Lotte is seen as the mother of silhouette animation, as she was the person who took the style and developed it and brought it to the cinema and to the masses.
This
method of animation requires a lot of intricate work and a ton of patience, and
I admire her for this. The idea itself is simple, you cut out your shapes, and
shine a light from underneath them to create a silhouette and then move it
gradually, taking pictures each time and then assembling them together to give
the illusion of movement. However it is far from that easy.
The
level of quality of her work is outstanding, and perhaps the most intriguing
thing is that it can be done by anybody, as no specialist tools are required at
all in the process of making these types of animation.
In
fact, she is one of the most important people in any aspect of animation, as
she created the first length animated film to the cinema, “The
Adventures of Prince Achmed”. Her work is often overlooked, and I
think it is a shame that she is not as well-known as she should be.
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