Suitmation
Suitmation is the name of a film technique that is used for special effects in monster films. An actor is in a monster costume and has to move it from inside through the true-to-scale scenery.
The material of the costumes is made of rubber and leaves the make-up artists plenty of room for creative freedom. Depending on how it is used in the film, the latex material must be fireproof and thick enough to protect the actors from burns . Battery-powered remote-controlled technology is available for eye and head movements; the actors themselves can only see through small holes or slits. The physical exertion caused by heat build-up and the weight of the costumes can be very stressful for the actors and often only allow short scenes.
Slightly higher image recording frequencies, i.e. more than the usual 24 frames per second when rotating, can intensify the effects of the monstrosity, as the scenes played at normal speed are then in slow motion and the movements of the monsters appear clumsier and clumsier. Eiji Tsuburaya pioneered suitmation as a special effects technician at Toho film studios and received his first film award in 1954, best technology, for the use of suitmation in Godzilla . Other Japanese studios such as Daiei , Tōei , and even Eiji Tsuburaya's own company Tsuburaya Productions emulated them, and a large part of the Japanese monster films, Kaiju Eiga, were made with the ever-evolving technology.