 and wakes up from the laughter of companions as he said the last phrase aloud.After experimenting with various animation techniques from 1928-1932, including the combination of puppets and live action in the same frame, Ptushko (along with the animation crew he had assembled over the years) began work on his first feature film.Written and directed by Ptushko, "The New Gulliver" was one of the first feature-length films to combine stop-motion animation with live-action footage (the first few were made by Willis O'Brien, who was responsible for "The Lost World" and "King Kong").