The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas (also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy Halloween-Christmas film directed by Henry Selick, and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town" who stumbles through a portal to "Christmas Town" and decides to celebrate the holiday. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score, and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast also includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens, Glenn Shadix, and Ed Ivory.
Clay animation
Several computer games have also been produced using clay animation, including "The Neverhood", "Clay Fighter", "Platypus", Clay Moon (iPhone app), and "Primal Rage". Television commercials have also utilized the clay animation, such as the Chevron Cars ads, produced by Aardman Studios. Besides commercials, clay animation has also been popularized in recent years by children's shows such as "Pingu", "Shaun the Sheep" and "Mio Mao" as well as adult-oriented shows on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup, including "Robot Chicken" (which uses clay animation and action figures as stop-motion puppets in conjunction) and "Moral Orel". Many independent young filmmakers have used clay animation features for internet viewing.