Stop-Motion

Stop-motion also known as stop frame is a animation that manipulates an object that appears to move on its own and when this works it creates an illusion of movement when the frames are played as one.

The equipment that you would need to make stop-motion are Professional, low cost, multi-axes, table-top animation motion control rig or the ideal tool for all 3D stereoscopic animation or time-lapse photography, stereoscopic stepper for heavy duty with convergence option and a very compact stop frame, timelapse and video/HD head.

The first instance of the stop motion technique can be credited to Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton in 1898.

These are the advantages  of stop-motion are Cheap to make and  film like an the disadvantages are its  very demanding on time and effort, can require a lot of artistic ability.