The film opens and closes on live action, with rubbery stop-motion animation in between.

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This list includes regular animation, computer animation, stop-motion animation, mo-cap animation, and even puppets.

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But it was too limited for Ray, so he discovered stop-motion animation and he didn't look back.

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It is the second time in recent years the festival has chosen a stop-motion animation film to open the gala.

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It's important that the art of stop-motion animation survives because it is an era of visual effects that isn't the same today.

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"Funny, dark and whimsical, this gloriously crafted stop-motion 3D animation from Tim Burton playfully turns the Frankenstein story on its bolted-on head, " she said.

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In 1963 they branched out into stop-motion puppet animation, first with the Pingwings and then with the Pogles.

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Chris Terrio took home the best screenplay prize for his work on Ben Affleck's film Argo, while Tim Burton received the best animation prize for his stop-motion horror fantasy Frankenweenie.

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