#Stop motion animation series

Many people may assume that there are only 6 types, but I am arguing that there are many more. Sand animation is animated any grain like substance, usually sand. For example clay animation is animating any clay like substance. Even though most stop motion animators will use some form of digital post production to enhance or alter the image further nowadays, and many will mix and merge different types too.Įach technique or type is generally named after the material used to make the animation (movement). The key defining factor is that you are working in the physical world, not the digital world. This is the key – you are creating the illusion of movement by your physical actions, by how you move an object or material in front of the camera. You could be photographing a puppet, or a person, a collage or anything that you can move in order to create the illusion of movement.

#Stop motion animation series

That is of photographing a series of images, where something has been changed in each frame. There are lots of terms used to describe stop motion, but they all follow the same principal. You may not even know it by the name “Stop Motion”, you may have come across it as “Claymation” or “Stop Action Movies”. But it’s the kind of physical scene you make and the way you alter it that lends it’s name to the type of stop motion that it is. ‘Stop motion’ is simply the process of making a moving image frame by frame by altering a physical scene, photographing each frame, and playing it as a sequence. So what are these different types? …and how and why do we define them?

People often use the term ‘Stop Motion’ to describe a form of animation, but they are probably only referring to one specific type of stop motion.