The special, subtitled 'The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom,' features a mix of puppet animation, marionette puppeteering, hand puppets and 2D hand-drawn animation.

We talk with Georgina Hayns, a Portland-based puppet maker about her career in stop-motion animation and why Portland has become a hub for this particular analog style of filmmaking.

The only problem with George Pal’s “Puppetoons” is the name. When we hear the word puppet, we are inclined to first think of Jim Henson’s hand puppet creations. Yet the Puppetoons — the subject of an ...

Disney animators Bruce Smith and Randy Haycock reveal some of the thinking behind "The Princess and the Frog," Disney's first black princess and its return to traditional hand-drawn animation.

For the animation, the team enlisted Mackinnon & Saunders, the same company that worked with Burton for Corpse Bride. “All those sets are hand-built, all the puppets are manipulated frame by ...

Behind the puppet, ominous black-and-white animation of cutlery, glasses and plates chaotically moving about reveals the servant’s inner turmoil.

The Animation Studio Behind “Coraline,” And “The Boxtrolls” Is Auctioning Off Its Puppets Theoretically, you could make your own unofficial stop-motion sequels if you got all of them.

One of the only puppet troupes to perform in the Hakka language in Taiwan, Shan Puppet Theatre educated guests of all ages in the art of hand puppetry, the music and acting styles, and the ...