene (The leaves!
— Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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