Stop Motion Animation

Stop Motion Animation

What Is Stop Motion Animation?

· Taking photos of an object.

· Moving object slightly and taking another photo.

· Repeat the process.

· Play the photos back in sequence, to make a story, AN ANIMATION!

There a range of different stop motion animation, many of which can viewed be daily on television during the advert breaks. A very popular advert that uses animation and many might recognised is Comparethemarket.com who use Vlad the Russian Meerkat as their mascost, with his very memorable catchphrase 'Simples'. However as an example a personal favourite of mine is the bottled water company, Evian's baby & me advert from April 2013:-

Other examples of stop motion animation you might see are:-

           1. Claymation                     2. Cut Out

           3. Models                            4. Silhouettes

           5. Puppets



The Last Animation I Watched

The Last Animation I Watched

Was the Simpsons on Channel 4+ on 14/10/2014 viewing time 18:30-19:00. It was episode 12 from season 18 and was titled 'Little Big Girl', which was first aired 11/02/2007. There were two storylines on based around Bart Simpson and the other around his sister Lisa Simpson. The sypnosis is as follows 'After saving Springfield from burning down in city-wide fire, Mayor Quimby awards Bart with a driver’s license. During Bart’s travels to a nearby town, he develops a serious relationship with a teenage girl. Meanwhile, during a presentation at school, Lisa lies about her Native American heritage and when everyone believes her, the lies result in some escalating problems for her'.

  The Simpsons has come along away since its first episode which, executive producers  Matt Groening, James. L. Brooks, and Sam Simon, originally aired between December 17, 1989 and May 13, 1990, beginning with the Christmas special "Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire". As can be seen from the pictures below:-

An orginal short video of the very first 'Simpsons', entitled 'Good Night' (1987).

  

A modern episode of The Simpsons from 2014. The differences demonstrates how much stop motion animation, in particular Computer-generated imagery (CGI) has developed over the years.