clay animation

CLAY ANIMATION

WHAT IS CLAY ANIMATION

Clay animation is the process of telling a story through the use of clay. The story can be a historical event, a chemical process, a fiction story etc. It is also known as ‘CLAYMATION’, or ‘STOP MOTION’ animation.

HOW IS CLAY ANIMATION CREATED

Individual pictures of the clay characters are knit together with special software in order to create a seamless movie.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS

1. Create an idea (storyboard)

2. Create characters from clay

3. Build the set (including a

background)

4. Take pictures

5. Use software to make your movie

PROFESSIONAL CLAYMATION MOVIES

Producing a claymation movie is extremely laborious. Normal claymation films run at 12 frames or pictures per second.

For a 30-minute movie, there would be approximately 21,600 stops to change the figures for the frames.

For a full-length (90-minute) movie, there would be approximately 64,800 stops.

Great care must be taken to ensure that the object is not altered by accident, by even slight smudges, dirt, hair, or dust

MOVIES WHICH USED CLAY ANIMATION

Walloc & Gromit

Chicken Run

Corpse Bride

The Nightmare Before Christmas

SOME VIDEOS

Making of Taare Zameen Par title animation

How to make a basic model in clay