These were made with an iPad app called Echograph. It allows you to freeze certain elements of a video and animated selected portions.
The Fair - now in animated GIF form
Obligatory nod to internet craze.
By jameslileks
September 3, 2012 at 5:26PM
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Why, I don't know, but it's a fun toy. Note: if you want to try the app yourself, don't even thnk about using the iPad's camera. You need a rock-solid camera on a tripod.
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I have one of the large boar, but he didn't make any motions I could highlight. Five minutes of shooting, and he didn't even twitch an ear.
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