Any name for this?

[tvpirate05 1]

Stay with me on this one...

 

Back in the early-80s, it seems as if every TV show (esp. sitcoms) used this "stop-motion dissolve" effect. Here's some examples:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuzUgy-R1jY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4goqih_zsU

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453qzr5pCKM

 

Is there a name for that process? The best I could come up with was stop-motion dissolve. I know that Calico Entertainment designed a lot of graphics similar to that, i.e. the Hour Magazine one. From what I've seen on Youtube, they were closely associated with Group W.

 

Thanks in advance.

[newsie 11]

Motionless-transition...I have no idea.

 

You probably gave it a better name than I did.

[MidnightJunkie 55]

basically it's a camera zooming in on a still-store image, and is still used today-- i.e. when someone dies and they take a look back at his/her career and mark left on the world through still images. albeit it's used less frequently today; Not sure what the technical term for the process is called.

[blueflag 0]

It's one of the neater effects you can do with primitive (by today's standards) equipment. The _Family Ties_ open looks like a camera shooting art cards, but for the _Mr Belvedere_ open, all you'd need is a still store and a DVE that can do a zoom.

 

That Hour Magazine open brought back some memories -- Scanimate-tastic!