As the company name suggests, Apartment D started in a living room. These days, Apartment D is a flourishing stop motion animation studio in Burbank, Calif., with a space to match its significant ...

For the past 15 years, movie production studio Laika has been a pioneer in animation by seamlessly blending the tactical artistry of stop-motion with technological advancements including CGI and 3D ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Aardman Animations Stop-motion is a captivating animation technique that brings inanimate ...

Stop motion, an animation technique used to make static objects appear to move on their own, has been made far more accessible in recent times thanks to affordable, consumer-focused software. Indeed, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Nexus Studios The best stop motion animated films bring something purely imagined to ...

September sees the return of one of the more singular events in the North American animation calendar. Festival Stop Motion Montreal is the world’s longest-running festival dedicated to this medium, ...

My son has always been into scene-setting and storytelling. He’s the sort of kid who brings a couple of “guys” with him in the car, no matter how short a distance we’ll be traveling, so he can act out ...

In more recent years, feature length stop-motion animation films like “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Coraline,” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” have gained wide audiences for the animation style. But it’s ...

Stop motion movies often go bitterly underappreciated, with many stunning masterpieces of animation frequently falling by the wayside. Somewhat of a niche medium, stop motion animation can often be ...

It’s not often studios have voices — perhaps Pixar and Aardman are in that small group. And so, without a doubt, is Laika. The Portland, Ore., stop-motion animation company run by Travis Knight has ...

Stop-motion is a captivating animation technique that brings inanimate objects to life through a series of captured ...