Stop-motion photography doesn't necessarily have to be done with a camcorder. You can achieve similar results with any digital camera. If you're just starting out making stop-motion videos, you may want to spend extra time coming up with a storyboard. The shorter the period of time you're documenting, the closer together in time your action shots will have to be; meanwhile, pictures in a stop-motion video over a long period of time can be taken as far apart as 24 hours.
Instructions
1. Decide in advance what you wish to record over time, and create a kind of storyboard or list of shots you wish to create.
2. Set up your first shot. For example, if you wish to record 24 hours in your day, your first shot may be of you sleeping.
3. Take your first picture, and think of what your action would be just a few seconds later. You want your photo to be somewhat different from your last one to get the sense of movement. If recording the beginning of your day, your next shot may be you sitting up in bed or on your way to get up, not just bringing your head up from your pillow.
4. Continue taking pictures of your action a few seconds apart, so that you have noticeable movement, but don't take the viewer out of the scene.
5. Once you have taken all of your pictures, import them onto your computer and open up a video editing program, such as Avid Xpress Pro, Final Cut Pro or even iMovie.
6. Insert your pictures in order into your movie's timeline. do this will vary based on your editing software. Keep each photo on screen for at least half a second.
7. Layer audio over your entire movie. Music or narration would be a good choice.
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