Bricks in Motion
We are a friendly filmmaking community devoted to the art of stop-motion animation using LEGO® and similar construction toys. Here, you can share your work, join our community of other brickfilmers, and participate in periodic animation contests!
A place to discuss, share, and create stop motion films.
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Has anyone actually stopped to think about the name stop motion? (sorry about the cheesy pun) 
This really didn't need a thread. But yes, it can be a little confusing. I think its called stop motion because the character is not actually moving, we're taking pictures of him "frozen" in place, as if he stopped moving so we can take take the picture.
Wikipedia is probably more helpful, I'm not much of a writer 
Personally I think it's pretty obvious. Images are taken frame by frame, "stopped", ie not moving. However when played back at a fast rate they appear to be animated. Hence the Motion is created by a bunch of "stopped" frames.
That's what i was trying to say, only you improved it... A lot. 
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