Stop Motion Magazine

A production-focused look at Gabriel Nóbrega and Vetor Zero’s paper animation, from replacement shapes and hidden rigs to carefully controlled lighting.

Watch our Hermína Týrlová documentary and explore the animation craft behind Ferda, The Revolt of the Toys, The Knot in the Handkerchief and her wool films.

Misha Klein and cinematographer Matt Hazelrig build an atmospheric world of vintage objects and practical lighting for Eric Clapton’s The Call.

Watch our Jiří Trnka documentary, exploring his theatre roots, illustration, puppet performances, and the artistic freedom at the heart of The Hand.

A miniature Mini escapes the sketchbook in Lucas Drobnitzky’s Out for a Ride, blending drawn roads, object animation, and playful camera work.

Watch our Ray Harryhausen documentary: sixteen principal features, a lifetime of creature performances, and an influence that reaches across generations.

Victor Haegelin transforms newspaper into an expressive dancer, choreographing a stop-motion performance to Vivaldi. Watch the film and making-of.

More than 800 paper faces and photographed pizza ingredients fuel Guy Larsen’s handmade visualizer for Adam Buxton’s Pizza Time.

Andrea Love turns felt into a working miniature kitchen, using tactile transformations and precise timing in her Cooking with Wool film.

Watch our short Lotte Reiniger documentary, exploring the silhouette craft behind The Adventures of Prince Achmed and Papageno.

A Jarvis Cocker puppet, a handmade seaside setting, and delicate lighting bring quiet character to Joseph Wallace’s film for BBC’s The Sleeping Forecast.

Inside the practical rainbows, feathered puppet and gooey transformation of Lindsay Berkebile’s Skullicorn bumper for Adult Swim.