Cut Out Animation

Cut-Out Animation is a type of animation which are made with a bits of cut-out shapes which are them placed on top of each other to make an picture, then a part of the image is moved slightly, making it look like the image is moving.


This is a independent cut out animation that i found on YouTube. All of the backgrounds and the characters look like that have all be hand drawn and painted. Also at the joints of the elbows and on the knees you can just see some little black dots that look like they could be small split pins. This would make it easier to move the arms and legs with out them moving out of place, but still able to be moved about.

Here is an original short clip of South Park, by Seth Mcfarlane. There are basic shapes and backgrounds, this is because it is hard to get a lot of detail, but it is still effective enough. But not the new South Park is digitally animated, which makes it a look quicker to create, a lot quicker then move a tiny piece of paper and taking a new photograph every time! Especially when its 24 photos per second!