Chuckimation
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Chuckimation is a type of animation
created by the makers of the cartoon Action League Now!
in which characters/props are thrown, or chucked from off camera or wiggled around to simulate talking by unseen hands, combined with traditional stop motion
animation.
An animation style similar to chuckimation is used in the show, "A Town Called Panic
", where clay figures are posed and moved by a strange force. Every time they talk they move a little, and their mouths don't move.
"Chuckimation" is an extremely limited
and primitive form of animation (it is debatable whether or not it can even be classified as animation), and among the least expensive and time-consuming forms of the practice.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order 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...
created by the makers of the cartoon Action League Now!
Action League Now!
Action League NOW! is a stop motion children's television series that was originally part of All That and then KaBlam! on Nickelodeon, and was later spun off into its own short-lived show. It was made using "chuckimation"...
in which characters/props are thrown, or chucked from off camera or wiggled around to simulate talking by unseen hands, combined with traditional stop motion
Stop motion
Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
animation.
An animation style similar to chuckimation is used in the show, "A Town Called Panic
A Town Called Panic
A Town Called Panic is a 2000 puppetoon series distributed by Aardman Animations and produced in Belgium by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier for La Parti & Pic Pic André. It follows the everyday events of Cowboy, Indian and Horse in a small rural town as they go about their lives...
", where clay figures are posed and moved by a strange force. Every time they talk they move a little, and their mouths don't move.
"Chuckimation" is an extremely limited
Limited animation
Limited animation is a process of making animated cartoons that does not redraw entire frames but variably reuses common parts between frames. One of its major trademarks is the stylized design in all forms and shapes, which in the early days was referred to as modern design...
and primitive form of animation (it is debatable whether or not it can even be classified as animation), and among the least expensive and time-consuming forms of the practice.