
The one at the start needed 700 photos! So, have fun, practice and be patient. Stop-motion can require hundreds, if not thousands of pictures. This one of the most famous stop motion animation movies was made according to the classic canons of puppet animation but in a modern style. You can change the scenes, add more characters, and once you get the hang of it, you'll be having fun, and be great at it! The only thing you need is PATIENCE. This 7-minute video was nominated for an Oscar as the Best Animated Short Film. TIP: if you want a certain point in your animation longer, just take lots of pictures of the same moment! If the scene moves a bit, DON'T WORRY, this will give the animation a bit of character and quirkiness!

Carry on moving the figure, taking a picture every time you do. The most memorable scene, which took Harryhausen four months to create, was the battle between Jason and two Argonauts and an army. Make sure you don't move the camera AT ANY TIME, and only make SUBTLE MOVEMENTS to your scene and figures each time. the Argonauts, Harryhausen created impressive stop-motion animations, including the seven-headed Hydra that guards the Golden Fleece and the bronze giant Talos who destroys the Argo.

Then, move the figure a little bit, and take the next picture. Paper cutout stop-motion animation is less frequently used. Using your storyboard to help you, take a picture of your figure in the first position. You could Blu Tack the camera onto a table, etc.). Set up a tripod with camera/phone on it, to make sure it doesn't move while you're making the animation (you don't have to use a tripod, just put the camera somewhere where it won't move. Time to get started! Put your figure in the first position in your scene.
