A word of warning to would-be animators: Stop Motion is not for the impatient. This meticulous technique, which involves photographing objects frame by frame to create the illusion of movement, requires the zen-like calm of a meditating monk. For context, the Nightmare Before Christmas took about three years to make, with animators producing roughly 12 frames per day.

Nevertheless, in a world dominated by CGI, Stop Motion animation stands out like a beloved relic from a bygone era. Early pioneer Albert E. Smith used stop motion in his 1898 short The Humpty Dumpty Circus to animate a toy circus of animals and acrobats. However, California's Willis Harold O'Brien refined the technique into an art form with his groundbreaking work on The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933).