Melissa Bloom, owner and founder of The Sister's Bloom, on set during a project. (Photo provided.) Melissa Bloom stages a shot for a stop-motion film at The Sister's Bloom studio in Kalispell. (Photo ...

Stop-motion remains one of the most-loved animation styles thanks to its charming handcrafted authenticity. We all know the basic concept: artists create the illusion of movement by taking photos of a ...

Hear from stop motion animators living across the globe about this creative filmmaking process. Stop motion animation is a special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in ...

Mar. 16—The Sister's Bloom, an eco-friendly stop-motion animation studio based in Kalispell, bloomed into what it is because of a passion for storytelling and a quest to create stop-motioned animated ...