Stop Motion Animation is one of simplest and traditional form of animation technique used for animating inanimate things. Just like a cartoon animation, a physical object is moved in small amounts between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when a series of images played in a continuous sequence on a video playback system. It may sound very easy, but this process is always time consuming and the final result will not be as fluid as a captured video. But there are areas in which you can or have to use stop motion technique. This simple technique has inspired many to produce lovely creative animation videos.

A Short Love Story In Stop Motion from Carlos Lascano

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate

Florian from Andrew Gibbs

Fat City Reprise – Long Gone from Cesar Kuriyama

White Winter Hymnal from Grandchildren

Adobe Photoshop Cook from Lait Noir

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Hoedown from Rodeo from Eleanor Stewart

My Paper Mind from Javan Ivey

Selective focus through the tilt of lens is often used to simulate a miniature scene. This effect (sometimes also known as dollhouse effect, tilt-shift effect, etc) can be easily obtained by using high-end cameras which allow tilting of the lens. Apart from using specialized cameras/lenses to simulate miniature effect, basic digital after treatment can give similar results and offer greater flexibility. As shown in our previous tutorial, you can easily choose the region that is sharp and the amount of blur. Furthermore, these options can be made after the actual shoot.

Below we have featured some of the amazing miniature fake videos for your inspiration. See how these artists have used the effect to extreme and created these great videos.

The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare

Miniature City Shanghai from Joe Nafis

SUMO from the bitter*girls

Beached from Keith Loutit

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Karijini National Park from Michael Fletcher

Mardi Gras from futureshorts

Little Airport from Fabian Tischer

Small Life in Chemnitz from Christoph Schaarschmidt

Paris from BISSON Nicolas

Operation: Toyland from clemento

Toy-Town TV-Tower from Smashcut

Ferries in the Quay from Peter Saul

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Amsterdam Central Station from roberwter

Istanbul from Bar?? Gürsel

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Helpless from Keith Loutit

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Multnomah Falls in Miniature from Andrew Curtis

Scenes from a rooftop from Paul Johannessen

We Never Change from sonicbomb

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Dana Point Beach from MeatPunch

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit

Miniature City Kobe from inouek3D

Small Life around Dresden from Christoph Schaarschmidt

SkateBoard Ramp from jimbox

A Model Day at Disney Parks from NewsDocFun

Herring Run from NewsDocFun

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Bathtub V from Keith Loutit

Small Life in Cologne from Christoph Schaarschmidt

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Golden Gate, Miniaturized from Andrew Curtis

Small Life in Saxon Switzerland from Christoph Schaarschmidt