Claymation - Stop motion Animation

For the second part of our assignment we have to make some form of stop motion animation. There are loads of different types we can choose from, such as drawings, clay, and photographs. I have decided to use Claymation as I find it really interesting to watch and would love to give it a go myself. 

Here is some information about Claymation...

Claymation was created by a man named Will Vinton. Claymation involves using objects or characters sculpted from clay or other moldable material, and then taking a series of still pictures that are replayed in rapid siccession to create the illusion of movement.To create the illusion of movement, the position of the sculptured characters is altered slightly in every still photo.

Advantages of using 'Claymation'
It allows me to create a short movie based on my own ideas and storyline. 
It is very fun to produce!
It can be done at my own pace, when I have the time to do it because it can be done anywhere.
Making 'Claymation' allows me to experiment with new equiptment, which I usually wouldnt use. 


Disadvantage of using 'Claymation'
Claymation is very time consuming to produce. To successfully complete the task it will take a lot of preparation time, photo-taking time and then editing time. The average professional Claymation takes 24 photos per second...and I need to produce a 2 minute video. Very time consuming. 

The most popular example is Wallace and Gromit.

Here is a video which shows step by step how to make a basic claymation.