From King Kong To The Terminator, Watch The Evolution Of Stop-Motion

The world of stop-motion is unique in every sense of the word. Motion picture sequences are created by many, many still images or objects put together. What’s even crazier is that this has been a film practice since the beginning of the 1900’s. Over time, it has progressed into a genuine art form that has been the reason for some of the most famous film sequences of all time – King Kong atop the Empire State Building, The Terminator walking through fire just to name a few.

Finally, Vimeo user Vugar Efendi put together a compilation that captures all of these stop-motion sequences in one reel. Below are all the titles that were used:

– The Enchanted Drawing (1900)

-Fun at the Bakery Shop (1902)

-El Hotel Electrico (1905)

-Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)

-The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912)

-The Night before Christmas (1913)

-Häxan (1922)

-The Lost World (1925)

-The Tale of Fox (1930 version)

-King Kong (1933)

-The New Gulliver (1935)

-The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

-It Came Beneath The Sea (1955)

-Earth vs Flying Saucers (1956)

-The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

-Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

-Closed Mondays (1975)

-Star wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

-Star Wars V: Empire Strikes Back (1980)

-Clash of the Titans (1981)

-The Terminator (1984)

-Robocop (1987)

-Beetlejuice (1988)

-Wallace and Gromit: A grand day out (1990)

-The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)

-The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

-James and the Giant Peach (1996)

-Chicken Run (2000)

-Corpse Bride (2005)

-Coraline (2009)

-Mary and Max (2009)

-Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)

-The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

-Paranorman (2012)

-Frankenweenie (2012)

-Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

-The Little Prince (2015)

-Anomalisa (2015)

-Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

This reel is beautifully compiled and shows off the effort that goes into this technique. Also, having the Moneyball score as the background music is a great move.

[H/T Vimeo / Vugar Efendi]