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Finding new life for Triggerfish

South Africa’s third computer-animated movie is the first to break into the global market.

02 January 2013

When computer graphics came of age in 2003, Triggerfish animation studio found itself in serious trouble.

Founded in 1996 mainly to create commercials, the studio had been very successful with both local and overseas TV series featuring muppet-style marionette characters. Triggerfish used a computer-free stop frame animation technique, also known as ‘stop motion’.

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