Stop motion is a filming technique that creates the illusion of...

How does stop motion animation work?

How old is stop motion animation?

I am the physical location where filming takes place.

I am the box that defines what the camera sees.

I am a physical object or thing that is used in a stop motion film

Which of the following is a a good description of stop motion animation?

I am the first and most important principle. When applied, it gives your animated characters and objects the illusion of gravity, weight, mass and flexibility.

I make characters seem realistic and interesting. The viewer doesn't have to like them, but he/she does have to connect with them.

I give volume and weight to 2-dimensional art, imagining it in a 3-dimensional space.

I prepare the audience for an action, and make that action look more realistic.

I tell the audience where to look. I have also been defined as "the presentation of any idea so that it is completely and unmistakably clear", whether that idea is an action, a personality, an expression, or a mood.

I am an action scene that is animated frame by frame, from beginning to end.

I am an action scene that is animated by drawing a few key frames, and filling in the spaces later.

I make sure that when a character is in motion, and stops, that all parts of the character do not stop at the same time.

I make sure that when a character is in motion, different parts of the character move at different rates of speed.

More frames of animation exist at the start and end of an action, with fewer frames of animation in the middle of that action. This makes the movement more realistic.

Almost all actions have a little bit of curve to them. Almost no action is a straight line.

Additional action that reinforces, supports, or adds more dimension to the main action

I create the illusion that the animated action is following the laws of physics.

Animators use me to remain true to reality, but present it in a wilder, more extreme form.

Before you start to create a storyboard, what is the first thing you should know?

A series of panels in which a sequence of sketches depict the significant changes of action in a film.