Animation can be seen in all shaped sizes, techniques and properties. It is a film made frame by frame opposed to a film filmed on a live set. Animation is not the art of drawing but rather the arts of movements that are drawn. (Nelmes, 2003). There are many different categories of animation, from stop motion animations, clay animation, model animation, puppet animation, cut-out animation, and silhouette animation. Animation can be seen everywhere throughout everyday life. Animations are present during television adverts, computer game, internet advertisement and television programs  Stop motion animations can generally be defined as creating the illusion of movement or recording movement over exposed frames of film. Using materials such as puppets or cut out images in physical settings to create the appearance of moving objects. (Purves, 2010) It had been suggest by some sources that the first instance of Stop motions was created by cameraman Albert E Smith and J. Stuart Blackton. Together they formed the animated film ‘The Humpty Dumpty Circus’ (1897), in which a toy circus of acrobats and animals comes to life. Throughout the 21st century stop motions animation has become even bigger than its past years and will continue developing with modern technology in the future.
Animation have the ability to draw people into to films, using a sense of imagination and a huge amount of creativity. The skill and time that goes into each animation is extent.  Animations have to opportunity to promote learning for all individuals of all ages, especially children.



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