The World of Stop-Motion

The Different Kinds of "Mation"

Type Description History Cinema Hits
Claymation Characters & most backgrounds are made using non-hardening clay First film was "The Scupltor's Nightmare" in 1907 Key Films: Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Coraline
Stop Motion Stop-Motion uses any kind of materials to make a film. The characters are moved and manipulated very carefully between pictures that act as a frame within a film. First film to use stopmotion was "The Humpty Dumpty Circus" in 1898. This can be found within Home Tab. Key Films: Isle of Dogs, Missing Link, Kubo and the Two Strings
Animation While nowadays it is far simplier, Animation was once had drawn as each frame would work similarly to stopmotion but onto a 2D template. the first feature animated movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937 Key Films: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Incredibles, Rango, Toy Story

To learn more about Stop-Motion, Claymation, and Animation, there is a YouTube video that covers all about that!