TV Animation
For a long time now Stop Motion has been used within the film industry creating many memorable classic films that have kept many generations entertained. The process is done through the use of cameras, taking thousands of stills frames and then in each altering the position of your photographed object slightly, in hopes of when they have been linked together and played it should give the appearence of natural motion. here is an example of one of the earliest TV Animations which was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. it was a Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass, and directed by Larry Roemer and Kizo Nagashima. The special was based on the Johnny Marks song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which was also based on the 1939 poem of the same name, which was written by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May. Since 1972, the TV special has aired mostly on CBS television stations.
The PJs is an American stop-motion animation television series, that was created by Eddie Murphy, Larry Wilmore, and Steve Tompkins. It portrays the life of an urban public housing project, that was modeled after the Brewster-Douglass housing project in Detroit. The series starred Eddie Murphy, and was produced by Imagine Entertainment by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, The Murphy Company and Will Vinton Studios in association with Touchstone Television. 
The show aired 43 episodes during its 3-year running period. With each taking over 2 months to produce, this owed to the laborious stop-motion process having to film the each episode frame by frame to create a smooth and natural looking effect. Although After 2 seasons on Fox, the show had moved. Its high budget and declining ratings led to its cancellation in 2001; with its final 2 episodes not airing until 2003.
South Park is an American animated sitcom intended for a mature audience. it was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central. its best known for its crude language and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a varied range of topics. The ongoing narrative revolves mainly around four boys Stan, Kyle, Eric, and Kenny and their bizarre adventures in and around the Colorado town. it was originally developed from two animated shorts they created in 1992 and 1995. With the latter becoming one of the first Internet videos to go viral, which in turn led to its production as an ongoing series. it debuted in August of 1997 creating huge great success, and earning the highest ratings of any basic cable program. The ratings have varied but it still remains to be one of Comedy Central's highest rated shows, and is slated to air through at least 2016. Although it has the appearence of a stop motion cut out series, it is infact only The pilot episode that was produced using cutout animation. All episodes created from then on were done utilising a software that emulated the cutout technique.
Channel Idents
A Channel Ident, or better known as a channel logo is what is mostly seen during a commercial break, or before something started, although mainly done through 3D animation or another means. Sometimes they have been created by stop motion animation for example on channels such as E4 they have used stop motion within some of there commercial breaks, before they became a more mainstream music channel MTV aso used stop animation in some of their Idents. not may channel idents use this process very often as it is highly time consuming, and can take months to produce due to the large amount of frames that are necessary.
Advertising
Advertising is a key part of the media industry at this point in time as it is the main way to get recognised and makes people want to purchase your product , all thorugh bold and captivating visual imagery. now many adverts these days use either 3D animation or Drawn Animaton as well as live action which are all useful ways of advertising on television yet on occasion some will use Stop Motion animation which although takes a large amount of time due to the lengthy process, it can also be quite effective in advertising things for example, the video above shows a recent john lewis home insurance advertisement which was done through the use of stop motion animation. the animation was directed by Dougal Wilson and produced by Ewen Brown, and due to the scale of the project it took an incredible amount of time and effort to create.
Music Videos
Music videos are highly popular within the media industry and can generate are large amount of profit and show a musicians artisitc and unique style through video. many music videos have been done in a similar manner to that of movies although on occasion some will show through a different matter and utilise styles of animation such as Stop Motion which can be seen in the Music Video Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel, which was produced by Danel Lanois. The video is highly eccentric and extravagant relying on a bold use of color and objects which is highly fitting with the style of the video along with the music.
Another example of a Music Video that uses stop motion is in your arms by Kina Grannis (shown above), the video was made entirely through the use of jelly beans. the idea appears very complex and complicated due to the scale on which you have to work with. upon researching it appears that the video took approximately, 22 months, 1,357 hours, 30 people, 2 ladders, 1 still camera and 288,000 jelly beans to complete the final outcome.
Cell Phones
While researching into mobile phones i couldnt find anything in particular that utilised Stop Motion animation as a means of creating start up screens and in mobile technology. although within technology you can find many apps that allow you to create your own stop motion animations or give you tutorials on the processes and different ways on procducing this animation style.
Websites
Similar to that of Cell Phone there isnt really anywhere spcific that utilises Stop Motion technology within its design, although ypu will fing many websits online dedicated to the work of stop motion for example some websites will have hndred of videos which have been created by users and then uploaded to the site, where as other websites will detail how you can make your own stop motions and how to become good at it by harnessing certain skills. in some areas you may even be able to download software to use on your system which will make creating your own mini film a lot easier.
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