Claymation


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Clay·ma·tion

 (klā-mā′shən)
A service mark used for a stop-motion animation process using clay figurines.
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claymation

(ˌkleɪˈmeɪʃən)
n
1. (Film) the techniques of animation applied to clay models
2. (Photography) the techniques of animation applied to clay models
[C20: from clay + (ani)mation]
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Clay•ma•tion

(kleɪˈmeɪ ʃən)
Trademark. a process for making animated movies with modeled clay figures.
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* Try stop-and-go animation, also known as Claymation. Here is a quick explanation of Claymation, https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PHTQr0kfA98&t=118s (3 minutes), and an example created by my niece of my dog Jojo, https://youtu.be/x4qr-2stjN4 (30 seconds).
'I call them '3D Illustrations.'' This style projects a whimsical quality unto the images, as if they're claymation (clay animation) scenes about to burst to life but don't.
Stop Motion Claymation Kit - $20.00 - While never having a desire to create stop motion, when forced to create a student project in a film class, it ended up as a favorite project.
-- Will Vinton, an Oscar-winning animator who invented Claymation, a style of stop-motion animation, and brought the California Raisins to TV, has died in Oregon.
Vinton is well known for coining the term 'Claymation'.
The website says entrants may use whatever method of animation they prefer - handdrawn "cut out" 2D imagery, 3D computer graphics, or stop motion techniques such as "claymation".
Chicken Run (3e, 5.30pm - 7.15pm) Claymation, with the voices of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha and Jane Horrocks.
Formerly known as Green Jell| (until Kraft took it to court for trademark infringement), the band is best known for its early 1990s Top 40 hit, "Three Little Pigs," and its claymation video that was a staple on MTV in 1993.
Effects such as Claymation were used to portray the Nome King, the new threat facing Oz.
Smoothies by Jaime Winters (9780778734031), Mixed Media by Janice Dyer (9780778734024), Get Into Magic by Vic Kovacs (9780778734017) and Kelly Spence's Get into Claymation (9780778734000) each use step-by-step directions accompanied by 'how-to' photos to help build skills through fun projects.
"From 2D to 3D, and from cut-out to claymation, some of the most memorable productions ever made were developed using Toon Boom software.