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Stop motion
Animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with time lapse, the combination of still photographs into a fast-moving video.
For the EP by Maki Ohguro, see Stop Motion (EP).
Stop motion (also known as stop frame animation) is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames is played back. Any kind of object can thus be animated, but puppets with movable joints (puppet animation) or plasticine figures (clay animation or claymation) are most commonly used. Puppets, models or clay figures built around an armature are used in model animation. Stop motion with live actors is often referred to as pixilation. Stop motion of flat materials such as paper, fabrics or photographs is usually called cutout animation.
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