Stop motion: animação artesanal e digital através da história

Abstract

Stop motion animation cinema, in general, can be defined as a technique that enables the creation of the illusion of movement through the manipulation of inanimate objects, scenarios and articulated dolls. Under this perspective, this research seeks to elaborate on the relationships between artisanal and digital processes present in the technique throughout history. Focusing on the main transformations promoted by the artisanal and technological apparatus developed for audiovisual production methodologies and investigating the impact of technological advances in order to make the cinema of stop motion animation viable, improve its technical features and promote quantitative and qualitative growth over time. The research provides a historical summary of the changes occurring in the artisanal modes of character production and scenarios and discusses the benefits provided by the evolution of digital technologies in equipment as well as in materials that visually improved stop motion films.