AESTHETIC APPROACHES IN STOP MOTION ANIMATED FILMS

Birnur KARATİMUR ÇUTSAY¹

As a discipline, animation is as old as the history of photography and it is a very effective cinematic art that has been improved every day depending on technological developments. Animation cinema started with cell animation (cartoon) technique, and thanks to its feature that allows any experimental approach, several stop motion techniques have been introduced to the art of animation. The early periods of the cinema (silent cinema) were an important beginning in terms of the application of different techniques and results. The animation cinema, which can be considered to be based on this experimental knowledge, has enabled us to achieve different aesthetic results with different materials thanks to the unlimited possibilities of two-dimensional and three-dimensional techniques. Thanks to the availability of different materials, the use of stop motion animation technique, which has a wide range of application fields, knows no bounds either at the phase of scenario development or while implementing the scenario. Diversity of materials leads to interesting and effective data. Good observation and expertise are required to select the right, trouble-free materials to be used in the application of stop motion techniques. With the opportunities provided by the materials designed, created, and detected in stop motion techniques, the art of animation, which does not formally obey the rules imposed by the perception of reality, gains aesthetic depth.

Keywords
Animation, Stop Motion, Aesthetics in Animation, Stop Motion Techniques, Animation Cinema,