Massaging Frames in the Edit - Frame-by-Frame Stop Motion: The Guide to Non-Traditional Animation Techniques - page 141

and held frames make this animated short fresh and snappy. There are very
few hard and fast rules in animation, and it often takes certain creative types to
break any existing “rules” to forge new and interesting ground.
Fig 11.1 Sequence of three images from Hotcorn , directed by Juan pablo Zaramella. Courtesy of
Juan Pablo Zaramella / Can Can Club, © 2011.
Fig 11.2 “rock and rolling” frames for a hold.
One final solution to holding frames is a postproduction effects solution.
If you need a hold in an unexpected area and you only have one frame to
hold, then duplicating that frame in postproduction is possible. Later, in
After Effects, you can add a “grain and noise” filter to that single frame. These