Stop motion

Stop motion (also known as stop action) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Clay figures are often used in stop motion for their ease of repositioning.

(From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_motion )

I was fascinated by it when i saw Tim Burton's  Corpse Bride, the sequence looks amazing, it does not even seems like the frames are piece together. Do a search on youtube and you could find several amazing stop motion project. One of my favorite was by Patrick Boivin. 

His most recent work, take a look and be amaze by it. Check out his youtube channel too http://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickBoivin

 

Back in 2010 i happen to have plenty of free time and....   well just how hard could it be to make a stop motion, its just taking a series of photos. I manage to make one in the end and posted it on youtube, a really short clip, take a look and enjoy. (P.S. It was really really hard and frustrating to do.)