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History of Claymation

  • First Clay Animations

    Edison Manufacturing releases a trick film entitled "The Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Dream". This film utilised clay animation techniques.
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    Clay animation starts to grow

    Clay animation begins to start appearing more in popular culture. Well-known artists and animators start creating stop motion animations and artworks.
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    More shows produced

    In the 1960s, TV Shows and Films that utilised stop motion animation were popularised(Gumby, Hanna-Barbera cartoons)
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    Films and Tv Shows Popularised

    Films & Shows like Wallace and Grommit, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Mio Mao grow in popularity.
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    Implementing CGI into Claymation

    Other popular shows, such as Coraline and Shaun the Sheep start to pair CGI with claymation to smooth movement, create realistic surfaces & clay models.