Montreal Stop Motion Festival Call for Entries 2014
The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival (MSMFF) celebrates and encourages the efforts of the talented individuals working in this unique art form of stop motion animation.
March 05th, 2014
The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival (MSMFF) fetes and promotesthe efforts of the talented individuals working in this unique art form of stop motion animation. This year MSMFF is calling for entries the deadlinefor film entries is June 20, 2014 and the festival will take place on September 26th, 27th and 28th, 2014.
MSMFF started in 2009 and presently preparing its 6th Edition, and it is the world’s first festival dedicated exclusively to films. The festival has been host to many special guests, including Oscar winner Co Hoedeman, world renowned filmmakers Barry JC Purves, Peter Saunders of Mackinnon & Saunders (Corpse Bride), Mark Shapiro (Laika’s ParaNorman), Merlin Crossingham (Aardman Animations), Joe and Joan Clokey (Gumby) and Henry Selick (Nightmare Before Christmas).
Every year, the Festival provides family friendly stop motion workshops, guest lectures from international professionals in the field, and the best stop motion films from around the world.
For further details visit the official website http://www.stopmotionmontreal.com
Phenakistoscope (1831) A phenakistoscope disc by Eadweard Muybridge (1893).The phenakistoscope was an early animation device. It was invented in 1831 simultaneously by the Belgian Joseph Plateau and the Austrian Simon von Stampfer. It consists of a disk with a series of images, drawn on radii evenly spaced around the center of the disk. Slots are cut out of the disk on the same radii as the drawings, but at a different distance from the center. The device would be placed in front of a mirror and spun. As the phenakistoscope is spun, a viewer would look through the slots at the reflection of the drawings which would only become visible when a slot passes by the viewer's eye. This created the illusion of animation.
