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Pixilation




Pixilation (from ''pixilated'') is a Stop Motion technique where live actors are used in an Animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more Frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion Puppet . This techique is often used as a way to blend live actors with animated ones in a film, such as in ''The Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb'' by the Bolexbrothers, which used the technique to compelling and eerie effect.

The first work known to use the pixilation technique was Emile Courtet 's 1911 film '' Jobard Ne Peut Pas Voir Les Femmes Travailler '' (''Jobard cannot see the women working'').

Other well-known examples include ' video clip "Baby C'mon" {Link without Title} .

Today it's possible to record a scene with a digital video camera and removing a few frames per second, create the illusion of a pixilation movie very easily. Though this is not considered a real animation, and lacks the slightly out-of-place quality of real pixilations, recorded frame by frame.