Is there a future?

Stop motion animation has little to no future in the world of large motion pictures. In saying this I am in no way implying that stop motion will stop being used in animation. I simply mean that the drive to create time consuming stop motion films will die out in the foreseeable future. It is simply easier to create "stop motion looking" animations with cgi. The money crazed directors and film makers who bang out animation film after animation film will eventually push the stop motion creators out. Two movies, Kubo and Up, were both smash hits in the box office. Kubo, being a stop animation film, had a gross income of around 77.5 million, which is pretty incredible. Up however, created completely with cgi, grossed upwards of 735 million. This income difference will push stop animation away and bring cgi into the light.

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  1. Madison ZaccagninoOctober 5, 2018 at 10:02 AM

    I disagree that stop motion has no future. While cgi films are easier to make and typically make more money in less time, I still think that stop motion films will still be around. It's obviously the goal for all directors to make money, but that's not always on the forefront of their minds. I think that the directors that choose to make stop motion films make them for the specific style, not because they're focused on making money. Only the big studios like disney are focused only on the money--they make films with tools that already work rather than taking risks as a movie like Kubo did.

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  2. UnknownOctober 6, 2018 at 4:53 PM

    I do agree to an extent. Like we said in class, I feel that the look of stop motion is not going to die any time soon. The Lego movie was obviously trying to imitate the style of a home made stop motion film. You can see that clearly with the character's choppy movements and the harsh lighting in many of the shots. But I believe that it is only the look of stop motion animation that is going to continue to thrive in the world of motion pictures. Although there will always be a place for stop motion animations in short films and home made films, I do agree that the technique of stop motion will disappear from large motion pictures. Like you said Kubo and the Two strings only grossed a little over $10 million more than their budget for the film (not to mention it took a much longer time to make than any cgi film).

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  3. UnknownOctober 7, 2018 at 2:02 PM

    I think that stop motion will begin to fade out in regards to feature length films, but I do think that there will be an audience for stop motion shorts or lower budget productions for the foreseeable future. One of the big hinderances to stop motion filmmaking is the time and resources it takes. That being said I do think that there may still be a niche audience for stop motion features in the future, because the aesthetic that comes with stop motion is very unique and will always be hard to replicate exactly.

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