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Silhouette animation is one of many forms of Stop Motion . More specifically, it is a form of Cutout Animation , which involves the frame-by-frame moving of cut-out shapes on an Animation Stand . Traditional cutout animation is illuminated from the same side of the artwork as the camera is located (or from the sides of the artwork) so as to show the details of the paper such as color, textures, etc. The most prevalent use of cutout animation has been in Eastern Europe , where it has been a popular technique since the 1940s , being used in award-winning films such as '' Tale Of Tales ''. In the West, cutout animation is probably better known for its use in the comedy series '' Monty Python's Flying Circus '' and '' South Park ''. When Backlit , cutout animation becomes a series of simplified dark (black) images, and is referred to as silhouette animation. It was pioneered by the German animator Lotte Reiniger , who used it to make many shorts as well as the oldest surviving feature-length animated film, '' The Adventures Of Prince Achmed '' (1926). Today, silhouette animation is rarely used as artform in itself, but can be seen in brief dramatic or comedic scenes in a few cutout animation films, such as when a character turns the lights out in an episode of ''South Park''. However, there have been a few silhouette films made by the National Film Board Of Canada , and Michel Ocelot 's 1989 TV series ''Ciné si''. A decade later, the latter of these was compiled into the feature film '' Princes Et Princesses '', making it only the third ever feature-length silhouette animation (the second being Lotte Reiniger's '' Doktor Dolittle Und Seine Tiere ''). More recently, silhouette animation has seen a small resurgence in computer-generated form. The Australian short film '' The Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello '' (nominated for an Academy Award ) consists of 2D silhouetted characters in 3D CGI environments, while Michel Ocelot's music video for Björk 's "Earth Intruders" renders three-dimensional figures as silhouettes. |
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