Stop Motion Animation is used over lots of different platforms and occurs in many different ways from; claymation, live action, pose-able character stop motion. In this post im going to show you some evidence of how vastly it is used.
TV
My favorite example of stop motion animation in TV would be foul languaged Angry Kid which features on youtube in a series of around 25 shorts.
Films
My favourite example of stop motion being used to coincide with live action in a film would be Jason and the Argonauts, this is really impressive and inovative concidering it was made in 1963, especially the scene where he fights the stop motion skeletons so.. enjoy this clip of Jason and the Skeleton fights.
Adverts
Stop motion animation is still very much so used media text because of the different nature of the product. Its used in adverts and is really atention grabbing, unlike the plain jane normal adverts this one captures your eye as its something out of the ordinary!
Music Videos
Stop motion is even still used in music videos like Steriograms - Walkie Talkie man. this video was a huge hit when it came out for the use of the choppy stop motion coinciding with the live action. The video automatically boosted the songs popularity and if you take a second to scroll down to the youtube comments its full of people complimenting the video still showing us that it is a style people enjoy!
Channel Idents
There have been a few channel idents that incorporate the stop motion style. The channel most regularly using stop motion medias would be E4 with its E-sting idents. The E-stings are made by people at home and are used as idents by the channel. People sometimes choose to use this stop motion as a style of E-sting, this is probably due to the attention grabbing quality's that a stop motion text carries as its not a style that is usually used.
Who is Stop Motion aimed at?
I don't believe that stop motion animation has a specific audience demographic as that would depend on the production, however i do believe the majority of productions are aimed at the middle aged and backwards. For example Wallace and Gromit i think would be aimed at children but doesn't discourage adults from enjoying it as well. Other shows such as South Park have a more targeted audience with its outlandish humor so would be aimed at a more adult audience from late teens to young adults. I think it would be perceived as that stop motion is aimed at children from the cartoon like characteristics it holds, which would comply with some older children's shows such as Postman Pat or The Wombles or even Bob The builder but i think it is a style that any age can enjoy.
The future of Stop Motion animation
like any form of art i don't believe it would die out as its a different style and people always like different! its something that is embedded in what we do as with anything people like to use traditional methods as a photographer, just because there is a brand new camera out wont necessarily use it they may opt to revert to using a film camera because of the effect or style of the photo which i believe would be the same for stop motion animation. People enjoy the raw skills it takes to produce something like stop motion and with all the effects and tricks that come with it which may not be capable of doing whilst using another media text. A notable film released in 2009 was the stop motion re make of The Fantastic Mr. Fox which shows that its still a text which is still used up to this present day.
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