A Century of Stop Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman

A pioneer shares his memories and insights on the technique he defined¢ Completes the best-selling trilogy that began with Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life (Terrific!Publishers Weekly) and The Art of Ray Harryhausen (Highly recommended.Library Journal)¢ Never-before-published photos!¢ Traces the history of stop-motion animation from the 1890s through Chicken Run and beyondThis lavishly illustrated tribute to the stop-motion animationthe technique behind special effects for more than half a centurytraces the history of the genre through the eyes of the industrys greatest pioneer. From crude model animations in the 1890s, through the first animated feature and into the computer age, Ray Harryhausen and his co-author, Tony Dalton, reveal the patience and ingenuity of animators and explain the development of the technology.