Stop-Motion

Stop-motion has been a large part of the film industry for decades and has indeed created a somewhat cult or fan-dome for their films.  The use of stop-motion ranges back, one of the most well known for starting stop-motion being The 'Teddy' Bears from 1907 by Edwin Porter.  This short film was far ahead of its time, even incorporating life acting with the stop-motion.  One minute of the finished film took over fifty-six hours to film, meaning that the overall film took weeks to complete.

Over the years there have been full feature length films that use stop-motion.  Many of Tim Burton's films have been created using stop-motion and have truly changed the way people see his films as well as stop-motion as a whole.  The Corpse Bride from 2005 was doubted for a while as to whether or not it was truly created with stop-motion or was simply CGI because of how smoothly the entire film flowed and how perfectly the characters motions were.

Television shows such as Gumby has had a large impact on stop-motion.  Over the years you can see there is a large difference in stop-motion, as well as how it was created.  Even popular films from the past such as King Kong from 1933 used stop motion to create the movement of the giant gorilla.  This film also shows the incorporation of stop-motion with live actors.  Another popular film that uses stop-motion is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer from 1964.