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                                              Stop motion animation in TV

What is stop motion animation?

In animation stop motion animation is a cinematic process, or technique used to makes static objects appear as if they were moving. This technique is commonly used in Claymation and puppet-based animation. The objects are brought to life by breaking up the figure's motion into increments and filming one frame of film per addition. Stop motion animation can also be thought of as just a series of still photographs put together to make a moving image. Stop motion animation is almost as old as film itself. Film makers needed a way to animate objects on screen and the technique was devised. The first instance of its usage is credited to J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith for bringing a toy circus to life in Humpty Dumpty Circus (1897).

How are stop motion animations created?

Stop motion animations are commonly created using objects such as clay to build characters, they are also created by building a set for you characters to move in. a camera and an editing software. When animating using a camera the first type of shot has to always show the entire frame as this helps give the audience a better understanding. The camera must be placed so that it is sitting steadily and cannot shake as this makes you photos very blurry and not in focus. A good source of lighting is needed. During the early years of animation most animators had to use the natural light of the sun, but as time progressed many animate in dark rooms with a lamp of a flashlight over their sets. Once the lighting, set and camera are all ready, the movements sequence would be the toughest. Moving the figure or character bit by bit in very small movements each time making sure you do not lose control of you character.

  

Where can you find stop-motion animations?

Animations can be found almost everywhere you look, from websites to games to films. Many animations are placed on the web on websites such as YouTube and Viemo, these are the sites that have millions of user’s online every day. They range from all different skill levels and artistic styles. They are also found on TV channels such as Cbbc and Disney channel kids as these channels are aimed at a younger audience that appeals for them.

 

Stop motion animation on you TV.

Dominating children's TV stop motion programming for three decades in America was Art Clokey's Gumby series—which spawned a feature film, Gumby I in 1995—using both freeform and character clay animation. Clokey started his adventures in clay with a 1953 freeform clay short film called Gumbasia (1953) which shortly thereafter propelled him into his more structured Gumby TV series. As many different TV shows have been made for the younger audience with the use of stop motion animation for many reasons one of which is that these appeal to young kids. From 1986 to 2000, over 150 five-minute episodes of Pingu, a Swiss children's comedy were produced by Trickfilmstudio. In the 1990s Trey Parker and Matt Stone made two shorts and the pilot of South Park almost entirely out of construction paper.