Alright my Third Stop-Motion. I did two other short no sound test's. This is my real First Stop-Motion. Rate and Comment and Tell me What u think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhYiqMLjLR0

I think you require a little more patience, more intermediate frames in for the robot movement and a higher frame rate would seriously help the jerkiness of the models. Just bear in mind the higher the frame rate the lesser the movement per frame should be apart from transformation, it works somehow to not record every single movement that happens.

here's an example I made earlier this year of how a higher frame rate can benefit a stop motion film featuring 20th Prime and classics Mirage.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4c5qz81fLmM

The best way to do that using windows movie maker is to zoom in on the bar and make each picture's time as small as possible.

also finding a way to secure the camera may be a huge benefit to you, even if it's just blue tacking the camera to the floor means the jerkiness is toned down. if you want the camera to move, move it instead of the stationary object, attaching it to a track or mounting it to the back of something can work well. The one posted above is far from perfect but the camera would have shifted far more if completely unsecured.

a few less sounds and pauses for captions would do you well, spoken dialogue works far better and artificial light is less likely to change how natural light (sunlight).

Sorry for the long reply, I just find that some advice and constructive feedback works far better than saying it's good or bad.

Keep at it.

I Know its just that i dont have a tri-pod or anything. Im just using a Digetal Camera. And the reason i cant do alot more frames for the movement is because when im tranformering them or something i cant make them do that stance without him falling so yeah i try my best but i just cant get alot of frames for some parts. Thanks for advice and your Stop-motion rocks

I agree with Talkie Toaster. As he said, even if you don't have a tripod use something to secure the camera to a solid surface. And tripods aren't really that expensive. I got mine for a pretty cheap price from a second hand store (approx $20).


Some advice for that:

1/ Practice posing your toys in difficult to balance positions! You'll eventually get the hang of it. How often do you just play with your toys? I get a lot of practice posing my toys just through playing with them.

2/ Use things to secure them in place for difficult to balance poses, like blu-tac, a stick, string or something to lean on. You just need to make sure that whatever you use to help support them is out of view from the camera's POV. Professional stop-motion animators do this all the time.

Here are some examples of what I'm talking about...
a: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4hSeHKL0dQ
Pause at 0:15 - you can see that I've balanced Bumblebee holding Barricade above his head as if he's about to throw him. No tricks here - just pure balancing.
Now pause at 0:17 - you can see Bumblebee being thrown through the air. That's nothing more than me holding Bumblebee in mid air with my hand for several frames, but I've cropped the images so that you can't see my hand!
0:18 - Bumblebee leaps - again, same thing - just holding it with my hand.
0:19 - Bumblebee Judo-throws Barricade. If you look really closely for just one frame I've used a plastic transparent cup turned upside down to support Barricade in mid-air! It's pretty obvious when you freeze-frame it but I bet most folks don't notice it when it's going at full speed.

b: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYaOvwoNd8k
Pause at 0:16 - I've used transparent plastic bubbles to support the toys in mid-air!

c: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vYCqNbzRjg
Pause at 1:09 - G2 Megatron is leaping in mid-air. I've used two transparent plastic tumbler cups turned upside down to support the toy! Really obvious when freeze-framed but again, barely noticeable at full speed.

You need a short tripod. You can get a 2ft one at Walmart for cheap, that should help with the jerky and blurry motions.

Also why you throwing away your headphones?

Ummmm Im throwing away my Headphones? What? O__O and Thanks for Advice :]

I usually have a plan for how my stop motions will play out. I have a plan for what every frame is going to look like ahead of time. Let me show you two that I did. One had planning, one did not.

Planned and awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PeAkx7Tvkk

Not planned and jerky as hell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcLoSjOJrjo