Stop Motion Animation

Stop motion animation is where individual photographs are taken of an object. In each photo the object has been moved slightly. Once all the pictures are put together the animation is very jerky and creates the effect that the object is moving. This can be very abstract as any object can be moved making stop motion animation a very arty form of animation. Sometimes clay figures are used in this animation as they can be repositioned easily and stories can be created using the models e.g. 'Morph'.