What is Stop Motion Animation

Stop motion animation is basically, take a picture move the object/whatever your using, an inch then take another picture etc.

Different types of stop animation:

Clay mation - using clay or play doh to create a character or an object to move around with.

Pinscreen animation - using a screen filled with tiny moveable pins to make an image which you can animate.

Graphic Animation - using pictures from magazines or just making a collage to create a stop animation.

Object Animation - using anything to make a stop animation.

Direct Manipulation - is adding or taking away from your image to make a stop animation.

Cutout Animation - like 'South Park' the TV show when it first started airing, tis just cutting out pieces of paper and moving them around.

Time lapse Animation -  is showing something that takes ages to do and speeding it up, i.e the David Attenborough show were you see flowers blooming in a couple of seconds.

Model & Puppet Animation - using puppets and models like the animations, Jason & the argonauts or Vincent.