There are many different kind of animation based toys, the first being the thaumatrope. This is a piece of card with an image on both sides and a piece of string on the edges. The toy is spun using the strings, displaying the images on either side. This gives the impression that both images are merged, due to persistence of vision.
Zoetrope
A Zoetrope is a small circle of plastic with raised sides, like a wheel. These sides have slits in them. An image is create on a long strip of paper, with around 8 small images all displaying one ongoing action. When they're spun in this toy it looks like one perpetual motion. This is why the images must loop back round, with the last following into the first. It's similar to a modern day GIF file.
Praxinoscope
A Praxinoscope is similar to a zoetrope, but is a spinning wheel with mirrors. The image strip is placed onto the base and is reflected in the mirrors. This again gives the idea that they are moving as, when it spins, the mirror stays in one place displaying the pictures.
The reasoning behind all of these is 'The Persistence of Vision', this relates to a theory about how our eyes remember images for a few seconds after we've seen them. This explains how these toys work, as our vision will 'remember' the first image as it sees the next, and will mistake them as being together.
pioneers of Stop motion animation
There have been many pioneers of Stop motion animation throughout the years which have used various materials.
Aardman and Nick Parker
Tim Burton and Henry Sellick
Tim Burton and Henry Sellick work using very detailed puppets and small models. they are well known for their abstract and usually creepy style of film. Most famously, they created 'The Nightmare before Christmas' which was entirely stop motion.
Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen found his fame in creating prehistoric films and the research of Dynamation. His most famous film was 'Jason and the Argonauts', which featured early stop motion footage of a variety of creatures made from clay, such as skeletons and a moving statue.
Phil Tippet
Phil Tippet specialises in Stop motion and visual effects, he worked on many of the scenes in Jurassic Park and the Star Wars films.
The brothers Quay
The brothers Quay create their film using inorganic items such as dolls or screws, using disassembled and rearranged. The style of their films is unusual and relies heavily on music without much dialogue.
Adam Shaheen
Adam Shaheen is the founder and executive producer for Cuppa Coffee, working on over 200 adverts.
Television Programs
There are several childrens TV shows that use stop motion animation, with various different types. One example of a show that uses stop motion animation is Chorlton and the Wheelies. ran from September 1976 until June 1979 on the British television channel ITV.
One TV program that uses stop motion animation is Robot Chicken. Robot Chicken is an American stop motion adult animated sketch-comedy television series, created and executive produced by Seth Green for Adult Swim.
Films
One childrens film that uses stop motion animation is Coraline, it is is a 2009 American stop-motion animated dark fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel. Henry Selick used puppets and miniature sets to create this desired look. Coraline won Annie Awards for best music, character design, production design and received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Animated Feature.
Advertisements
I found this ebay advert which uses stop motion animation.
Music Videos
OkGo had a stop motion animation music video specifically aimed at children to help them learn their primary colours.
Both of these music videos are potentially aimed at a more mature audience. They both use different styles to portray a different story within their video.
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