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Claymation

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Clay·ma·tion  (kl-mshn)
A service mark used for an animation process in which clay figurines are manipulated and filmed to produce an image of lifelike movement.

claymation [ˌkleɪˈmeɪʃən]
n
(Performing Arts) (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) the techniques of animation applied to clay models
[from clay + (ani)mation]


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Of special interest to the students was Said's discussion of his work in California preparing Disney characters for video commercials to teach English as a second language to children through claymation, a stop-motion animation using figures molded in clay that are recorded on film or digital media and played back in rapid succession.
Park, who won the animated feature trophy Sunday, has made three shorts featuring the claymation odd couple - ``A Grand Day Out,'' ``The Wrong Trousers'' and ``A Close Shave'' - and all three were nominated for Oscars.
Miss Twiggley's Tree, based on Dorothea Warren Fox's children's book of the same title, is a claymation video about a pleasingly eccentric old woman who lives in a house nestled in a tree.
 
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