Stop Motion
Move the object, take a frame, repeat: patience is the medium
The arithmetic is blunt: one second needs twelve to twenty-four photographs, so a one-minute film is thousands of small movements, and that is the only real barrier. Camera and lights must be locked down, because one knock to the tripod ruins the shot. Phone apps with onion-skin preview are good enough. Storyboard first.
First stepInstall a stop-motion app with onion skinning, lock your phone in place, and move one small object across a table for five seconds of footage.
Barriers
Cost to start
Under $50
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Sitting
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
One session takes
1–2 hours
Where
At home
Why people take it up