Stop Motion Animation

After seeing the presentation of different methods of stop motion, I am now aware of how diverse it really is. I found some really interesting and weird methods such as strata cut and pinscreen.

The title sequence for the movie 'Freaked' seems to be a combination of strata cut, clay animation and model animation. This produces an effect, when combined with the music, that is quite disorientating. The constant flashes can hurt your eyes sometimes. 

Out of all of these different and unique methods of animation, I find model and puppet animation to be the most interesting. Model and puppet animation doesn't only include the animation but the buildings of sets and thousands of pieces for small models. The animation only seems to be half of the fun.

Here are some behind the scenes of the movie Coraline. I find it fascinating to see the scale to which they work. The amount of work they put into the each set and model is shown in the animation and both complement each other.