![]() “There was a great interest with artists like Ray Harryhausen and all of the great pioneers with stop-motion animation - your King Kongs and Godzillas - where didn’t have all the great digital technology, so a lot of it was done through miniatures and stop-motion animation to recreate those creatures.”įor the past 18 years, Melchishua Williams has been teaching visual communication and digital media at Bowie State, but had never had the opportunity to incorporate stop-motion animation into the curriculum. ![]() “It really started off when I was about 6 or 7, having this love of puppetry and special effects and all things that are moving,” Melchishua Williams said. Professor Tewodross Melchishua Williams works with an Animation and Motion Graphics student at Bowie State University.Ĭourtesy of Bowie State University / Courtesy of Bowie State University Melchishua Williams is a filmmaker, animator and visual artist who chairs the Department of Fine & Performing Arts at Bowie State University in Prince George’s County, Maryland. It’s an art form that grabbed the attention of Tewodross Melchishua Williams at a young age. Just a few decades later, animators like Willis O’Brien were using stop-motion techniques in box-office hits like 1933′s “ King Kong.” The first documented stop-motion animated film was “The Humpty Dumpty Circus.” which followed a day in the life of a toy circus. But it’s actually an art form that dates back to the late 1880s. ![]() Fox” have gained wide audiences for the animation style. In more recent years, feature length stop-motion animation films like “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Coraline,” and “Fantastic Mr.
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