Useful Articles, Links and Information

A quick list of wikipedia links for basic information (this isn't my actual research!):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-motion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stop-motion_films

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_animation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_O%27Brien

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuppa_Coffee_Studios

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Jones_(musician)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Selick



http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/central/thingstodo/doit/nickpark#/lb/central/thingstodo/doit/dos/nickpark

"Persistence of vision is a commonly-accepted although scientifically unfounded theory which states that the human eye (and/or brain) always retains images for a fraction of a second. This means that everything we see is a subtle blend of what is happening now and what happened a fraction of a second ago.

In film and video, this phenomena is said to account for our ability to perceive a sequence of frames as a continuous moving picture.

Despite the fact that film-makers still refer to persistence of vision as if it were mainstream medical knowledge, scientists and psychologists do not generally agree with the theory. There does not appear to be any medical evidence to suggest that images are retained in the eye or brain, and psychologists contend that persistence of vision is not necessary for the success of film motion.

Note: Of course there are some situations where images are retained, e.g. looking at a bright light and then closing your eyes, or staring at a pattern for a long time. These situations are not the same as the persistence of vision theory, which claims that image retention happens all the time with everything we see."