This master's thesis provides a description of the proposed art form called single-frame cinema, which is a category of computer imagery that takes the temporal polarities of photography and cinema and unites them into a single visual vignette of time. Following introductory comments, individual chapters discuss (1) the essential physical properties of these vignettes, which are referred to as motion-stills; (2) the conceptual properties of the motion-still; and (3) presentation of the art form. Selected works are then compared and contrasted in order to clarify points about motion-stills, and the final chapter provides a summary which includes reflections on the role of this new art form in contemporary society. Nine plates are included in the text and 10 references are listed. (MES)