What is stop motion and how does it work?
Stop-Motion animation is an animation technique that manipulates the object physically too give it the appearance of motion. The object is moved minimally each time between each picture creating the illusion of movement when all the frames (Pictures) taken are combined as a continuous sequence. Dolls or Clay characters are often used in Stop-Motion due too their ability too move responsively and accurately. When using clay characters the animation style is generally called Clay Animation or "Clay-mation". Stop-animation is not restricted too just dolls and clay characters but can be used on just about anything from plastic bottles and fridge magnets too people and maybe even buildings.. but would require a lot of time and effort.
The inventor of stop motion is a man named J. Stuart Blackton an Anglo-American film producer from Sheffield. He is most notable for creating the first silent film with animated sequences named "the Enchanted Drawing" and has been praised as the father of American Animation.
The first appearance of Stop-motion animation appeared in 1898 when J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith created "The Humpty Dumpty Circus".
Advantages: Innovative and unique, anything can be animated with this method, can be realistic and lifelike.
Disadvantages: Time consuming, difficult to get correct speed and desired animation.
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