Research some animation terms below that will be helpful to understand. Please give your understanding of the terms.

Animation Rig -

These are used to help characters and other objects to fly through the air!
They work a little like a crane, suspending the object while the shot is taken. Rigs_copy.jpgLater on the rig is rubbed out in the animation software. In STOP MOTION PRO, the software making Wallace and Grommit film a "rig removal tool" is used to paint the background photo over the rig.

Explosions, flying objects, using the FORCE and many other special effect can be made possible with rigs.





The link below are a bunch of useful terms related to animation -

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_principles.html