The Stolen Airship
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The Stolen Airship is a 1967
live-action/animated film
by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman
. The story is based loosely on Jules Verne
's Two Years' Vacation
. The film consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn
, stop motion, and cutout
animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited
into the same scene.
1967 in film
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:* December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
live-action/animated film
Live-action/animated film
A live-action/animated film is a motion picture that features a combination of real actors or elements: live-action and animated elements, typically interacting.-History:...
by Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès."-Life:...
. The story is based loosely on Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
's Two Years' Vacation
Two Years' Vacation
Two Years' Vacation is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1888. The story tells of the fortunes of a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific, and of their struggles to overcome adversity...
. The film consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn
Traditional animation
Traditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
, stop motion, and cutout
Cutout animation
Cutout animation is a technique for producing animations using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or even photographs...
animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited
Compositing
Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene. Live-action shooting for compositing is variously called "chroma key", "blue screen", "green screen" and other names. Today,...
into the same scene.