Stop Motion Production

Here is what that looks like on the ground. We give stop-motion production support across Turkey, setting up animation studios, motion-control rigs, pro lighting and the craft crews stop-motion demands. Stop-motion needs controlled, stable environments, precise repeatable camera control and patient, skilled animators — and Istanbul's 'plato' sound-stage complexes, built for the country's vast television industry, supply the controlled stages such work needs. Our teams set up set construction, puppet and model fabrication, frame-by-frame capture and the long, careful schedules stop-motion involves. We integrate motion-control rigs for moving-camera stop-motion and set up with post-prod for compositing and finishing. The country's deep craft and animation talent base. The favourable Turkish lira, keep stop-motion projects affordable within global budgets.

Here is how the picture comes together. Stop-motion is almost fully studio-based. Istanbul's dizi-driven studio infrastructure gives the stable, controlled stages extended frame-by-frame shoots need — covered from the light and temperature changes that disrupt scene matching. Where a stop-motion project incorporates plate photography of Turkish locations, those captures need filming permits from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Qualifying Turkish spend. This includes studio hire, fabrication and post-prod, can access the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's cash rebates of up to 30%, administered through its General Directorate of Cinema, and the favourable lira strengthens the cost case for the long schedules stop-motion involves. Turkey applies 20% VAT (KDV). We brief shoots on studio options, fabrication capacity and the rebates so stop-motion projects are planned and budgeted realistically.