Animation Advert - Animation Research

The aim of this blog is to look at different types of Animation, and to look at the good and bad points of each individual style. We will also be looking at products that we could advertise with my animation.

Animation Styles

This is the style of animation that the program "Robot Chicken" uses. This style of animation uses pre-made action figures (eg. Action Man, Barbie), that are animated uses Stop-motion animation. This style is purposely made to look rather rubbish to further compliment to comedy of the show. This is an easy style to animate, but would only be suitable for a comedic and funny advert.

This is the style of animation used by "Aardman Animations", the creator of Morph. This style uses clay and was a popular stop-motion style in the 80's and 90's. It looks good when done correctly, but even the slightest smudge could ruin a scene. A good but difficult choice for animating.

Also, the idea of animating using clay models of food could be a good idea, as it should be easy to animate, and would look effective.

This is the style of animation used by "Patrick Boivin" who has over 12 million views on the video above alone. He uses a similar style to Robot Chicken, with action figures, but animates each limb separately. He also uses a green screen to allow for much more fluid animating and special effects, and used masking to edit out any unwanted background features, such as the equipment used to hold a figure up in the air.. This would be a difficult style to replicate, but would look fantastic as a result.

This is a style of animating that is popular across "Youtube" and other websites. Lego has become popular with animating because it is incredibly easy to animate with. This is an example of how lego is used to build a model, and it looks effective because the pieces are not just locking in to place, but also moving around before slotting into their positions.