A Collection of Data Gathered- Stop Motion Part 3

Now, for a bit of background knowledge on stop-motion animation that probably would have been useful about two paragraphs earlier...from what I've discovered about stop-motion animation, it's actually really similar to the way that I make my digital animations because I do mine frame by frame. How stop-motion works is that the animator will first have to create his "actors" and "actresses" and props and sets. Typically they are made of clay and then painted to add details. Also, puppets and dolls can be taken to make stop-motion animations. Another style of stop-motion animations that has become somewhat popular lately are "Brickfilms". Brickfilms are basically stop-motion animations done with LEGO pieces. Stop-motions are also done with the idea of frame-by-frame. The animator will lay out all the pieces that are in the first scene and take a photograph of it. Then he will move the pieces into their actions; very slowly, and steadily, not to skip any or move other pieces that do not need to be moved. And every time a piece is adjusted or moved even the slightest bit, take another picture. When you put all the pictures onto a program like, maybe...Windows Movie Maker, they will give the viewer the illusion that these shapes and pieces are actually moving! Stop-motion animation is also not just used by the directors/producers of animated films, but also action films like Jurassic Park, King Kong, Clash of the Titans (the older one), and even Star Wars! Before there were those green dots that you could put on actors and actresses so that you could digitally make them into beasts and monsters, the directors and producers incorporated the art of stop-motion animation into their movies by creating the creatures out of clay and putting them right into the film!

The link to "The Dandelion," an amazing brickfilm abut a man taking ridiculously DESPERATE measures to destroy the single dandelion that ruins his immaculate lawn (and not to mention, annoys the crap out of him with it's shenanigans): www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwhmrJkDJiY

-A scene from one of the episodes of Wallace and Gromit when Wallace's arm is being arranged for the next frame 

-A scene from the Dandelion (a brickfilm)

-Two clay models of Gromit that appear to be exact duplicates (but if you look closely, you'll note that they are actually looking in different directions)