- Films
- Television shows
- Music videos
- Others
- References
- External links
{{about|the stop motion film technique|the graphics effect induced by enlarging a bitmap|Pixelation|the image-editing technique of displaying part of an image at low resolution|Pixelization}}{{unreferenced|date=March 2012}}Pixilation (from pixilated) is a stop motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop motion puppet. This technique is often used as a way to blend live actors with animated ones in a movie, such as in The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb by the Bolex Brothers. Early examples of this technique are El hotel eléctrico from 1908 and Émile Cohl's 1911 movie Jobard ne peut pas voir les femmes travailler (Jobard cannot see the women working). The term is widely credited to Grant Munro (although some say it was McLaren) and he made an experimental movie named "Pixillation", available in his DVD collection "Cut Up – The Films of Grant Munro"[1] Films- Norman McLaren's Oscar-winner Neighbours, A Chairy Tale (1957) and Two Bagatelles
- Chuck Menville and Len Janson's trilogy of pixilated short films Stop Look and Listen – 1967, Blaze Glory – 1968, and Sergeant Swell of the Mounties – 1972)
- Mike Jittlov's short The Wizard of Speed and Time (1979). Jittlov made a feature film with many pixilation sequences, also titled The Wizard of Speed and Time (1989), based on the making of the original short.
- Monsieur Pointu (1975)
- Jan Kounen's Gisele Kerozene (1989)
- The Iron Man (1989)
- Numerous Jan Švankmajer movies, but most notably Food (1992) and large sections of Conspirators of Pleasure (1996).
- Bolex Brothers' The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)
- Michael Langan's Doxology (2007)
- Paul Cummings' and Tony Fiandaca's [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029391/ Tony vs. Paul] (2007)
- Luminaris a short film by Juan Pablo Zaramella (2011)
- Western Spaghetti and the Academy Award-nominated Fresh Guacamole (2012) by PES utilize pixilation.
- Joe & Giles's Two Gentlemen of Honour (2012)
- Jared Goldberg's Mister G Meets the Biker Babes (2012)
Television shows- Angry Kid
- Sesame Street (Milo Counting, Ordering a Pizza, George the Farmer)
- The Goodies
Music videos- "All The Way To Heaven" by Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew
- "Be Near Me" by ABC
- "The Box" by Orbital
- "Consolation Prizes" by Phoenix
- "End Love" by OK Go
- "The End of the World" by The Cure
- "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" by Coldplay
- "Fix" by Jean-Paul De Roover
- "The Hardest Button to Button" by The White Stripes
- "Heard 'Em Say" by Kanye West
- "Hello Again" by The Cars
- "Her Morning Elegance" by Oren Lavie
- "In Your Arms" by Kina Grannis
- "Is That It" by Katrina & The Waves
- "Lame Claim to Fame" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
- "Last Dance" by George Clinton
- "Les tartines" by Sttellla
- "Long Gone" by Fat City Reprise
- "Ma Che Discorsi" by Daniele Silvestri
- "Now You See Her" by Crash Test Dummies
- "Paralyzed" by The Used
- "Point of No Return" by Nu Shooz
- "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads
- "Sex Machine" by The Fat Boys
- "Shopping Trolley" by Beth Orton
- "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
- "Strawberry Swing" by Coldplay
- "There There" by Radiohead
- "Time Won't Let Me Go" by The Bravery
- "Vermilion" by Slipknot
Quebec band Les Colocs and Michel Gondry used pixilation in many of their music videos. OthersThe pixilation technique was also used for the opening of Claymation, Will Vinton's 1978, 17-minute documentary about his animation studio's production techniques, the first time the famous trademarked Claymation term was used, now a term synonymous with all clay animation.[2] The Czech animator Jan Švankmajer uses pixilation in most of his work; most notably Food. Jan Kounen's Gisele Kerozene (1989), a short film that shows witches riding around a city on broomsticks, is another influential example of this technique. A recent example of the technique is the Stephen Malkmus' video clip "Baby C'mon" [3] Pixilation is also used in Andrew Huang's short video Fluxis. An effect similar to pixilation can be achieved by dropping occasional frames from a conventionally recorded movie. While obviously easier than the stop-frame technique, this does not achieve the same quality. References1. ^http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/grant-munro/
2. ^https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFSu8rUiHI
3. ^http://www.the-rivalry.com/lana/video/malkmus2.htm
External links- Watch A Chairy Tale, Neighbours and Monsieur Pointu at the National Film Board of Canada
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbMnOrq50iA Spin] Award-winning Pixilation Short Film by Dustball and André Nguyen (4:13)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXALzTinIHE Fuerte] Malacate's Pixilation Music Video by Sebastián Baptista (3:13)
- Paranoiaparadise Some pixilation cut to house music (0:36)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd0nQE_nw20 Leap Of Faith] Voice of Apollo's Pixilation Music Video by the band. (5:41)
- Mirage Surreal animated dance utilizing the Pixilation technique by Joel Fletcher and Mark Danel, 1981. (4:49)
- https://vimeo.com/62474345 'The Hunter Pixilation Project'
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG80XHGM6aY Two Gentlemen of Honour] Slapstick short film utilizing Pixilation, 2012. (3:21)
{{Animation}} 2 : Animation techniques|Stop motion |