Gumbasia is a 3minute 10 second short film which was produced by Art clokey which he created in 1953 and then released early september 1955. The technique in which clay is used to make shapes can be created into a short film using stop-motion editing to make it look real.
For our stop-motion animation we had 3 characters which were all different from each other so we found it easier to create a story, our story was based on one of the characters punching one of the other guys and superman flys in picks him up and takes him away, although this is a basic storyline its a simple short film which people would be able to understand easily and can find it interesting with the characters we have used as they were unique. Although i feel there are things that can be improved such as the length of the video as it was only 6 seconds, so it could of been longer and the story could of been better by adding more humour or more of a interesting storyline. The video may also not of run as smoothly as it should of, there were some shots where it looks like its been cut and have unnecessary things in the shot by mistake.
Morph is an animated Plasticine stop-motion character that appeared on UK Tv beginning in 1977, it was produced for the BBC by Aardman Animations, later famous for Wallace and Gromit. It went on to be a successful programme to be featured on 11 shows some of them to have their own such as Morth (Tv Series) over the 30 years it has been running it celebrated its 30th birthday in 2007 at the Encounters Film Festival in Bristol.
The strengths for claymation is that its very effective for those who want to create a short film but also something so basic which doesn't need as much effects and editing done as other shows, it also is targeted at a target audience(kids) who would enjoy watching it and find it easy to understand what the story is about. The limitations of claymation is there is only a certain amount of clay u can use or space before it runs out, as other programs such as final cut pro u can edit as much as u want with as many effects, it can also be filmed anywhere therefore they have more of a chance making it look real.
Claymation amongst the other techniques have been very successful, although i think Eadweard Muybridge's stop-motion technique is the easiest it may not be as effective to make a whole story or programme where as the claymation would be as it can tell a story from something that makes the characters look real. I think the zoetrope is also effective but its not for everyone, as the length of it is only quite short and you have to look through the slits some people wouldn't like the idea of it but would rather watch tv and watch something themselves such as the Morph series. Cut out animation is another easy way of making a clip but can take more time to do to make it seem professional and get the right pictures, sounds for everything to fit together, same as the claymation everything has to be planned beforehand for it to make sense and for people to understand the content or the message its trying to get across. All techniques are targeted at a different target audience but also different use, some can be to see simply on a advert but some can be made into a tv show all depending how you edit and the length apart from the zoetrope which you would have to see in real life.
Claymation amongst the other techniques have been very successful, although i think Eadweard Muybridge's stop-motion technique is the easiest it may not be as effective to make a whole story or programme where as the claymation would be as it can tell a story from something that makes the characters look real. I think the zoetrope is also effective but its not for everyone, as the length of it is only quite short and you have to look through the slits some people wouldn't like the idea of it but would rather watch tv and watch something themselves such as the Morph series. Cut out animation is another easy way of making a clip but can take more time to do to make it seem professional and get the right pictures, sounds for everything to fit together, same as the claymation everything has to be planned beforehand for it to make sense and for people to understand the content or the message its trying to get across. All techniques are targeted at a different target audience but also different use, some can be to see simply on a advert but some can be made into a tv show all depending how you edit and the length apart from the zoetrope which you would have to see in real life.
