Coming towards more present day , animation and stop motion has come a long way with people like Joseph Plateau , Willis O ’ Brien and Lotte Reiniger starting it off . The movement of models was probably built on the most with new companies and productions using their own methods to create them . Aardman Animations is nearly a household name because of their stop-frame work , starting with basic models like “ Morph ” a plasticine model that starred in short skits they moved to bigger and better things like “ Chicken Run ”. Using their own design and frames , Aardman Animations have advanced the movement of models by creating almost a full skeleton . This type of model allowed the animation easier , slowly moving the character ’ s inch by inch to do an action then when played by at a higher speed creates the movement . Other stop-frame movies they made such as Wallace and Gromit have similar techniques used to create it , these movies also have a frame rate of around 24 frames per second . This is an important step forward for animation , making for an easier and cheaper way to create stop-motion films , Aardman helped build on this with their models based off the early design made by Willis H . O ' Brien .
Another man to help further the popularity of stop-motion movies with his own techniques is Tim Burton , bringing out “ A nightmare before Christmas ” in 1993 he helped show an old style can still be done . Possibly inspired by the quite interesting work of Lotte Reiniger Tim Burton created an earie Christmas story all in stop-motion . Like Chicken Run Burton directed the movement of his models and sets , the models were made from clay / plasticine with wire frames to keep them still and straight . This stopped the models from moving and allowed for correct movement , since his models were quite slim or mis-shaped a full skeleton wouldn ’ t been needed . The film was a success and soon got stop-frame movies back onto the big screen picture , Tim Burton ’ s own style was what won it over using a movie style seen as old and adding his own dark creative input created a classic film .