Getting All Experimental

So we had a look at a few experimental animations from last years 1st year students, because this semester we have tom make one. This basically means we shouldn't really use computers, except to edit the animation together. We are going to be trying out various techniques, like Sand animation (putting sand on glass, with a light underneath, and moving the sand and taking photos), Paint on glass animation (like the sand animation, but with paint) and Pixilation (stop-motion of people and objects.)
heres some awesome video examples of some experimental stuff.
This guys is a 2nd year on my course (http://timwheatleydigitalanimation.blogspot.com/), amazing what you can do with a bike wheel:

 

Heres a lovely bit of sand animation I found on Youtube:

 

This is a brief bit of paint on glass animation:

 

And here is an awesome music video with lots of pixilation:

I had a really quick go at some basic pixilation earlier with my flatmate's camera (Thanks Alex) to see what its like. It was rally fun, though you need space and need to be careful what you move. So here's my first experiment with some Uno cards: