Looking at Lotte Reiniger's Work

Even though my Animation elective wont start till next week I have decided to at least research artists. Today   I am looking at Lotte Reiniger, who was German artist (born in 1899 and died 1981), she was one of the very first silhouette animators and was also a film director. She was known for making productions of fairy tales using a method known as stop motion today. She used cut out images which she then moved and took pictures of.


Here is a link to her video about Hänsel and Gretel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxkIGXVwZTM



This is a link of her production of Däumelinchen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDojanzKKmw


There is another link to one of her productions about Cinderella:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kku75vGDD_0