Examples of popular claymation projects include the award winning films Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the Wallace and Gromit films.Ĭutout animation style stop motion animation is created using 2D shape cutouts, usually made from paper. Depending on the scale of the project, one or hundreds of copies of the characters may be produced. Claymation stop motion animation videos are made using clay figures. The two most popular sub-styles of stop motion animation are claymation and cutout animation. You may recognize more examples of popular stop motion animation TV shows and movies than you thought! There are several sub-styles of stop motion animation that usually differ based on the material used to create the characters. Stop motion animation is a truly unique style of video production.