Claymation

[ kley-mey-shuhn ]

Trademark.

1. a stop-motion animation process using clay or Plasticine figures that are moved incrementally to create a lifelike look when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence.

claymation

/ ˌkleɪˈmeɪʃən /

noun

1. the techniques of animation applied to clay models

Word History and Origins

Origin of Claymation¹

1975–80; clay ( def ) + (ani)mation ( def )

Word History and Origins

Origin of Claymation¹

C20: from clay + ( ani ) mation

Example Sentences

L.A. has also offered puppeteers and puppet builders a wide range of opportunities working in film and television, including claymation, stop motion animation and good old-fashioned hand puppetry.

From Los Angeles Times

“This recognition served as a tremendous boost to the credibility of clay as an animation medium, bulldozing a path for even greater works,” Rick Cooper, a former production manager for Will Vinton Productions, a Claymation film company, wrote in the journal Design for Arts in Education.

From New York Times

L.A. has also offered puppeteers and puppet builders a wide range of opportunities working in film and television, including claymation, stop motion animation and good old-fashioned hand puppetry.

From Los Angeles Times

In the morning, we watch a YouTube playlist of some of our favorite holiday sketches from “Saturday Night Live,” including Robert Smigel’s claymation classic “Christmastime for the Jews” and Adam Sandler’s first performance of “The Hanukkah Song.”

From Los Angeles Times

The childlike appeal of marionettes, animation, or even Claymation elements is essential to great Christmas episodes in my opinion.

From Salon