Animation - Definition

Stop motion animation is an animation technique that puts a set of still images together to make something that appears to be moving. It is often used to animate models, such as lego and clay models, though it can be used to make a series of photographs of a person into an animation in which they move, or any other series of photos into a moving video.

Here is an example of the use of stop motion animation in photography. This has been made into a .gif format, meaning it loops infinitely. This animation has been made up of 51 frames, meaning it has a low frame rate, which is clear from the jerky movements of the subject. Some photographers use a low frame rate to make it clear that it's not actual motion, which I think was the intention with this animation.