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Already more cumbersome than digital techniques, stop-motion animation typically involves sets and characters designed to make subtle movements so that filmmakers can capture minute shifts frame by frame. Directors Jack Cunningham and Nicolas M\u00e9nard, of Eeastend Western<\/a>, have chosen the even more involved process of replacement animation for their recent project.<\/p>\n Popularized by George Pal in the 1930s and \u201940s, replacement animation involves creating distinctive models for each movement. Where Pal used wooden characters, though, Cunningham and M\u00e9nard opted for 3D-printed figures for their new anthology, TRIPLE BILL<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n