Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 History of Stop-Motion Feature Films -- Chapter 2 An Interview with Screen Novelties -- Chapter 3 Building Puppets -- Plug-In Wire and Sockets -- Hands and Feet -- Puppet Anatomy -- Silicone -- Casting a Silicone Puppet -- Making a Silicone Mold -- Plastic Casting -- Face Armatures -- Replacement Faces and Rapid Prototyping -- Replacement Animation Puppets -- Chapter 4 Digital Cinematography -- Digital Camera Basics -- ISO -- Aperture and Shutter Speed -- Depth of Field -- White Balance -- Camera Effects -- Rack Focus -- Blurring Effects -- Camera Moves -- Stereoscopic Photography -- Chapter 5 An Interview with Pete Kozachik, ASC -- Chapter 6 An Interview with Trey Thomas -- Chapter 7 Character Animation -- Animation Technique -- Timing -- Arcs -- Overlapping Action -- Anticipation -- Performance -- Two-Character Dialogue -- Lip Sync -- Chapter 8 An Interview with Bronwen Kyffin -- Chapter 9 Visual Effects -- Film Compositing -- Digital Compositing -- Split-Screen and Masks -- Blue/Green Screen -- Front Light/Back Light -- Advanced Compositing for Ava -- Effects -- Rig and Shadow Removal -- Motion Blur -- Eye Compositing Effects for Madame Tutli-Putli -- Chapter 10 An Interview with Larry Bafia and Webster Colcord -- Chapter 11 An Interview with Marc Spess -- Chapter 12 An Interview with Ryan McCulloch -- Chapter 13 An Interview with Justin and Shel Rasch -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Books, Articles, and Publications on Stop-Motion Animation -- Other Useful Books about Animation and Puppetry -- Online Resources Cited for the History of Stop-Motion Animation -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q-R -- S -- T -- U-V -- W -- Y-Z.