1. Stop Motion Animation
A display that is created by a series of photos taken of inanimate objects that are physically moved in small increments from one picture to the next.

2. What is persistence of Vision?
The process for when light’s stimulus lingers on the retina slightly longer than it actually shines on the eye.
This is also the same process that makes you see a dark spot when you look away from a bright light source.
For this principle to fully work, the eye needs to “see” at least 10 Frames Per Second (FPS)
At 24 – 30 Frames Per Second, creates a completely illusionary perception of motion.

3. Beta Movement and Closure
In 1912 Max Wertheimer did an experimental study on Seeing motion, whereby two or more still images are combined by the brain into surmised motion.
After being asked what they saw, the audiences will generally claim they saw the image move.
Max Wertheimer also founded the Gestalt movement, which theorizes that the mind will “fill in the blanks” when it perceives a partial object.

4. Gestalt Closure Example

5. Examples of Stop Motion
Film/video: All film and video is made up of individual frames. If our eyes and brains worked quicker, the films and cartoons we watch would be a parade of still images. These frames leave their unmoving ghosts frozen in the eye until the next image flashes before it, until the brain is tricked into seeing one thing moving, instead of many things standing still.
Animation: Walt Disney and other animators had to meticulously draw each frame, or cell.
Computers: Some flash images move at 15 FPS. That is why you see a flicker. Many digital “live” media move much quicker. 60 FPS will be so quick, your eye will not be able to tell there is a space in between the images.

6. A type of stop- motion created by using 2- dimensional cut-out paper.
TYPES OF STOP MOTION
Cutout
A type of stop- motion created by using 2- dimensional cut-out paper.
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7. TYPES OF STOP MOTION Silhouette
A type of cut-out animation in which the scene is backlit so that characters/ objects are only seen as silhouettes
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8. TYPES OF STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Erasure
A type of stop- motion in which the still-shot images are taken over time as an artist manipulates an image.
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9. TYPES OF STOP MOTION Object Animation
A type of stop- motion animation using inanimate objects such as Lego blocks or Lincoln logs.
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10. TYPES OF STOP MOTION Claymation
A type of stop- motion in which the characters are made of clay or craft dough so that they may be molded to change shape.
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11. Claymation
Claymation has been around since with the stop motion film Modeling Extraordinary.
It is still a very popular medium today. Some very popular films including Wallace and Gromit are still produced and loved today.
Wallace and Gromit is a popular British stop motion animated series, and has been used to both promote stores and advertise products.

12. EXAMPLES OF STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Stop-Motion: Post-It Notes
Cut-out: Time Goes By
Silhouette: Forgive Me
Erasure: Whiteboard drawing
Object: Lego Arcade
Claymation: Chess game
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