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stop-action en · NOUN
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(uncountable) A film technique in which still frames depicting successive positions are displayed to create the illusion of movement.
Given their early history, it is interesting that Benjamin made no mention of them — but if he had, he would have had to reconsider his thesis that film can only reproduce (and so, dislocate) works of art,' for stop-action provides a classic case of technology being used to create original productions
1999, John Bell, Puppets, Masks, and Performing, →ISBN, page 181: