The World of Stop-Motion

The first real stop motion film to be created was first thought up by J. Stuart Blackton & Albert E. Smith
with thier first film being "The Humpty Dumpty Circus" back in 1898. Using jointed limbs, Smith
moved the dolls into a balanced position due to the lack of stabilizers, as this film was literally the
first of its kind, and lacked the technology that current day stop-motion animators use today.
Most stop-motion figures are handmade, extremely flexible, have many varieties, and even detachable
faces to set facial emotions. However, only using his daughters play set, Smith was able to create a new
movement in cinema culture.