Claymation

Posted: 17th October 2012 by e10391 in Uncategorized

Claymation is a method of animation in which clay figures are filmed using stop-motion photography.

Our next project will be claymation

Gumby is the first claymation I ever saw.  Art Clokey created Gumby in the early 1950s:

Shrink-a-dink

Wallace and Gromit is made with claymation:

The Wrong Trousers

Animator PES combines clay with everyday objects to make his stop motion animations:

Fresh Guacamole

Western Spaghetti

Here are some more:

The Infection

Smile by Uncle Kracker Claymation

morphing claymation

To make a stop motion animation, you need to first prepare your characters, accessories, and background.  Then, using a tripod, photograph your animation, moving each object slightly between photos.  Here is a tutorial:

claymation tutorial