17-year-old self-taught animator Ben Treat makes a perfectly realistic clay stop-motion animation using an iron, paper and clay to create the illusion that a row of fruit is being flattened. <br /><br />The cool video, which received over 1.7 million views on TikTok, the social media platform favoured by Gen Z, was filmed on July 22.<br /><br />Footage shows the intricate behind-the-scenes process and the completely satisfying final product.<br /><br />Ben, from Fort Collins in Colorado, told Newsflare: "This was animated when I was 16-years-old. <br /><br />"It was a seven-hour process. One hour of set and props, five hours of animating and one hour of post-production. <br /><br />"A fun fact is that I bought the iron for $2 at goodwill and the paper for 50 cents per sheet at the dollar store, and spent less than $5 on the entire production. <br /><br />"Stop motion is created by taking individual pictures, 24 per every second of animation, and applying tiny changes to give the illusion of movement!"<br /><br />Ben (@franticframes) boasts over 265,600 followers on TikTok and over 29,100 followers on Instagram.
