Stop Motion Animation
This form of animation revolves around photographing figures as individual frames and threading them together in post to give it the illusion that it is moving.
There are many different ways to stop motion animation is recorded, and you may have seen many stop motion movies and not know it!
Claymation
Clay is used to make figures and shapes, and this allows more fluid movements.
Pixilation
Not to be confused with pixelation, pixilation is stop-motion using live actors or objects to give the illusion of movement.
Sand On Glass
Sand is moved on a backlit/frontlit glass surface to create each frame.
Silhouette/Cut-Out Animation
Pioneered by German film director, Lotte Reiniger, this type of animation utilizes cut paper placed on an illuminated surface to create the image.
Puppet Animation
Hand-crafted figurines are manipulated and photographed for this animation method.
Rotoscoping
Live-action footage of a subject is drawn over frame-by-frame.
"STOP MOTION: CRAFT SKILLS FOR MODEL ANIMATION" by Susannah Shaw
"FLUID FRAMES: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION WITH SANE, CLAY, PAINT, AND PIXELS" by Corrie Francis Parks
"FRAME-BY-FRAME STOP MOTION: THE GUIDE TO NON-PUPPET PHOTOGRAPHIC ANIMATION TECHNIQUES, ed.2" by Tom Gasek
"STOP MOTION FILMMAKING: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FABRICATION AND ANIMATION" by Christopher Walsh
"FRAME-BY-FRAME STOP MOTION: THE GUIDE TO NON-PUPPET PHOTOGRAPHIC ANIMATION TECHNIQUES" by Tom Gasek