There are three main purposes for Stop Motion. These purposes are to Educate, Entertain and to Inform
Educate
Stop motion films used to educate usually convey a strong message about serious issues. These are generally made for younger audiences, to educate them on basic life lessons. This can be anything ranging from messages about respecting others, to learning about telling the truth. However, they can be made for other purposes, like the education of teenagers or even adults. For example, a lot of educational videos for subjects in school, college or even work are starting to become animated
Stop Motion is effective for education as it is enjoyable to watch, and so therefore can spread a message for the greater good more effectively.
An example of Stop Motion which has been made to educate a young audience is:
Entertain
Stop motion animation can also be used to entertain. This is the mainstream use for stop motion, and is used in music videos, TV, film and in other types of media production.
Entertainment in Stop Motion is done through, for example, comedies, horrors, thrillers, or action films.
Wallace and Gromit, for example, is a Comedy/Fantasy animation film which is animated using claymation. Coraline (2009) is an example of a horror film that was animated.
Entertainment is incredibly popular for stop motion creators because a lot of the time it can be fun to produce, and so this encourages them to want to continue production. The audience will watch these animations for the sole purpose of being entertained by what is done, and so it is important that the production team behind it are enjoying themselves too, because this will reflect onto the audience.
Here is an example of a stop motion animation from YouTube that is made to entertain the audience:
Next is an example of an Animated Film which was created in 1999 called the Iron Giant
This film is significant because it involves both traditional stop motion animation with CGI.
Information
Other stop frame animations can be used to inform an audience. Informational videos usually relate to political or ethical issues, informing the audience of the events currently taking place, or the events that will take place in the future. These informational videos are also made as a method of persuasion, if in a political sense, for example...This video was made in 1932 by the Soviets, and is a political animation used to inform those in the USSR about what was going on. Whilst silent, it was still able to portray this message
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