Claymation

The term "Claymation" is a registered trademark created by Will Vinton Studios to describe their clay animated movies. The more generic term is "clay animation" however, "claymation" has entered the English language as a genericized trademark used to mean "stop motion animation" where the animated piece, either character or background, is deformable. Clay animation is but one form of stop motion animation.

References

• Tayler, Richard. The Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques. Running Press, Philadelphia, 1996. ISBN 156138531X
• Lord, Peter and Brian Sibley. Creating 3-D Animation. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1998. ISBN 0810919966