animation

Jan Švankmajer

A Czech filmmaker and artist, known for his surreal animation, which is something that isn't real, like exaggerating sounds and the movement of objects.

Clay animation is also one of the forms of stop motion animation, which each object is sculpted in clay or similar material like plasticine, usually wired to hold its position.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bosvfUoO0DU

Alice is a 1988 fantasy, used a technique to combine live action and stop motion.Its an adaption of Lewis Carrols book Alice, which was originally about the girl who followed the rabbit into a bizarre fantasy world.

Surreal animation

Clay animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpzwTK5mVtE

Faust is a 1994 Czech film, which is a stop motion footage that includes imaginative puppetry. It also won an award of adult audience in the animation film festival.

Jan Švankmajer has greatly influenced influenced artists such as Terry Gilliam and the Brothers Quay.