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[edit] Claymation vs. Clay animation
I took the liberty of revising the previous entry in order to clarify the difference between clay animation and other forms of object animation. The term ‘claymation’ or clay animation is frequently (and regrettably) misused to describe all forms of object animation, whether plastic or not.
As an example, the movie Chicken Run was listed in the previous entry as clay animation when no clay or Plasticine was used at all.
(N.B., I’ve been a designer of children’s television for more than ten years; for the past few years using stop motion animation. – D. Mark Laing)
- I'm questioning whether a greater distinction should be made between clay animation and Claymation; the latter is a registered tradmark belonging to Will Vinton, and technically only animation produced by Vinton or his various studios is Claymation. Yet the bulk of this article concerns clay animation in general. [[Clay animation]] redirects here. This strikes me as wrong. Shouldn't an article about Claymation be strictly about the work of Vinton, and the rest removed to a separate article about clay animation? It shouldn't matter how often the term is used to describe clay animation, regrettably or otherwise, and admitting that it's now a genericized trademark doesn't excuse the fact that it's incorrect usage in the senses of both nomenclature and law. The producers of Styrofoam have sued rivals for calling their products "styrofoam". If Warner Bros. began producing movies using Ray Harryhausen's clay animation technique and marketed them as Claymation, they would get sued. Canonblack 20:27, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Claymation videogame
Remember the vieogame in which characters that looked like claymation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.104.253.209 (talk • contribs) 22:03, 22 October 2005.
- Neverhood? It's mentioned... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.232.72.148 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 23 November 2005.
- Clay Fighter was also one... Sickboy3883
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i like clay animated movies. they're awesome!! tim burton is a cool clay animator. he is the best! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.207.175.133 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 19:26, 12 May 2006.
- Tim Burton is not a clay animator, he's a stop motion animator who uses puppets. Check out the stop motion page for more info about the differences. Esn 07:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stop confusing clay animation films with puppet animation films!
Look people, it is really not so hard. Corpse Bride is NOT clay animation. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit IS clay animation. How difficult is that? If it looks like it's made out of clay or plasticine (in other words, you can mold the whole character, not just the face), call it clay animation. Otherwise, don't. I think that a lot of things in that big long list of "clay animation films/tv series" are not actually clay animation. Esn 07:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Presentators: CGI?
The Presentators page lists it as CGI, but it is given as a clay animation example here. Which is it? --IanOsgood 01:41, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] YouTube
This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it. Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed. I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy. In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright. If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally. Thanks. ---J.S (t|c) 14:59, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
