Movie creators will design and build LEGO movie sets and characters, capture live motion and stop motion animation on a digital PC camera, and edit together their masterpieces on the computer. Stop motion animation allows otherwise lifeless objects to move and dance around the screen appearing full of life. Early use of stop motion animation in the movies included making small models of creatures appear larger than life and move across the screen. Computer animation has now replaced stop motion techniques where the filmmaker is trying to create a realistic effect. However, stop motion is far from out of style.
Many filmmakers prefer it because of the special style it gives the picture.
Recent successful productions including Chicken Run, The Wallace and Gromit Adventures, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and James and the Giant Peach , were filmed almost entirely using this technique. Click the button below to see a sample stop motion animation movie from the LEGO website. The LEGO Group.