Lotte Reineger

Papageno By Lotte Reiniger

Lotte Reiniger - (Link To Website) is an animation artist that adapted the art of shadow play to cinema. Her technique is so original and unique to her she was the founder of this animation technique. She cuts out silhouetted characters into sections so each arm hand and legs are all separate pieces of paper helps with the movement of the figure.She pierces small holes in relevant places and are then connected with small wire hinges so the arm, hands, legs and head can move freely. once the character is completed she can move him to a lit animation table to start creating shadow play animation. The figures are then slowly moved and a photo is taken then moved a fraction more then photographed and so on, after a lot of patience and time the figure moves bit by bit eventually creating an animation of papageno the bird catcher. This technique is such a simple idea but very intricately made needed with lots of patience.