THE FIRST STOP-MOTION FILM. The first-ever stop-motion film was created by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878. Called The Horse in Motion, EverPresent
In 1878, "film" as we know it did not exist. Instead, photographers used , a method of capturing sequential still images to study movement. Sexy Girl (1878) mp4
The title appears to be a modern misnomer or a clickbait title for a specific sequence from Eadweard Muybridge’s pioneering photographic studies. While no film of that exact name exists in the historical record, it likely refers to one of Muybridge's chronophotographic experiments from his 1878-1887 series, Animal Locomotion . Historical Context of 1878 "Films" THE FIRST STOP-MOTION FILM