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Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways. The most common method of presenting animation is as a film or video program, although other methods.

Claymation or animation laminates often abbreviated as Claymation, uses figures of clay or a similar malleable material to create stop-motion animation. The figures may have a wire frame or truss within them, similar to puppet animation related to (below), which can be manipulated to represent the figures. Moreover, the figures can be made entirely of clay, as in the films of Bruce Bickford, where clay creatures transformed into a variety of ways.



Examples of clay-animated works include The Gumby Show (U.S. 1957-1967) Morph shorts (UK, 1977-2000), Wallace and Gromit shorts (UK, from 1989), Jansvankmajer of Dimensions of Dialogue (Czechoslovakia, 1982), The Trap Door (UK, 1984). Films include Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the vegetables, Chicken Run and The Adventures of Mark Twain.