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	Stop motion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One variation of clay animation is strata-cut animation in which a long bread-like loaf of clay, internally packed tight and loaded with varying imagery, is sliced into thin sheets, with the camera taking a frame of the end of the loaf for each cut, eventually revealing the movement of the internal images within.
		Stop motion animation is essential for model animation which is the process of animating realistic-looking articulated models designed to be combined with live action footage to create the illusion of a a real-world fantasy sequence.
		A simiplied variation of graphic animation is called direct manipulation animation which involves the frame-by-frame altering (or adding to) a single graphic image, as close as the stop motion process gets to the process of simply animating a series of drawings, which most people assoctae with the generic "animation' term.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stop-motion_animation (3813 words)

	Clay animation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clay animation is one of many forms of stop motion animation; specifically, it is the form where each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable".
		In clay animation, which is one of the many forms of stop motion animation, each object is sculpted in clay or a similarly pliable material such as Plasticine, usually around a wire skeleton called an armature.
		Pioneered in both clay and blocks of wax by German animator Oskar Fischinger during the 1920s and 30s, the technique was revivied and highly refined in the mid-90s by David Daniels, an associate of Will Vinton, in his 16-minute short film Buzz Box.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Claymation (1315 words)

	TMW Media Group - Animation
		Clay animator Mark Sawicki examines the fundamental design concepts of the animation armature and builds an inexpensive puppet skeleton based on his character design.
		Mark Sawicki's clay animation has been used in Batman and Robin and The Muppet Babies TV Show." He was Co-effects supervisor for Area 51 on Tom Hanks From The Earth To The Moon.
		Polymer clay is a relatively new plastic clay that can be permanently hardened in a home oven at approximately 275 degrees for 20 30 minutes.
	www.tmwmedia.com /animation.html (456 words)

	Clay Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Clay animation as seen in the current hit movie "Chicken Run" can be a very exciting hands-on classroom activity.
		When you are ready to create your clay character, you will need to think about how the character will look from all angles, and how it will move.
		Even the slightest bump usually causes the final animation to appear to be taking place during an earthquake.
	www.gecdsb.on.ca /cait/winger/Clay/index.htm (626 words)

	Clay animation: fun for television, websites and programs
		Such a clay animation on your website, or as company presentation or small film in a television program can get popular by some target groups.
		For the Vrije Universiteit we made a series of 8 flash animations that is used as part of a scientific experiment...
		This animation is made for a exhibition and combines the vector art with poetry and sound...
	www.myrmex.nl /flasheng/clayanimation.html (412 words)

	Vince Backeberg's FAQ:Claymation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Animators use what is known as a logsheet.
		Many animators I worked with at Vinton's did their first animation with characters built on top of GI Joe's and other articulated action toys and figures.
		They had animators with a wide variety of backgrounds, and the audition piece was to see that new potential animators could sculpt in the Claymation®style.
	home.comcast.net /~v3d/vfaqclay.htm (4152 words)

	CLAY ANIMATION
		Clay figures generally do not survive long into photography without constant overhauling and re-sculpting.
		Sculpty is an excellent clay because you can bake it so it solidifies and doesn't melt under the hot lights.
		Sculpting a plurality of glazed heads with a variety of facial expressions - that can be popped on and off of a character's armature skeleton makes animation faster and easier; once the sculpting is removed from the frame by frame animation process, you can focus on animation instead of sculpting endlessly.
	www.jamesarnett.com /guidebook/1-4-2-2.html (102 words)

	Making Clay Animations .......
		Animations using clay or plasticene are easy to do, and can be completed by students in several classes.
		Clay animations require that students use their imaginations, create a storyboard, plan carefully, and use equipment properly, to achieve a satisfactory result.
		Gif images use just 256 colours or less, so these types of animations may produce unusual colour changes; they don't work well with photos, but are ideally suited to drawn animations.
	www.worsleyschool.net /science/files/clay/animations.html (896 words)

	How to Animate Clay - WikiHow
		Clay animation is an obscure yet amazing art form.
		For example, if you are creating a person from clay, then you mold different colors of clay onto the figure for things such as the shirt or pants.
		You can animate at slower frame rates, down to 6 frames per second, so that would mean taking anything up to 4 frames per move for your animation.
	www.wikihow.com /Animate-Clay (921 words)

	Clay Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Clay animation is an exciting technology that captures the imagination of students of all ages.
		The tools to achieve high quality clay animation were once beyond the reach of schools but now the tools are either free or very inexpensive.
		Clay animation and its role in literacy development was the subject of a paper by Jim Edson published for the 2004 ACEC conference - download the pdf
	www.tsof.edu.au /resources/animation/clay (351 words)

	claymation
		Will Vinton was an animator who made all of his props, sets and characters out of clay.
		He started making Clay Animated movies in 1974 with his friend Bob Gardiner when they were in college.
		Clay animation looks good at a frame rate as low as six frames per second.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/wes/projects/claymation/claymation.html (405 words)

	Clay Animation: Strata-Cut
		Then the clay is normally slid on popsicle sticks towards the camera as the front part is sliced off to reveal a new section of clay.
		Daniels uses plasticene oil-wax colored clays whereas Fischinger used Wax that was colored via random swirls and patterns within the wax block or log.
		Also, another method that possibly contributed to the Strata-Cut Animation style was, the Art and Craft of Clay Millefiori Cane Making.....woven inside the clay logs are intricate designs....then the log is sliced-up producing multiple quantities of pendant shaped slices of the internal clay log design.
	www.stopmotionworks.com /stratacut.htm (532 words)

	Arts: Animation: Stop-Motion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Animation Toolworks - This company offers the LunchBox Sync which is a dedicated frame/image capturing device to provide instant feedback for animators.
		Clay Animation Made Easy - Example of clay and stop motion animation used in an elementary school curriculum.
		Darkstrider: Explorations in the Art of Stop Motion Animation - Information about the European style of puppet animation in the more purer form where characters are stylized, surreal (as puppets), and are not represented as photo realistic.
	www.freshlinks.net /odp.aspx/Arts/Animation/Stop-Motion (1622 words)

	Tech4Learning, Inc. - Clay Animation Kit - Curriculum Integration
		Not only is clay animation fun and engaging for students, you can use clay animation projects to help you meet learning goals and content standards.
		Use this worksheet to plan the details of a clay animation including goals, audience, character, setting, plot, and technologies needed.
		Learn how one school uses clay animation to help at risk and special needs students to practice their writing skills.
	www.tech4learning.com /claykit/projects.html (237 words)

	Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This site by animation researcher Jerry Beck is an invaluable source of information on animation both old and new, including a check list of all animated features released theatrically in the United States from 1937 to the present.
		This Library of Congress site represents the development of early American animation with a collection of 21 animated films and 2 fragments, spanning the years 1900 to 1921 and including clay, puppet, and cut-out animation, as well as pen drawings.
		The oldest and largest animation festival in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest in the world, full of retrospectives of the animated works of studios, countries, and individual artists in addition to a treasure trove of films in competition from around the world.
	www.uiuc.edu /unit/cinema/links/animation.html (870 words)

	Clay Animator How To Site: Books Clay Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Books on clay animation can provide in depth information on how the clay animation process works.
		Unfortunately books on clay animation are sometimes difficult to find for purchase.
		By Marc Spess, Lynda Lotman (Editor).Go to the clay animator links page and look under the books category to check to see if any of the clay animation books are currently available to purchase.
	www.clayanimator.com /english/books_on_clay_animation.html (179 words)

	The Clayman's Funhouse Corporate Cartoon's- Clay Day Poster
		In the course of one afternoon he not only demonstrated for the children the basics of clay animation but inspired and excited them to create their own clay characters.
		As well as introducing the field of animation and its potential, Clay Animation Day helped the children realize they had the creative ability to make their own stories come alive.
		Clay Animation Day added a great deal to our Art curriculum and to the children's understanding of media.
	www.theclayman.com /portfolio/clay_day.html (330 words)

	Clay Animation Made Easy
		This camp will provide the opportunity for youth to explore animation, sculpting, visual literacy, and multimedia concepts while working in small, collaborative teams of kids their own age led by a teacher who will guide their exploration and discovery.
		Creating a clay animation movie allows students to use their artistic and creative talents while using clay and technology to communicate and tell a story.
		Clay animation appeals to multiple intelligences and a broad variety of learners.
	education.wichita.edu /claymation (288 words)

	Learning With Clay Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Clay Animation in the classroom requires each student to use the first seven at one time or another during the animation process.
		In language arts students can clay animate a favorite book or short story, math concepts can be reinforced by animating numeric functions, science students can illustrate scientific principles or natural occurences such as the classic volcanic eruption.
		If you do a search on the internet with the keyword clay animation or claymation you will be amazed at how elaborate you can get with clay animation but for beginning purposes we are going to keep it simple.
	home.austin.rr.com /wrynn (360 words)

	Clay Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The jump rope girl is another example of a simple animation that takes place in a rectangle space and loops over and over.
		Many students try to have too much happen in their animation.
		Some images may be used more than once as in the case of the genie in a bottle at the top of the page.
	home.neb.rr.com /monarchrose/animation.htm (163 words)

	Claymation Station
		What could be a better reference for clay animation than a clay animation movie?
		Whether you are looking for specific information or you haven't ever seen a clay animation movie before, you are in for a real treat.
		If you are really interested in doing clay animation or something similiar in that field, this site is definitely filled with useful information.
	library.thinkquest.org /22316/home.html (413 words)

	The Clay Animator How To Page: Clay Animation Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The clay animation film page has been designed to make viewing of clay filmmakers works as simple as possible.
		Clay animated films made by people around the world The films for screening have been provided by the creators of each individual clay animation film.
		To find out more information about a clay film you have viewed at clayanimator.com please contact the animator of the film.
	www.clayanimator.com /english/film_pages/clay_animation_films.html (189 words)

	Bowes Production - Stop Motion Animation
		Created and produced the clay animated short entitled "The Big Blue Ball" using the song "The Big Blue Ball" produced by The Brothers Four, out of Seattle.
		Completed 5 English speaking tongue twisters using clay animation for the series "Hirake Ponkiki", Tokyo, Japan - the Japanese equivalent of the North American "Sesame Street".
		The clay character "Monty Gluey" was stuck to bubble gum in front of a candy shop late at night, singing to the viewers the difference between "Icky and Sticky and Gooey and Gluey".
	www.bowesproductions.com /childrens.htm (397 words)

	Clay animation in TutorGig Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Any kind of heat source can be appied on or near (or below) clay to cause it to melt while an animation camera on a time-lapse setting slowly films the process.
		Clay animation has also been used in Academy-Award-winning short films such as Closed Mondays (Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, 1974), Creature Comforts (Aardman, 1989), all three Wallace & Gromit short films, created by Nick Park of Aardman Animation.
		http://education.wichita.edu/claymation/ Clay Animation Made Easy, Tonya Witherspoon shares how clay animation can be used in education.
	www.tutorgig.com /ed/claymation (1246 words)

	JR.com: Movies / Childrens / Clay Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"The animation is a marvel....The world of Wallace and Gromit is one of the few genuinely eccentric places left in the movies, a place...
		Art Clokey's 1950s television show was a landmark in animation and children's programming, paving the way for the claymation revolution...
		The classic and beloved animated character, Gumby is featured here in this second volume of adventures along with his friends Pokey,...
	www.jr.com /xs-movies-childrens-clay-animation--nn!20254;ne!10000.html (593 words)

	ArtLex on Animation
		Also, making animated cartoons — films that are also called animations.
		Types of animation include cel animation, clay animation (also called claymation), and computer animation.
		This type of animation is sometimes called replacement animation, although George Pal called them puppetoons.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/a/animation.html (237 words)

	Stop-Motion - The Arts & Entertainment Beat - SearchBeat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cycho - Production company specializing in clay animation and stop-motion, for TV commercials, music-video and films.
		The Small Handyman / Le Petit Bricoleur - Beginning clay animation sample movies and information how the animation was done.
		Stop-Motion Filmography - A website reviewing this detailed book about stop motion animation in motion pictures or television, specifically, where the stop motion puppets were used to interact with live action/people.
	www.searchbeat.com /Arts/Animation/Stop-Motion (603 words)

	Lesson: Clay Animation
		In this unit we studied the history and process of clay animation.
		We all took turns photographing and rearranging the clay characters.
		Click on Clay Kings, Will Vinton studios and answer the questions on your sheet.
	www.princetonol.com /groups/iad/lessons/middle/renee-animation.htm (836 words)

	Open Directory - Business: Arts and Entertainment: Media Production: Animation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Animatic Media - Animatics, photomatics, live-test, 3D animation and storyboards.
		Animation Post - Complete digital ink and paint services, including turning pencil drawings on paper into fully coloured and multilayered final artwork, composited over backgrounds.
		Inky Dinky Animation Studios - End to end services in the areas of traditional and 3D animation features for television shows, commercials and film.
	dmoz.org /Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Media_Production/Animation (1434 words)

	Tech4Learning, Inc. - Clay Animation Kit - Home Page
		Your students will love using Clay Animation in cross-curricular group projects that incorporate writing and technology skills.
		With clay, software and a book full of ideas, the Clay Animation Kit has everything you need to get started...
		At 64.95 the Clay Animation Kit is also a classroom project anyone can afford...
	www.tech4learning.com /claykit (132 words)

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