Comments for Embracing the Technology at http://animateclay.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://animateclay.com Sat, 25 May 2013 20:38:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://animateclay.com/index.php/articles/86-rick-lasses-stop-mo-thoughts/239-peoriarick#comment-180 No one that I can think of, really does stop motion the way it used to be done. Because of television and film schedules the new technologies have been embraced, and the new technology, meaning frame grabbers, has improved the animation many times over. So in many ways we are not really doing it the way the animation pioneers did it, plus the fact that we can basically shoot for free, is a very new sensation for some, and the only way that was ever know for others. I think that folks should do stop motion the way they feel best suited for them, the big budget directors will always make that choice for the big shows, but we on our own films can make our own personal choices. I would like to think that all the old processes will not go away, but some have, and forever, like optical printing, only a madman would want to go back to the old way of accomplishing that task on film stocks, but there are some old techniques I like, Harryhausen's split screen technique for example, but again, why would someone composite images on film today, and it is hard to find really good film stock to print acceptable background plate with today. Now in camera effects, like hanging miniatures and split screens, I love to watch, and to make, those are real magic when they work, but it's hard to make them work, and kids are making better effects within their home computers, Unless of coarse one was just trying to do it the old way as a lesson in hardship and fun. So if a film director wants to print out the heads, or even the whole bodies for that matter, that's OK with me, as long as I can do whatever I want the way I want. - Tim Smyth Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:51:38 +0100