What are stop motion videos?
Stop motion consists of taking many photos showing consecutive movements, done slowly and painstakingly. It takes around 12 photos or more to make 1 second of video. The photos are linked together to create a video and voice and music is often added afterwards. The illusion of movement is created by the slight changes in each photo, played in sequence. This is the traditional cinematographic technique that was used to make all films in previous years and often produces a feeling of nostalgia. When done in certain ways it can make it look ‘old school’ by using black and white photographs for example. Stop motion has become a lot more innovative over the years and can be used to achieve a lot more in modern times, such as animating inanimate objects easier.

