#Julienne Mathieu

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Marooned by Saboteurs from the album Dance With The Hunted - Lyrics video edited by Mark Leary from Le spectre rouge by Segundo de Chomón

[magicmattie]

El Hotel Electrico / L' Hotel Electrique

directed by Segundo de Chomón

France, 1908

The Electric Hotel comes from an age where animation and special effects were not yet separate industries, and cinema was intended first and foremost as a spectacle of illusion. The more extravagant the scenes, the more the viewers would leave convinced that they had witnessed magic- the better.

With many audiences still unaccustomed to moving pictures, the opportunities to astound were great. And the tricks of stopmotion allowed even more mystery. After all, if seeing a larger than life man move and dance in a beam of light was enchanting, then how much more would it delight the audience to see inanimate objects move?

To make matters even more interesting, the Electric Hotel plays off of another contemporary mystery: the exact nature and functioning of electricity. Today's audience would find the title an obstacle in suspending their disbelief- we are very familiar with electricity, after all. In 1908, it was a common thing to science and its engineers, but not so much to the masses. Even those who embraced electric devices without fear would not necessarily understand the technology's limits.

What did electricity do? Well, it was lightning that made machines move without the need for manual labour. Everyone knew that.

What kind of machines?

According to Chomón's film, any task which required manpower could be automated with the use of electricity. In this film, we could easily substitute the word for 'magic'.

And so, we see devices that even the 21st century has yet to develop: self-cleaning shoes, hairbrushes that style hair all by themselves, independently writing pens. The visit at the hotel starts by showing off a ride in an elevator (an impressive device for its time, and something the viewers could recognise as real), but it isn't long before electricity becomes pure magic: the guests' luggage comes alive, with no need for engines, circuits, or cables. The hotel has simply animated their possessions. Even the woman's hair braids itself!

Would the audience of 1908 believe electricity could do all this? I'm sure they could, in the same way some of us may expect a computer to act with intelligence it doesn't necessarily possess, to the amusement (or frustration) of code developers. For evidence, look up inaccuracies in movie hacking scenes.

Back in 1908, Chomón had a punchline up his sleeve. He surely counted that his audience, enraptured by the apparent unlimited properties of electricity, had forgotten its caution and fear of the new science, and that the film's conclusion would, excuse the pun, shock them.

(Or at least amuse them.)

Interestingly, the scene with the malfunctioning engine of the hotel employs yet another stopmotion technique: painting directly on the frames of the film strip:

The film stars Chomón himself with his wife Julienne Mathieu.

[anotherhumaninthisworld]

First school reunion in history?

On 15 Thermidor, Year VIII, (that is to say, Sunday, August 3 of this year 1800) there was on the Champs-Elysées, at the Restaurateur Venua, a Fraternal Banquet of an entirely new kind, and of which no one in France had yet had the idea. For a long time the need to see and embrace their former comrades had inspired several students of the famous and former College of Louis-le-Grand (today the Prytanée Français) the idea of ​​meeting in a fraternal Banquet. One hundred and twenty students of all ages and all professions met at the Elysée Palace under the presidency of the former Chevalier de Boufflers and the citizen Champagne, Director of the Prytanée. Each found a place next to the students in his course. Many could not attend; some, because of illness; others, due to distance and absence necessitated by jobs, prefects, major business, etc. Many were also not informed, since the Directors of the festival lacked their address. But, among those who had been informed, some did not arrive there, among others Gaudin, Minister of Finance; Abrial, Minister of Justice; De Forgues, former Minister of Foreign Affairs; the author known by the name of Cousin-Jacques (he was ill), Jéhanne, and a few others, whose absence was thought to be justified by the fear perhaps of finding themselves with members of a party completely opposed to theirs. In fact, there were found in this meeting quite different parties, opinions, and principles; the famous Fréron did not fail to attend one of the first, and even showed regret at not seeing such and such of his former comrades, of whom it was well known that he was not to be the friend. Among the notable men of this meeting were Boufflers, Champagne, Fréron, Noël, the ex-legislator Goffaulx, Isidore-Langlois, Piis, Sue, Mathieu, de l’Oise; Castel, author of the charming Poëme des Fleurs; the witty Picard; Luce de Lancival; Defender Julienne; distinguished doctors; famous lawyers, many men from all kinds of places and with all kinds of talents. Picard, La Place, Piis and Boufflers sang some very pretty verses in their own way. It was a bizarre assortment of all these disparate men, who had behaved and distinguished themselves in so many different ways in the course of the revolution. It would have been much more remarkable still, if some magistrates and men of letters invited, had come there; because, each one finding himself with his course, one would have seen the pronounced aristocrat toasting with the frenzied jacobin, the moderate full of humanity shaking hands with the assassin, and the atheist or the impious seated right next to the religious or devout man. The intention of this meeting is undoubtedly laudable; but to flatter oneself with the hope that it would make all these shades disappear and fuse them into a single sentiment, that of fraternity, was a beautiful chimera. Among the former students of the same College, the scythe of death had reaped some very remarkable ones, among others: Robespierre the older, named Maximilien, Camille Desmoulins, General Cherin, Duport du Tertre, the Minister Le Brun, and a host of others.

Source: Dictionnaire néologique des hommes et des choses… (1799) by Beffroy de Reigny, volume 1, page 369-370

[theoszczepanski]

La Grenouille (Segundo de Chomón, 1908)

[amypca]

PHOT202: Stop Motion Photography History.

1895-1928: The silent film era:

It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. Extant contemporary movie catalogs, reviews and other documentation can provide some details on lost films, but this kind of written documentation is also incomplete and often insufficient to properly date all extant films or even identify them if original titles are missing. Possible stop motion in lost films is even harder to trace. The principles of animation and other special effects were mostly kept a secret, not only to prevent use of such techniques by competitors, but also to keep audiences interested in the mystery of the magic tricks. Stop motion is closely related to the stop trick, in which the camera is temporarily stopped during the recording of a scene to create a change before filming is continued (or for which the cause of the change is edited out of the film). In the resulting film the change will be sudden and a logical cause of the change will be mysteriously absent or replaced with a fake cause that is suggested in the scene. The oldest known example is used for the beheading in Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart. The technique of stop motion can be interpreted as repeatedly applying the stop trick. In 1917 clay animation pioneer Helena Smith-Dayton referred to the principle behind her work as "stop action", a synonym of "stop motion". French trick film pioneer Georges Méliès claimed to have invented the stop-trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterforms.

Segundo de Chomón: French filmmaker Segundo de Chomón (1871–1929) made many trick films in France for Pathé. He has often been compared to Georges Méliès as he also made many fantasy films with stop tricks and other illusions (helped by his wife, Julienne Mathieu). By 1906 Chomón was using stop motion animation. Le théâtre de Bob (April 1906) features over three minutes of stop motion animation with dolls and objects to represent a fictional automated theatre owned by Bob, played by a live-action child actor. It is the oldest extant film with proper stop motion and a definite release date. The Sculptor's Nightmare Segundo de Chomón's Sculpteur moderne was released on 31 January 1908 and features heaps of clay molding itself into detailed sculptures that are capable of minor movements. The final sculpture depicts an old woman and walks around before it's picked up, squashed and molded back into a sitting old lady.

1930s and 1940s: Starewicz finished the first feature stop motion film Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of the Fox) in 1930, but problems with its soundtrack delayed its release. In 1937 it was released with a German soundtrack and in 1941 with its French soundtrack. Hungarian-American filmmaker George Pal developed his own stop motion technique of replacing wooden dolls (or parts of them) with similar figures displaying changed poses and/or expressions. He called it Pal-Doll and used it for his Puppetoons films since 1932. The particular replacement animation method itself also became better known as puppetoon. In Europe he mainly worked on promotional films for companies such as Philips. Later Pal gained much success in Hollywood with a string of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Films, including Rhythm in the Ranks (1941).

1960s and 1970s : British television has shown many stop motion series for young children since the 1960s. An early example is Snip and Snap (1960-1961) by John Halas in collaboration with Danish paper sculptor Thok Søndergaard (Thoki Yenn), featuring dog Snap, cut from a sheet of paper by pair of scissors Snip. Apart from their cutout animation series, British studio Smallfilms (Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate) produced several stop motion series with puppets, beginning with Pingwings (1961-1965) featuring penguin-like birds knitted by Peter's wife Joan and filmed on their farm (where most of their productions were filmed in an unused barn). It was followed by Pogles' Wood (1965-1967), Clangers (1969-1972, 1974, revived in 2015), Bagpuss (1974) and Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984).

21st century: The BBC commissioned thirteen episodes of stop frame animated Summerton Mill in 2004 as inserts into their flagship pre-school program, Tikkabilla. Created and produced by Pete Bryden and Ed Cookson, the series was then given its own slot on BBC1 and BBC2 and has been broadcast extensively around the world. Other notable stop-motion feature films released since 2000 include Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and $9.99 (2009), and Anomalisa. In 2003, the pilot film for the series Curucuru and Friends, produced by Korean studio Ffango Entertoyment is greenlighted into a children's animated series in 2004 after an approval with the Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency. It was aired in KBS1 on November 24, 2006 and won the 13th Korean Animation Awards in 2007 for Best Animation. Ffango Entertoyment also worked with Frontier Works in Japan to produce the 2010 film remake of Cheburashka.

Variations of stop motion: Stop motion has very rarely been shot in stereoscopic 3D throughout film history. The first 3D stop-motion short was In Tune With Tomorrow (also known as Motor Rhythm), made in 1939 by John Norling. The second stereoscopic stop-motion release was The Adventures of Sam Space in 1955 by Paul Sprunck. The third and latest stop motion short in stereo 3D was The Incredible Invasion of the 20,000 Giant Robots from Outer Space in 2000 by Elmer Kaan and Alexander Lentjes. This is also the first ever 3D stereoscopic stop motion and CGI short in the history of film. The first all stop-motion 3D feature is Coraline (2009), based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel and directed by Henry Selick. Another recent example is the Nintendo 3DS video software which comes with the option for Stop Motion videos. This has been released December 8, 2011 as a 3DS system update. Also, the movie ParaNorman is in 3D stop motion.

LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion

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Coupe de France: Lyon-La Duchère élimine Nîmes sèchement 78682 homes

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Coupe de France: Lyon-La Duchère élimine Nîmes sèchement

Trois buts de Jackson Mendes, Franck Julienne et Mathieu Ezikian ont permis à Lyon-La Duchère (National) de se qualifier pour les 16es de finale de la coupe de France après sa victoire sur Nîmes Olympique (3-0) samedi au stade de Balmont à Lyon.Le club du IXe arrondissement de Lyon n’avait plus atteint ce stade de la compétition depuis 2007 et 2008 avec une élimination contre Sochaux puis Lille mais avait atteint aussi les 8es de finale en 2006, éliminé par le Paris…

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#Informationsanté

[thatonewriterskaiyler-blog]

With Every Dying Breath

Hey all! Heres my third chunk for nano, and I promise one of these days I'll add read more cuts to my sections! Sadly, today is not that day. Anyways... Some valentines and sick dats shenanigans!!

I also realised I totally skipped over thanksgiving and Christmas, so I'll write those sections one of these days. Here you all go!

TW

Eventual chara death, ABO verse, three way poly relationship, hetalia, I don't own hetalia, pregnancy surprises, sick days, and some mentions of Gilbert's cancer and being sick, and mentions of cancer

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February 12th

After three more weeks, gilbert keeps getting worse and worse, and the doctors decide to lessen how often gilbert comes in. This helps him get better, so much so, in fact, that after a few more weeks, the three share Mathews heat. Now, they’re preparing for valentines and have some special plans set up. Francis, as normal, is taking care of dinner and breakfast, while the other two tend to do presents or plan activities.

Francis and Mathew go to the store, shopping for groceries to pull off their plans. Mathew turns down the crafts and cards aisle, telling francis to go ahead. He places a hand on his stomach with a smile. He looks at all of the baby shower cards, and sees two he thinks will be perfect. Then, he continues to the paper and cutouts to make his actual valentines cards for the other two.

Francis takes his hand after they pay, heading to the car. “you have everything?” he asks with a kiss to the side of Mathews head. Mathew nods. “mhmm… I did. Did you?” he teases playfully. Gilbert, thankfully, was finally able to get back to work again after a month and a half of being unable to do anything outside of the house. Francis chuckles, and gives mathew a soft kiss.

“I did… it will be the best set of valentines meals we have ever had.” Mathew grins, excited at that prospect. They climb into the car, setting their bags in the back seat, as they enjoy a short drive home. As soon as they get home, mathew runs to his private nest room, and gets to work. He sets to cutting, and gluing, and planning.

In the regular valentines, mathew places the rings Alfred helped him buy last year during the valentines sale. The cards were individually written and made, Gilbert’s in the basic German he’d taught mathew, and francis’ in their native French. They had hearts and flowers an cute poems, and some pictures of all three of them.

The other cards… mathew smiles. He places a strip of ultrasound pictures. Hopefully, this wonderful news, will be another upward turn for them. A point of happiness when everythings been so bleak. He giggles happily as he closes them up, and seals them with hearts and lipstick kisses. Mathew knows it will be a big shock… they’d been told not to expect a child, as Gilbert’s treatments and francis being a beta had the odds against them, but a currently healthy seeming pair of twins… that would make their days.

When gilbert gets home, he knows that they’ve been up to their plans, and they know he’s been up to his. Not just work. However, no one spoils anything for fear of jinxing their current lucky streak. They eat quietly, and all snuggle close that night as they get headed to bed.

“how was everyones days?” gilbert asks with a soft yawn. Francis mentions some grocery shopping for the usual goods, and cleaning and relaxing. Gil laughs softly, kissing the side of francis’ head. “Ja… sure.” He teases. “I look forward to dinner in a couple days.” He kisses francis softly with a smile, and then turns to mathew. “birdie?”

Mathew just smiles softly. “my day was pretty relaxing… I went out with francis for groceries to get out and then rested most the day…” he trails off. Gil frowns a little, worried about how he’s been off, lately. Mathews been sick most days and gilbert was hoping it’s nothing, just a winter cold, and that mathew would be fine.

“you feeling okay today?” he’s asks with a small kiss. Mathew kisses back, and nods softly as he pulls back.

“I’m fine… really. Just a little headache.” He says with a yawn, nuzzling gils neck. Gilbert relaxes at this familiar action, and happily fall asleep, the three of them in a happy bundle.

The next day, they all wake up plenty early in order to eat breakfast together before gilbert has to leave. “hm… thankyou for the pancakes, birdie… feel better! I’ll call you at lunch.”he kisses Mathews temples before leaving. He frowns as he drives to work, once again more than a little concerned for his younger mate. He’s been puking since about a week after his heat, and it made him and francis both nervous, despite their lack of talking to mathew.

As soon as gil was gone, mathew stopped pretending and started eating ravenously. “I don’t want him to know how much work we’re doing today… I don’t feel so great, really, but… I also know throwing up will feel better on a full stomach.” He shrugs.

Francis sighs, and eyes mathew carefully. “alright… if you could please peel the potatoes and julienne the carrot, celery, bell peppers, and dice the onions, apples, and pears, I’ll make all the breads.” He smiles, kissing the side of Mathews head. Mattie nods, going to the bathroom and, predictably, throwing up, before getting started. When he comes out with a freshly scrubbed face and newly brushed teeth, francis knows and he frowns.

“Ma Cherie…” he gives mathew another kiss before they both set to work. Mathew julienned the carrots and peppers with a humm. He and francis dance around each other, each doing their tasks in a happy, pleasant silence, the sounds off chopping and mixing and the oven opening and closing greeting their ears. Mathew sits down at the bar when he’s finished with all of his cutting and peeling, and putting all of it into water filled separated containers.

“I’m really not feeling good now, francis… I… I should go to bed, I think… I’m not feeling good, at all…” he grains softly, resting his head on his arms and groaning softly. Francis puts his last loaf of bread in the oven, and washes off his hands.

“Ma cher…” he frowns worriedly, and picks up mathew. He carries the omega to their nest, where mathew seems to relax almost instantly. Francis lays down with him while the breads bake. He kisses the top of matties head, leaving when the bread should be nearly done. He pulls the bread out, and answers Mathews phone when gilbert calls.

“bonjour, Mon amour.” He says softly into the phone.

“where’s birdie?” gilbert asks, the frown evident in his voice.

“Asleep… we were cuddling and he said he was feeling dizzy.. So I took him to bed. Left his phone out here though. He still has no fever so I’m sure that whatever he has is nothing… okay?” he smiles softly. “I mean… I’m sure we will all be okay. All of us.” Gilbert agrees softly, and promises to be home early, and that he doesn’t work at all on valentines. Francis agrees with him that that’s for the best, and maybe Mathews illness is from gilbert being gone a lot again, rather suddenly, right after Mathews heat, when he’d only gone out for a couple hours at a time once or twice a week fpr the last two months. They discuss this possibility, and decide to rule that out before they get worried.

They laugh at the idea of Mattie being pregnant, thinking that there is no way that that could be possible. Hence, their worry. They both hung up, hoping it was just mate separation issues which, while still not good, would be far from the worst case scenario. Francis pulls the breads out, and hides them away so him won’t find them. Along that line of thinking, francis opens several windows in the house to, ‘give them fresh air. Maybe that is all Mathieu truly needs.’ And insists to himself that all is well.

When he returns to Mattie, he’s happy the omega seems to be far more relaxed than he’d previously been. He smiles down at him, crawling into the nest and playing with matties hair. After some time, he wakes up, and let’s francis dampen it and put his hair into French braids so that his hair Wi fall in meater sleeker waves than normal the next day. Gilbert loves when their hair is like that.

“Knock knock, birdie.” He smiles softly. “you look a lot better.” Mathew grins happily. “I feel a lot better too. Especially seeing you home…” he coos when gilbert comes and kneels by him, mouthing at Mathews neck. The omega squirms lightly and his face flushes, but ultimately he finds Gilbert’s ministrations to be very comforting. “Hmmm… all mine… my alpha. And my beta.” He says with a loopy, scent drunk grin as he grabs francis’ hand.

Mathew eventually manages to slip away long enough to put his real cards for valentines on the bathroom sinks of the respective recipients, and he puts on his own matching ring before lying down and falling back asleep with his mates.

The next morning, love is in the air. Francis works hard to make a breakfast frittata, savory and sweet crepes, and he even makes little mini pies with yoghurt. However, when he finally goes into their aster bathroom to wash up, his eyes widen at the card, and the ring, and messages, and the pictures… his heart melts right then and he can’t stop smiling,

“Fran? What’s up?” he asks, as he notices his own card. He pens it when francis seems incapable of responding, and his reaction is much the same. “birdie.. He even used German for mine…” he chokes up a little, and francis and Gil smile happily at each other. “today will be so awesome…” he grins.

“oui, Mon amour… happy valentines.” He steps closer to Gil, and they share a deep kiss before breaking apart and going to the dining room for breakfast.

Mathews eyes are wide, as he looks at the spread francis has made. Maple crepes, maple bacon crepes, sausage crepes, strawberry crepes, and everything else.

“Wow… so much food!” he laughs and smiles. “it all looks fantastic… thankyou.” He smiles brightly. Despite his recent decline in appetite, mathew seems to down everything francis puts in front of him, including every single crepe.

“Cheri… it is so good to see you eating properly again… how do you feel today?”

“in love.” Mathew says honestly. “and happy, and excited, and just… so whole. I have my two favorite men with me, and I know I’m safe, and I’ll always be cared for, and that’s all I need.” He smiles. Francis can’t help but kiss mathew deeply at those words, pulling mathew closer to him.

“Cheri… .I’m glad.” He smiles widely when they pull apart, Mathews cheeks holding a cute faint blush at the betas antics. They all laugh and smile through breakfast, and Gil announces they have somewhere to go. Things to do. The all exchange a few more sweet kisses before they get dressed.

Mathew wasn’t worried about what Gil might have planned, until they get there. One of those skydiving things. Mathew bites his lip, unsure on what to do. He asks an omega who works there, how risky it is.

“Well… here, we use a wind tunnel, you’ll never really fall, and we can make sure an instructor has home of your flight suit at all times… are you high risk?” the omega asks him quietly, in the omegas change room.

“no… not particularly, but… due to my mates’ nature or health… it’s a miracle that I got pregnant in the first place…” he trails off quietly. The assistant nods, and smiles softly.

“well, let’s get you one of the better flight suits then, shall we? We normally charge more for those, but… given this is a medical reason, we can wave that.” He smiles, and they go back out.

Mathew fills out his paperwork, checking that he’s pregnant, and adding a note that his mates don’t know yet. They all turn in their papers, and smile at each other, before the taller two hug mathew tightly between them. Mathew laughs softly, and gives them each a kiss on the cheek while they all go change. Mathew feels somewhat ridiculous in the big suit, but is excited enough. Skydiving is one of those things gilbert has always wanted to, and so he decided to make it one of the things he decided to do for valentines.

After nearly two hours of lecturing on safety and flight basics, they were finally allowed to go out to the tube. They watched the people before them all go, and cuddled close on the bench while they awaited their turn. When it was finally time, each of them first went alone with their instructor. When mathew went, and he went first, the instructor smiled. “how far along?”

“about a month… they won’t know till dinner.” HW grins softly, and up they go. The instructor kept a firm hold on mathew, and mathew was laughing, adrenaline going through his veins. He really loved the weightless feeling, and freedom of the wind on his face. By time he came out, his cheeks were flushed and his eyes bright and glossy, high on the adrenaline. His mates each came back out that way, too, and it was finally time for them to go together. The instructor had a hold on mathew and gilbert, the two most fragile of the group. They went up, for two minutes this time, hand in hand. After they were up and settled, the instructor helped mathew and Gil hold each other until it was time to touch down again.

“that was awesome!” gilbert says brightly, kissing each of his blondes happily. “we should definitely do this again some time…” he smiles brightly. “and it was just… wow. What did you two think.” Mathew kisses Gil gently.

“I this it was amazing… and I think the best present is this. You’re happiness.” “oui… I agree.” Mathew and francis reply. Gilbert helps them pile back into the car, now to his second location. He pulls out a bag he’d thermal packed the leftovers from breakfast and some soup in. “Hmm… this is good.” He geins, as they all eat.

“we get lunch and some more fun…this something a little more for you two, though...” he trails off. Ice skating. He’s taking them ice skating. Mathew grins brightly, excited to finally get onto the ice. Him and francis love skating, and most often ended up dancing together on the ice whenever they could.

When they get on the ice, they are instantly relaxed. For a little while, they happily glide along, all three linking arms and keeping close. Eventually, though, francis and mathew inevitably break off from Gil, and go dancing around the rink. Gilbert however, continues to just slowly glide around and watch them, their smiles and laughter the only gift he could ever ask for.

Eventually, unfortunately, they have to go home, and the rink needs to close. Mathew leans against francis’ shoulder, half asleep, as they drive home. As soon as they get there, francis puts the finishing touches on their dinners, and mathew changes and grabs the other cards. His second presents. He hums as he goes and sits at the table for dinner. Francis had truly outdone himself this time, and mathew eats his fill. However, he doesn’t touch his wine, which is unusual.

“You okay, birdie? You haven’t touched your wine…” mathew shrugs, and hands them their cards while getting up with his wine glass.

“it’s fine… I’m just gonna grab my martinellis.” He grabs a clean glass, and pours the sparkling grape cider with a smile. “there… perfect.” He grins. When he sees that his mates still haven’t opened their envelopes he frowns. “what’s wrong? Open them!” he cheers.

Gilbert and francis exchange looks, hoping mathew hasn’t gotten them more expensive gifts… he can only do so much work to trade as pay off with Alfred. They open them together, and the looks of shock on their faces leave mathew worried, when neither of them smile.

“G-guys?” he says in a small voice, clearly worried. Gilbert smiles softly. “Birdie I… I know you’ve wanted a babe, but… I don’t know if it’s possible…” francis nods in agreement.

“Gilbert’s treatments are expensive… a babe would be too… I mean, I want children as well chwrie, but… maybe not now…” Mathews eyes are instantly watery. His hands go to his stomach, and as he stares at his belly, he starts to sob.

“wh-what of… i-I was already pregnant… if those babies w-were ours?” he sobs softly. Francis bites his lower lip. “well… we’d figure it out. And of course I’d love them but… they aren’t…” he trails off. Gilbert notices first as Mathews sobs worsen and his body folds, as though he’s trying to hug his belly.

“I’m gonna be a dad… birdie! I’m gonna be a dad!” he Cher, pulling mathew close to his chest. “they are ours, Ja? aren’t they?” he asks with a big hopeful smile.

Mather sobs on gils shoulder, and nods excitedly. Gilbert pulls mathew gently closer, hugging him tightly and declaring that he’ll never let the omega go. Never. He smiles brightly, humming and crooning into matties ear. Francis, catching up to the situation, joins in the celebration.

“Oh… Ma cherie… I had no idea that… oh, I feel so dumb. Of course I’m happy, and excited… this amazing. A miracle.” He smiles brightly, kissing Mathew deeply and holding the smaller blonde close. Mathew nuzzles his neck, calming down and relaxing in the frenchmans arms. Francis kisses him softly. “I’m sorry… I really am happy… I promise…” he kisses Mathews cheek.

Mathew smiles, sitting back up and wiping his eyes. “it’s okay… it’s okay. This was a big surprise, I know… I mean, I’ve even only known for a week… so, it’s fine.” He laughs softly, finishing wiping away his years, and eating a few more bites. “Dinners good… thank you very much, francis.” He smiles widely.

Francis rolls his eyes playfully at the subject change and kisses Gilbert’s still smiling cheek. “we did good… non? A baby for valentine’s for our Mathieu.” Gilbertlaughs softly and nods back, laughing harder as he sees Mathews face light up bright red.

“You two…” he sighs. He smiles though, as he stands up and finishes off his sparkling cider. “how about we go watch some movies? Or head to bed… I’m feeling tired again…” he yawns, setting his plate and glass on the table. Gilbert and francis quickly agree, making quick work of clearing the table and packing away the food. Gilbert lifts mathew, kissing his belly and then his cheeks before taking him up to bed. The three curl up close in their nest, francis and gilbert on either side of mathew, cradling him and their babies as they all fall asleep, sweet lazy goodnight valentines kisses lingering on their lips.

A few days later, mathew wakes up for once without stomach pains and a headache. He stretches as he stands up, glancing over and smiling at francis, who seems to be as sound asleep as ever. He pads quietly out to the kitchen, and frowsn at the sight of a pale, feverish looking gilbert.

“Gil… babe, are you okay?” he walks over, feeling the alphas forehead and giving him a disapproving look. “you go back to bed… I’ll make some soup. Okay?” gilbert tugs mathew close, and nuzzles his neck. Mathew tries to wriggle free, but gilbert just keeps pulling him back tighter, and starts lapping at Mathews claim mark. At first, mathew is too shocked to shake gilbert off, but he quickly gets irritated.

“Gilbert Bielschmidt! That is too far!” he snaps. His loud voice shock the albino and mathew slips away. “that was a low blow and you know it. You are sick. Go to bed, now, and I will make you some soup. Whatever the publishers wanted you to do today can wait.” He says sternly.

“Birdie… I just want cuddles…” he groans, sniffling and wrapping mathew in a big once more. The omega sighs, and gently pulls away again, resting a hand on Gilbert’s cheek.

Gilbert starts nuzzling Mathews hand and the omega softens a little. “go snuggle Fran… okay? I’ll make us all some good food for the weekend… alright?” he promises with a light coo, leading the sick alpha to bed. He frowns at francis’ shiny, too Pink face and checks his temperature as well. He pulls his hand back with a sigh. Both of them, great.

Of course this has happened before, but it’s never changed the fact that it makes for a fun week when the two are sick together. Mathew gets a large pot out, and finds some beef he can cook up as the soups main protein. He adds in all the leftover vegetables from the valentines dinner that were never used. Adding more water, once everything is good and going, and putting a lid on it to keep it all simmering and warm. He sighs, putting a kettle to boil and preparing three cups of tea, before returning to their room.

He carefully carries up the two cups, setting them down on the table by his reading chair before sitting. He pulls out his book, reading quietly for a couple of hours until he hears one of them stir. Gilbert mumbles, sniffling and crying softly in his sleep. Mathew frowns, walking over and crawling into their nest. He curls up between them, not surprised when they both wrap around him almost instantly.

“loves… wake up.” Mathew kisses each of their foreheads. “please… I have tea and medicine for you both… wake up please.” He urges them quietly, starting to uncap the medicine. Francis sits up first, helping mathew pull gilbert uo so they’re all sitting. “here…” mathew gives him the syrupy substance first, then gilbert. He manages to get them to let him up long enough to grab their teas, before they keep a tight hold of him again. It doesn’t take long for the tea to be gone, and the two sick men to fall back asleep, mathew curled lazily between them, eventually falling asleep.

Francis wakes first, smelling a slight smell of burning coming from the kitchen. His head throbs as he forces himself to stand up, and investigate.” He curses as he quickly turns off the stove, moves the pot to the sink, and dumps a bowl for water over the small flickering flames from the burning soup. He sighs, relieved that it was small and put out before the rest of the house could wake up.

Bac I. The room mathew finds himself waking up shortly after francis leaves, so he decides to follow him out, but grabbing the mugs from their tea first. He curses softly as he sees the state of the kitchen, and smiles nervously.

“I just… was making you two soup… is it ruined?” he asks disappointedly. Francis silently removes the lid from the pot, and slowly tastes a little of the soup. He raises and eyebrow in slight surprise.

“No… but the meat and vegetables are a bit over cooked by now, Cher. But… it still overall tastes good. Everything is just very soft.” He says while he replaces the lid and walls over to mathew, hugging him close.

“I almost… the house…” francis kisses him softly.

“But you didn’t, Cheri. Gilbert I’m sure is still dead to the world… we don’t need to bother him with this. I’m not saying we should actively hide it, but… id say it’s not such a big deal to just simply not go out of out way to tell him.” He kisses mathew softly again, cupling the omegas face in his hands. When he pulls away, he looks deep into matties eyes, smiling softly, and moving a hand to the blondes belly. “and you and our little ones are safe. That’s all that matters.”

Mathew grins widely, and kisses francis back, a happily innocent smile on his face. He rests his head on francis’ chest and closes his eyes with a light coo. “thankyou for saving my soup… it would’ve been awful for all that food to go to waste.” He says with a yawn. “how about we share a bowl before going back to bed?” his arms moving up to being around francis’ neck rather than the Frenchmans waist.

Francis chuckles softly before nodding. “oui, oui, d’accord… un moment, sils vous plait.” He kisses the tip of matties nose, and best a big kitchen rag. He mops up the worst of the water as best he can without hurting himself, and then returns the pot to the stove, however he puts it on a different burner and keeps it off. He scoops out somesouo, but then disappears into the pantry for a few minutes while he gets some of his leftover bread.

He comes back out, and over towards the dining room side and sets down his bounty. He sits down, and pats his lap. “here, cheei… sit with me?” he smirks flirtatiously and mathew predictably blushes, while agreeing to the missive and sitting in francis’ lap.

“you two… so lucky I love you.” He huffs half heartedly. Francis feeds him a bite first, and mathew hums. He kisses francis’ cheek softly as they take turns spooning soup or dipping bread into the mushy but wonderfully flavor filled soup.

Sitting on francis had ultimately wound up being a good thing, because before they’d even finished up their meal, mathew was already falling asleep. Francis kisses the omegas cheek, gently hoisting him up and carrying him back to their nest. He lays Mathew into golberts waiting arms, before francis goes and returns with a slightly refilled bowl of the soup and some bread.

“here… let me feed you.“ he smiles softly, feeding the alpha.

“hm….this is good.birdies?” he asks, and happily gives the blonde in his arms a sweet kiss in thanks at francis’ nod. “how are you? I feel like shit still…” he trails off. Francis hwaves a big sigh.

“So do I… but er, the kitchen was calling for a helping hand… I guess what they say about pregnancy brain IA true. Plus… he’s always hated when we both get sick.” He reasons. Gilbert hums in agreement.

“that he has… but I’m so proud of him lately. He’s been… a lot stronger than I e seen him since before we all bonded.” He kisses the top of Mathews head. “I’ve notices that in all of our friends. The omegas… all really stlettled and got subduedafter they bonded. I mean… he’s still my birdie, I still love him, but… .I’m happy to see he’s. ..getting back to more him. He’s always been quiet but… when did meek become his normal?” he asks.

Francis sighs at the question. It’s one the alphas and betas all puzzled over regularly. “well… I think it was the binding hormones. Meant to… make a omega more docile I suppose… but… oui. I’m with you. I’m glad he’s getting more of his own voice back. Maybe… he’ll start to help me make you scream again… non?” he smirks devilishly at gilbert, who can’t help but laugh softly.

“sure… and pigs can fly.” He teases back. They kiss eachother softly, sweet and slow. Gilbert smiles as they pull apart, francis abandoning the empty Bo and curling up with his mates, warm and content in his bed.

~~~

Thansk to anyone who reads this!! This is just... Nano in it's truest form, ao eventually I will separate everything nicely into it's chapters and edit and all of that nice stuff, but for now, this is it's state!! That said, please leave criticism but any comments and questions are more than welcome!! Also, it's been a while and my French is rusty, so I do apologize for any butchered spelling and such here. Again, not the final version, I will make sure everything is correct when it's all prettied up later!

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1908 - Les ombres chinoises (1908) Segundo de Chomón - HD - 24p from Vicente Lacorzana on Vimeo.

Les ombres chinoises 1908 Sombras chinescas - Silent Short Film - Segundo de Chomón

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filmaffinity.com/es/film785090.html Dos sombrillas dan vueltas en el centro de un pórtico. Se trata de dos mujeres vestidas de japonesas que, con ayuda de sus sirvientes, instalan una pantalla que ocupa pronto todo el cuadro de la imagen. Entonces da comienzo el espectáculo animado de las sombras chinescas. Objetos y personajes diversos aparecen, se transforman: un elefante, unas pinzas para azúcar, un payaso... Para este cortometraje, Segundo de Chomón recurrió a su esposa, Julienne Mathieu, quien interpreta el papel de una de las presentadoras japonesas.

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ombres_chinoises Les Ombres chinoises est un film muet français réalisé par Segundo de Chomón et sorti en 1908.

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es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segundo_de_Chom%C3%B3n Segundo Víctor Aurelio Chomón y Ruiz, conocido como Segundo de Chomón (Teruel, 17 de octubre de 1871-París, 2 de mayo de 1929), fue un cineasta español. Destacó como director pionero del cine mudo y técnico de trucajes en películas como Cabiria (1914), de Giovanni Pastrone —conocido por su seudónimo Piero Fosco—, o Napoleón (1927), de Abel Gance. Frecuentemente comparado con Méliès, por su gran calidad técnica y creatividad fue considerado uno de los grandes hombres del cine de su tiempo, siendo contratado por las más importantes empresas cinematográficas de la época, como la Pathé Frères o la Itala Films.

es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path%C3%A9 Pathé o Pathé Frères (pronunciación francesa: {pate f???}) es el nombre de varias empresas francesas dedicadas a la industria del cine y discos fonográficos, fundadas y originalmente dirigidas por los hermanos Pathé de Francia.

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Sleeping Beauty 1908

Also known as La Belle Au Bois Dormant A beautiful daughter having been born to the king and queen, the nine most important fairies of the country are called upon to be godmother of the child, and as the ceremony takes place each blesses the child with a special virtue or talent. The welfare of the child seems assured, when all at once the oldest, ugliest and therefore forgotten fairy, appears on…

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Julienne Mathieu was an early French film actress who encouraged her husband, Segundo de Chomón, to begin directing films.  She starred in his most famous film The Electric Hotel in 1908, but stopped acting in films in 1909.

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#38 IMDb 1907: Music, Forward!

A Pathé trick film by Chomón starring his wife, Julienne Mathieu. Pathé brought in Chomón to compete with Méliès, and this film is certainly an example of that. Similar to Méliès’s Maestro Do Mi Sol Do, some of the effects here are more intricate -- such as with the masking and double exposures -- but the charm is lacking. Well done, but without that definitive quality that makes Méliès stand out even today.

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PHOT202: Stop Motion Photography History.

1895-1928: The silent film era:

It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. Extant contemporary movie catalogs, reviews and other documentation can provide some details on lost films, but this kind of written documentation is also incomplete and often insufficient to properly date all extant films or even identify them if original titles are missing. Possible stop motion in lost films is even harder to trace. The principles of animation and other special effects were mostly kept a secret, not only to prevent use of such techniques by competitors, but also to keep audiences interested in the mystery of the magic tricks. Stop motion is closely related to the stop trick, in which the camera is temporarily stopped during the recording of a scene to create a change before filming is continued (or for which the cause of the change is edited out of the film). In the resulting film the change will be sudden and a logical cause of the change will be mysteriously absent or replaced with a fake cause that is suggested in the scene. The oldest known example is used for the beheading in Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart. The technique of stop motion can be interpreted as repeatedly applying the stop trick. In 1917 clay animation pioneer Helena Smith-Dayton referred to the principle behind her work as "stop action", a synonym of "stop motion". French trick film pioneer Georges Méliès claimed to have invented the stop-trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterforms. Segundo de Chomón: French filmmaker Segundo de Chomón (1871–1929) made many trick films in France for Pathé. He has often been compared to Georges Méliès as he also made many fantasy films with stop tricks and other illusions (helped by his wife, Julienne Mathieu). By 1906 Chomón was using stop motion animation. Le théâtre de Bob (April 1906) features over three minutes of stop motion animation with dolls and objects to represent a fictional automated theatre owned by Bob, played by a live-action child actor. It is the oldest extant film with proper stop motion and a definite release date. The Sculptor's Nightmare Segundo de Chomón's Sculpteur moderne was released on 31 January 1908 and features heaps of clay molding itself into detailed sculptures that are capable of minor movements. The final sculpture depicts an old woman and walks around before it's picked up, squashed and molded back into a sitting old lady. 1930s and 1940s: Starewicz finished the first feature stop motion film Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of the Fox) in 1930, but problems with its soundtrack delayed its release. In 1937 it was released with a German soundtrack and in 1941 with its French soundtrack. Hungarian-American filmmaker George Pal developed his own stop motion technique of replacing wooden dolls (or parts of them) with similar figures displaying changed poses and/or expressions. He called it Pal-Doll and used it for his Puppetoons films since 1932. The particular replacement animation method itself also became better known as puppetoon. In Europe he mainly worked on promotional films for companies such as Philips. Later Pal gained much success in Hollywood with a string of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Films, including Rhythm in the Ranks (1941). 1960s and 1970s : British television has shown many stop motion series for young children since the 1960s. An early example is Snip and Snap (1960-1961) by John Halas in collaboration with Danish paper sculptor Thok Søndergaard (Thoki Yenn), featuring dog Snap, cut from a sheet of paper by pair of scissors Snip. Apart from their cutout animation series, British studio Smallfilms (Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate) produced several stop motion series with puppets, beginning with Pingwings (1961-1965) featuring penguin-like birds knitted by Peter's wife Joan and filmed on their farm (where most of their productions were filmed in an unused barn). It was followed by Pogles' Wood (1965-1967), Clangers (1969-1972, 1974, revived in 2015), Bagpuss (1974) and Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984). 21st century: The BBC commissioned thirteen episodes of stop frame animated Summerton Mill in 2004 as inserts into their flagship pre-school program, Tikkabilla. Created and produced by Pete Bryden and Ed Cookson, the series was then given its own slot on BBC1 and BBC2 and has been broadcast extensively around the world. Other notable stop-motion feature films released since 2000 include Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and $9.99 (2009), and Anomalisa. In 2003, the pilot film for the series Curucuru and Friends, produced by Korean studio Ffango Entertoyment is greenlighted into a children's animated series in 2004 after an approval with the Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency. It was aired in KBS1 on November 24, 2006 and won the 13th Korean Animation Awards in 2007 for Best Animation. Ffango Entertoyment also worked with Frontier Works in Japan to produce the 2010 film remake of Cheburashka. Variations of stop motion: Stop motion has very rarely been shot in stereoscopic 3D throughout film history. The first 3D stop-motion short was In Tune With Tomorrow (also known as Motor Rhythm), made in 1939 by John Norling. The second stereoscopic stop-motion release was The Adventures of Sam Space in 1955 by Paul Sprunck. The third and latest stop motion short in stereo 3D was The Incredible Invasion of the 20,000 Giant Robots from Outer Space in 2000 by Elmer Kaan and Alexander Lentjes. This is also the first ever 3D stereoscopic stop motion and CGI short in the history of film. The first all stop-motion 3D feature is Coraline (2009), based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel and directed by Henry Selick. Another recent example is the Nintendo 3DS video software which comes with the option for Stop Motion videos. This has been released December 8, 2011 as a 3DS system update. Also, the movie ParaNorman is in 3D stop motion. LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion

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PHOT202: Stop Motion Photography History.

1895-1928: The silent film era:

It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. Extant contemporary movie catalogs, reviews and other documentation can provide some details on lost films, but this kind of written documentation is also incomplete and often insufficient to properly date all extant films or even identify them if original titles are missing. Possible stop motion in lost films is even harder to trace. The principles of animation and other special effects were mostly kept a secret, not only to prevent use of such techniques by competitors, but also to keep audiences interested in the mystery of the magic tricks.

Stop motion is closely related to the stop trick, in which the camera is temporarily stopped during the recording of a scene to create a change before filming is continued (or for which the cause of the change is edited out of the film). In the resulting film the change will be sudden and a logical cause of the change will be mysteriously absent or replaced with a fake cause that is suggested in the scene. The oldest known example is used for the beheading in Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart. The technique of stop motion can be interpreted as repeatedly applying the stop trick. In 1917 clay animation pioneer Helena Smith-Dayton referred to the principle behind her work as "stop action", a synonym of "stop motion".

French trick film pioneer Georges Méliès claimed to have invented the stop-trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterforms.

Segundo de Chomón:

French filmmaker Segundo de Chomón (1871–1929) made many trick films in France for Pathé. He has often been compared to Georges Méliès as he also made many fantasy films with stop tricks and other illusions (helped by his wife, Julienne Mathieu). By 1906 Chomón was using stop motion animation. Le théâtre de Bob (April 1906) features over three minutes of stop motion animation with dolls and objects to represent a fictional automated theatre owned by Bob, played by a live-action child actor. It is the oldest extant film with proper stop motion and a definite release date.

The Sculptor's Nightmare

Segundo de Chomón's Sculpteur moderne was released on 31 January 1908 and features heaps of clay molding itself into detailed sculptures that are capable of minor movements. The final sculpture depicts an old woman and walks around before it's picked up, squashed and molded back into a sitting old lady.

1930s and 1940s:

Starewicz finished the first feature stop motion film Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of the Fox) in 1930, but problems with its soundtrack delayed its release. In 1937 it was released with a German soundtrack and in 1941 with its French soundtrack.

Hungarian-American filmmaker George Pal developed his own stop motion technique of replacing wooden dolls (or parts of them) with similar figures displaying changed poses and/or expressions. He called it Pal-Doll and used it for his Puppetoons films since 1932. The particular replacement animation method itself also became better known as puppetoon. In Europe he mainly worked on promotional films for companies such as Philips. Later Pal gained much success in Hollywood with a string of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Films, including Rhythm in the Ranks (1941).

1960s and 1970s :

British television has shown many stop motion series for young children since the 1960s. An early example is Snip and Snap (1960-1961) by John Halas in collaboration with Danish paper sculptor Thok Søndergaard (Thoki Yenn), featuring dog Snap, cut from a sheet of paper by pair of scissors Snip.

Apart from their cutout animation series, British studio Smallfilms (Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate) produced several stop motion series with puppets, beginning with Pingwings (1961-1965) featuring penguin-like birds knitted by Peter's wife Joan and filmed on their farm (where most of their productions were filmed in an unused barn). It was followed by Pogles' Wood (1965-1967), Clangers (1969-1972, 1974, revived in 2015), Bagpuss (1974) and Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984).

21st century:

The BBC commissioned thirteen episodes of stop frame animated Summerton Mill in 2004 as inserts into their flagship pre-school program, Tikkabilla. Created and produced by Pete Bryden and Ed Cookson, the series was then given its own slot on BBC1 and BBC2 and has been broadcast extensively around the world.

Other notable stop-motion feature films released since 2000 include Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and $9.99 (2009), and Anomalisa.

In 2003, the pilot film for the series Curucuru and Friends, produced by Korean studio Ffango Entertoyment is greenlighted into a children's animated series in 2004 after an approval with the Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency. It was aired in KBS1 on November 24, 2006 and won the 13th Korean Animation Awards in 2007 for Best Animation. Ffango Entertoyment also worked with Frontier Works in Japan to produce the 2010 film remake of Cheburashka.

Variations of stop motion:

Stop motion has very rarely been shot in stereoscopic 3D throughout film history. The first 3D stop-motion short was In Tune With Tomorrow (also known as Motor Rhythm), made in 1939 by John Norling. The second stereoscopic stop-motion release was The Adventures of Sam Space in 1955 by Paul Sprunck. The third and latest stop motion short in stereo 3D was The Incredible Invasion of the 20,000 Giant Robots from Outer Space in 2000 by Elmer Kaan and Alexander Lentjes. This is also the first ever 3D stereoscopic stop motion and CGI short in the history of film. The first all stop-motion 3D feature is Coraline (2009), based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel and directed by Henry Selick. Another recent example is the Nintendo 3DS video software which comes with the option for Stop Motion videos. This has been released December 8, 2011 as a 3DS system update. Also, the movie ParaNorman is in 3D stop motion.

LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion

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PHOT202: Stop Motion Photography.

HISTORY -

1895-1928: The silent film era:

It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. Extant contemporary movie catalogs, reviews and other documentation can provide some details on lost films, but this kind of written documentation is also incomplete and often insufficient to properly date all extant films or even identify them if original titles are missing. Possible stop motion in lost films is even harder to trace. The principles of animation and other special effects were mostly kept a secret, not only to prevent use of such techniques by competitors, but also to keep audiences interested in the mystery of the magic tricks.

Stop motion is closely related to the stop trick, in which the camera is temporarily stopped during the recording of a scene to create a change before filming is continued (or for which the cause of the change is edited out of the film). In the resulting film the change will be sudden and a logical cause of the change will be mysteriously absent or replaced with a fake cause that is suggested in the scene. The oldest known example is used for the beheading in Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart. The technique of stop motion can be interpreted as repeatedly applying the stop trick. In 1917 clay animation pioneer Helena Smith-Dayton referred to the principle behind her work as "stop action", a synonym of "stop motion".

French trick film pioneer Georges Méliès claimed to have invented the stop-trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterforms.

Segundo de Chomón:

French filmmaker Segundo de Chomón (1871–1929) made many trick films in France for Pathé. He has often been compared to Georges Méliès as he also made many fantasy films with stop tricks and other illusions (helped by his wife, Julienne Mathieu). By 1906 Chomón was using stop motion animation. Le théâtre de Bob (April 1906) features over three minutes of stop motion animation with dolls and objects to represent a fictional automated theatre owned by Bob, played by a live-action child actor. It is the oldest extant film with proper stop motion and a definite release date.

The Sculptor's Nightmare

Segundo de Chomón's Sculpteur moderne was released on 31 January 1908 and features heaps of clay molding itself into detailed sculptures that are capable of minor movements. The final sculpture depicts an old woman and walks around before it's picked up, squashed and molded back into a sitting old lady.

1930s and 1940s:

Starewicz finished the first feature stop motion film Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of the Fox) in 1930, but problems with its soundtrack delayed its release. In 1937 it was released with a German soundtrack and in 1941 with its French soundtrack.

Hungarian-American filmmaker George Pal developed his own stop motion technique of replacing wooden dolls (or parts of them) with similar figures displaying changed poses and/or expressions. He called it Pal-Doll and used it for his Puppetoons films since 1932. The particular replacement animation method itself also became better known as puppetoon. In Europe he mainly worked on promotional films for companies such as Philips. Later Pal gained much success in Hollywood with a string of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Films, including Rhythm in the Ranks (1941).

1960s and 1970s :

British television has shown many stop motion series for young children since the 1960s. An early example is Snip and Snap (1960-1961) by John Halas in collaboration with Danish paper sculptor Thok Søndergaard (Thoki Yenn), featuring dog Snap, cut from a sheet of paper by pair of scissors Snip.

Apart from their cutout animation series, British studio Smallfilms (Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate) produced several stop motion series with puppets, beginning with Pingwings (1961-1965) featuring penguin-like birds knitted by Peter's wife Joan and filmed on their farm (where most of their productions were filmed in an unused barn). It was followed by Pogles' Wood (1965-1967), Clangers (1969-1972, 1974, revived in 2015), Bagpuss (1974) and Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984).

21st century:

The BBC commissioned thirteen episodes of stop frame animated Summerton Mill in 2004 as inserts into their flagship pre-school program, Tikkabilla. Created and produced by Pete Bryden and Ed Cookson, the series was then given its own slot on BBC1 and BBC2 and has been broadcast extensively around the world.

Other notable stop-motion feature films released since 2000 include Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and $9.99 (2009), and Anomalisa.

In 2003, the pilot film for the series Curucuru and Friends, produced by Korean studio Ffango Entertoyment is greenlighted into a children's animated series in 2004 after an approval with the Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency. It was aired in KBS1 on November 24, 2006 and won the 13th Korean Animation Awards in 2007 for Best Animation. Ffango Entertoyment also worked with Frontier Works in Japan to produce the 2010 film remake of Cheburashka.

Variations of stop motion:

Stop motion has very rarely been shot in stereoscopic 3D throughout film history. The first 3D stop-motion short was In Tune With Tomorrow (also known as Motor Rhythm), made in 1939 by John Norling. The second stereoscopic stop-motion release was The Adventures of Sam Space in 1955 by Paul Sprunck. The third and latest stop motion short in stereo 3D was The Incredible Invasion of the 20,000 Giant Robots from Outer Space in 2000 by Elmer Kaan and Alexander Lentjes. This is also the first ever 3D stereoscopic stop motion and CGI short in the history of film. The first all stop-motion 3D feature is Coraline (2009), based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel and directed by Henry Selick. Another recent example is the Nintendo 3DS video software which comes with the option for Stop Motion videos. This has been released December 8, 2011 as a 3DS system update. Also, the movie ParaNorman is in 3D stop motion.

LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion

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PHOT202: Stop Motion Photography.

HISTORY -

1895-1928: The silent film era:

It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. Extant contemporary movie catalogs, reviews and other documentation can provide some details on lost films, but this kind of written documentation is also incomplete and often insufficient to properly date all extant films or even identify them if original titles are missing. Possible stop motion in lost films is even harder to trace. The principles of animation and other special effects were mostly kept a secret, not only to prevent use of such techniques by competitors, but also to keep audiences interested in the mystery of the magic tricks.

Stop motion is closely related to the stop trick, in which the camera is temporarily stopped during the recording of a scene to create a change before filming is continued (or for which the cause of the change is edited out of the film). In the resulting film the change will be sudden and a logical cause of the change will be mysteriously absent or replaced with a fake cause that is suggested in the scene. The oldest known example is used for the beheading in Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart. The technique of stop motion can be interpreted as repeatedly applying the stop trick. In 1917 clay animation pioneer Helena Smith-Dayton referred to the principle behind her work as "stop action", a synonym of "stop motion".

French trick film pioneer Georges Méliès claimed to have invented the stop-trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterforms.

Segundo de Chomón:

French filmmaker Segundo de Chomón (1871–1929) made many trick films in France for Pathé. He has often been compared to Georges Méliès as he also made many fantasy films with stop tricks and other illusions (helped by his wife, Julienne Mathieu). By 1906 Chomón was using stop motion animation. Le théâtre de Bob (April 1906) features over three minutes of stop motion animation with dolls and objects to represent a fictional automated theatre owned by Bob, played by a live-action child actor. It is the oldest extant film with proper stop motion and a definite release date.

The Sculptor's Nightmare

Segundo de Chomón's Sculpteur moderne was released on 31 January 1908 and features heaps of clay molding itself into detailed sculptures that are capable of minor movements. The final sculpture depicts an old woman and walks around before it's picked up, squashed and molded back into a sitting old lady.

1930s and 1940s:

Starewicz finished the first feature stop motion film Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of the Fox) in 1930, but problems with its soundtrack delayed its release. In 1937 it was released with a German soundtrack and in 1941 with its French soundtrack.

Hungarian-American filmmaker George Pal developed his own stop motion technique of replacing wooden dolls (or parts of them) with similar figures displaying changed poses and/or expressions. He called it Pal-Doll and used it for his Puppetoons films since 1932. The particular replacement animation method itself also became better known as puppetoon. In Europe he mainly worked on promotional films for companies such as Philips. Later Pal gained much success in Hollywood with a string of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Films, including Rhythm in the Ranks (1941).

1960s and 1970s :

British television has shown many stop motion series for young children since the 1960s. An early example is Snip and Snap (1960-1961) by John Halas in collaboration with Danish paper sculptor Thok Søndergaard (Thoki Yenn), featuring dog Snap, cut from a sheet of paper by pair of scissors Snip.

Apart from their cutout animation series, British studio Smallfilms (Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate) produced several stop motion series with puppets, beginning with Pingwings (1961-1965) featuring penguin-like birds knitted by Peter's wife Joan and filmed on their farm (where most of their productions were filmed in an unused barn). It was followed by Pogles' Wood (1965-1967), Clangers (1969-1972, 1974, revived in 2015), Bagpuss (1974) and Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984).

21st century:

The BBC commissioned thirteen episodes of stop frame animated Summerton Mill in 2004 as inserts into their flagship pre-school program, Tikkabilla. Created and produced by Pete Bryden and Ed Cookson, the series was then given its own slot on BBC1 and BBC2 and has been broadcast extensively around the world.

Other notable stop-motion feature films released since 2000 include Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and $9.99 (2009), and Anomalisa.

In 2003, the pilot film for the series Curucuru and Friends, produced by Korean studio Ffango Entertoyment is greenlighted into a children's animated series in 2004 after an approval with the Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency. It was aired in KBS1 on November 24, 2006 and won the 13th Korean Animation Awards in 2007 for Best Animation. Ffango Entertoyment also worked with Frontier Works in Japan to produce the 2010 film remake of Cheburashka.

Variations of stop motion:

Stop motion has very rarely been shot in stereoscopic 3D throughout film history. The first 3D stop-motion short was In Tune With Tomorrow (also known as Motor Rhythm), made in 1939 by John Norling. The second stereoscopic stop-motion release was The Adventures of Sam Space in 1955 by Paul Sprunck. The third and latest stop motion short in stereo 3D was The Incredible Invasion of the 20,000 Giant Robots from Outer Space in 2000 by Elmer Kaan and Alexander Lentjes. This is also the first ever 3D stereoscopic stop motion and CGI short in the history of film. The first all stop-motion 3D feature is Coraline (2009), based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel and directed by Henry Selick. Another recent example is the Nintendo 3DS video software which comes with the option for Stop Motion videos. This has been released December 8, 2011 as a 3DS system update. Also, the movie ParaNorman is in 3D stop motion.

LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion

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PHOT202: Stop Motion Photography.

HISTORY -

1895-1928: The silent film era:

It is estimated that 80 to 90 percent of all silent films are lost. Extant contemporary movie catalogs, reviews and other documentation can provide some details on lost films, but this kind of written documentation is also incomplete and often insufficient to properly date all extant films or even identify them if original titles are missing. Possible stop motion in lost films is even harder to trace. The principles of animation and other special effects were mostly kept a secret, not only to prevent use of such techniques by competitors, but also to keep audiences interested in the mystery of the magic tricks.

Stop motion is closely related to the stop trick, in which the camera is temporarily stopped during the recording of a scene to create a change before filming is continued (or for which the cause of the change is edited out of the film). In the resulting film the change will be sudden and a logical cause of the change will be mysteriously absent or replaced with a fake cause that is suggested in the scene. The oldest known example is used for the beheading in Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart. The technique of stop motion can be interpreted as repeatedly applying the stop trick. In 1917 clay animation pioneer Helena Smith-Dayton referred to the principle behind her work as "stop action", a synonym of "stop motion".

French trick film pioneer Georges Méliès claimed to have invented the stop-trick and popularized it by using it in many of his short films. He reportedly used stop-motion animation in 1899 to produce moving letterforms.

Segundo de Chomón:

French filmmaker Segundo de Chomón (1871–1929) made many trick films in France for Pathé. He has often been compared to Georges Méliès as he also made many fantasy films with stop tricks and other illusions (helped by his wife, Julienne Mathieu). By 1906 Chomón was using stop motion animation. Le théâtre de Bob (April 1906) features over three minutes of stop motion animation with dolls and objects to represent a fictional automated theatre owned by Bob, played by a live-action child actor. It is the oldest extant film with proper stop motion and a definite release date.

The Sculptor's Nightmare

Segundo de Chomón's Sculpteur moderne was released on 31 January 1908 and features heaps of clay molding itself into detailed sculptures that are capable of minor movements. The final sculpture depicts an old woman and walks around before it's picked up, squashed and molded back into a sitting old lady.

1930s and 1940s:

Starewicz finished the first feature stop motion film Le Roman de Renard (The Tale of the Fox) in 1930, but problems with its soundtrack delayed its release. In 1937 it was released with a German soundtrack and in 1941 with its French soundtrack.

Hungarian-American filmmaker George Pal developed his own stop motion technique of replacing wooden dolls (or parts of them) with similar figures displaying changed poses and/or expressions. He called it Pal-Doll and used it for his Puppetoons films since 1932. The particular replacement animation method itself also became better known as puppetoon. In Europe he mainly worked on promotional films for companies such as Philips. Later Pal gained much success in Hollywood with a string of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Films, including Rhythm in the Ranks (1941).

1960s and 1970s :

British television has shown many stop motion series for young children since the 1960s. An early example is Snip and Snap (1960-1961) by John Halas in collaboration with Danish paper sculptor Thok Søndergaard (Thoki Yenn), featuring dog Snap, cut from a sheet of paper by pair of scissors Snip.

Apart from their cutout animation series, British studio Smallfilms (Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate) produced several stop motion series with puppets, beginning with Pingwings (1961-1965) featuring penguin-like birds knitted by Peter's wife Joan and filmed on their farm (where most of their productions were filmed in an unused barn). It was followed by Pogles' Wood (1965-1967), Clangers (1969-1972, 1974, revived in 2015), Bagpuss (1974) and Tottie: The Story of a Doll's House (1984).

21st century:

The BBC commissioned thirteen episodes of stop frame animated Summerton Mill in 2004 as inserts into their flagship pre-school program, Tikkabilla. Created and produced by Pete Bryden and Ed Cookson, the series was then given its own slot on BBC1 and BBC2 and has been broadcast extensively around the world.

Other notable stop-motion feature films released since 2000 include Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and $9.99 (2009), and Anomalisa.

In 2003, the pilot film for the series Curucuru and Friends, produced by Korean studio Ffango Entertoyment is greenlighted into a children's animated series in 2004 after an approval with the Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency. It was aired in KBS1 on November 24, 2006 and won the 13th Korean Animation Awards in 2007 for Best Animation. Ffango Entertoyment also worked with Frontier Works in Japan to produce the 2010 film remake of Cheburashka.

Variations of stop motion:

Stop motion has very rarely been shot in stereoscopic 3D throughout film history. The first 3D stop-motion short was In Tune With Tomorrow (also known as Motor Rhythm), made in 1939 by John Norling. The second stereoscopic stop-motion release was The Adventures of Sam Space in 1955 by Paul Sprunck. The third and latest stop motion short in stereo 3D was The Incredible Invasion of the 20,000 Giant Robots from Outer Space in 2000 by Elmer Kaan and Alexander Lentjes. This is also the first ever 3D stereoscopic stop motion and CGI short in the history of film. The first all stop-motion 3D feature is Coraline (2009), based on Neil Gaiman's best-selling novel and directed by Henry Selick. Another recent example is the Nintendo 3DS video software which comes with the option for Stop Motion videos. This has been released December 8, 2011 as a 3DS system update. Also, the movie ParaNorman is in 3D stop motion.

LINKS:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion