Before the advent of computer-generated imagery, filmmakers such as Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts; 1963) and George Lucas (Star Wars; 1977) relied on stop motion - also known as frame-by-frame - animation techniques. This entails moving an object, say a model spaceship, by incremental amounts between individually photographed frames. The illusion of movement is achieved when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Check out Origami Animation, at youtube.com/user/nariomaru, to see how the technique lives on, sustained by modern photographic equipment, computer software and makeshift tools.
