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Model Animation:-

Stop-motion created to interact with and exist as a part of a live action world. Intercutting matte effects, and split screens are often employed to blend  stop-motion characters or objects with live actors or settings.

Computer Animation:-

Including alot or a variety of techniques, the main factor being that the animation is created digitally on the computer.

2D Animation:-

Figures are created/edited on the computer using 2D bitmap graphics or created and edited by vector graphics. This includes automated computerized versions of tradtional animation techniques such as tweening, morphing, onion skinning etc...

3D Animation:-

Digitally modelled and manipulated by an animator. In order to manipulate a meshit is given a digital skeletal structure that can be used to control the mesh. This is called rigging. Well made animations can be difficult to distinguish from live action and are more commonly known and used for visual effects used for more recent movies.

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Clay Animation:-

Clay Animation also known as claymation or plasticine animation often use figures. They usually also have an armature or a wire frame inside them, similar to the related puppet animation that can be manipulated in order to pose the figures. Alternatively the whole figure can be made from clay.

Eg. Morph shorts (UK,1997-2000)
      Wallace and Gromit shorts (UK,1989-present)
      Wallace and Gromit Curse Of The Were Rabbit
      Creature Comforts

Silhouette Animation:-

Is where it's a cut-out animation in which the characters are backlit and only visible as  

silhouettes.

Eg. The Adventures Of Prince Achmed (weimar republic, 1926) 

      

      Princes et Princesses (France, 2000)

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Stop- motion Animation:-

This type of animation is created by physically manipulating real objects and photographing them one frame at a time to create the illusion of movement. There are also different types of stop-motion animation, usually named after the type of media used to create the animation.

Puppet Animation:-

This is puppet figures made to interact with each other in a constructed environment. Usually the puppets will have an armature inside them to keep them still and steady as well as constraining them to more at particular joints.

Eg. The Nightmare Before Christmas (US, 1993)
       The Corpse Bride (US, 2005)
       Coraline (US, 2009) 

Making The Snails

Below are images of the making of my snails. This first picture is just a rolled up piece of plasticine that will be made for the swirl of the small snail.

This image is of the base being cut out of a rolled piece of plasticine that was going to be used for the base of the large snail.

Rolled out plasticine to make the swirl on the large snail.

Rolled out even longer....

The start of the swirl being rolled up...

The full swirl wound up...

The base and the swirl bound together creating the main body of the snail...

The head now added on to the body...

Front view..

side- front angle..

Eyes added, evil eye lids drawn on the googly eyes. The eyes were self adhesive so i stuck them on to the end of the straws. I then cut out the shape of the mouth ready to add the mouth into the cut out part.

The teeth added in and black lines separating the individual teeth..

Side-front view..

Side view..

Small snail base cut out of rolled out plasticine. The pointed, shaped end being the back/ tail of the snail..

I then used self adhesive vinyl to cut to shape and stick on the bottom of the snails making it easier to move them along in small movements. I tested it previously with two other original snails i made and they stuck to the surface too easily making it difficult for it to be pulled off and moved slightly each time. With the vinyl on it made it much easier to slide the snail forward/sideways etc..

I then rolled out the swirl for the small snail..

Here it is rolled into its swirl..

Then added to the base to create the main body..

The head was then added onto the snails main body..

Then the eyes and mouth was then added,with a side-front view..

Side view..

I then placed the two snails next to each other to take a final photo of them both. Also showing the size difference and facial differences.