*9)+Claymations,+What+is+it?+Advantages+&+Disadvantages

‘Computer animation refers to any application which generates a series of frames, so that each frame appears as an alteration of the previous one’ (Betrancourt 2005, p.287). Claymation (stop-motion animation), allows students to create a short film based on a storyline of their own ideas. The characters are created out of clay and are moved to desired positions after each frame (photo) is taken. Frames are then loaded to computers to sequence and create a short film. The advantages of creating a Claymation are that students experience working with a variety of equipment. Cameras, tripods and computer software are just a few of the many that the students will use. However a disadvantage of using so much different equipment is that teaching processes will become focused on how to use the equipment appropriately, more than the actual Claymation itself. Therefore time is consumed in the wrong sections of the task.