SMS: How to make Stop Motion Videos, Tips and Tricks | The General

Episode 5
Stop Motion is a tricky thing to get right, and i often see the same mistakes over and over in people's films. In this guide, i will discuss the basics of stop motion, what its about and how you should treat the medium. I also give out some hand tips and tricks that will improve your video making skills significantly!
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[@TheGeneralMoe114]

Next video will probably be an art contest announcement vid and a request for questions for my upcoming 10,000 sub video. I plan to give SMS a lot of changes, with the next episode having a more harsh reviewing tone, now that i have covered common mistakes. If you want your video to be reviewed in this manner, let me know! The episodes will have more structure put into them now, just looking for volunteers for this new style.

[@martherdenis986]

geny

[@martherdenis986]

GENY!!

[@martherdenis986]

Danz add me back to te stop mo commonality

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

Danz, I belive i will, you where one of those i promised right? Can you link me which film you want? When you say film, I'm not sure if that includes firing tests. Also, your fine with it being the subject to some slightly harsh comedic review?

[@martherdenis986]

General!!

[@starwarsstudio100]

Well done, keep up the good work

[@BeyondBrainless]

OMG! It's you!

[@felton6973]

@@BeyondBrainless yeah it's too bad i am replying this 3 years later

[@Hungrydinoinyigo]

​@@felton6973 yeah it's too bad I'm replying to your comment 3 years later.

[@ArmyMenProductionsYT]

This video is really inspiring for me I'll try my hardest to make my videos better than the last. My video are trash at the moment but with enough practice I'll be a pro. It's takes a lot of patience man. Good luck with your other videos.

[@rayanbe85]

Oh and your video are great 808 subs ! I have only 26

[@JaCobraStudios]

Good video general, this were some very helpful tips that I’m going to use in my future videos!

[@pepsiman9593]

Hey General, have you ever thought about making a Discord group? I think it can be a great way to talk to your fans

[@this_isnt_patrick]

Welp, apparently he did

[@jwcproductions4380]

Maybe you should make a discord (if you don't already have one) it would be a great way for fans like me to talk and become friends and share cool stop motion

[@backstabbingproductions5980]

Thank you so much for these tips and advise; You pointed out things I was doing wrong from the beginning and taught me so many things to improve my stopmotion.

[@thekaijustopmotions9202]

Thanks for the tips! Quick question to any army stop motion makers: how do you animate a soldier dropping down after being shot? If I don't do it, the soldiers just teleports to the floor dead.

[@Meowzer54]

Use sticky tac.personally I don’t have any

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

Man Klay World, that brings me back... and the magic portal brings me back even further... Great video as always! I’m just getting into army men, planning to make a video in the summer 🤞hopefully it will be outside

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

Great to hear! I see your channel has quite a few decent length short films, so you should be able to do quite well with army men.

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

Thanks! I appreciate you checking out my channel, I aim to make an army men stop motion at some point hopefully during the summer but if I see you upload a contest (not requesting if your not interested) I’ll do one on my floor, I’m just doing tests right now but I hope that I can make good army men stop motions in the future

[@badlaxeanimations3205]

I also have one more question, how does one animate outside without a glare on your phone or the camera screen being darker outside?

[@IMCproductions]

The general moe are you going to make a questions & answers video For the 10,000 subs?

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

Yes, that will be a part of my 10,000 sub vid. I will post a video asking for questions.

[@IMightBeZach0]

Thanks I’ll try to improve my stop motion! You helped a lot!

[@achannel1136]

Can you make a video like this but for filming outside

[@martherdenis986]

Hey general how I'm I supposed to send art if you blocked me

[@IMCproductions]

Hope to see more and thanks for inspiring me to improve

[@IMCproductions]

Thanks

[@Angrytroopershow]

What ia the name of song in 9:26?

[@martherdenis986]

Hey general if you could unblock me on Facebook I have fanart I got rid of deviant art and I figured out my lore if you ever want to read it

[@Ryan-mf8tz]

Hey Moe thanks for this video but I don’t have a camera or a stand for it and when I was a kid my brother Evan didn’t want me to play with any stuff in 1999 I was only 7 he didn’t like me playing with stuff down there now that I’m in my 20s I have a phone so I think I can do this and he makes stop motion tell this day but it takes hours he said the day that he turned 18 after he left he said “if you wanna do stop motion read this” and thanks moe

[@Soundwav-Cinema]

You should watch my cool stop motion the band of greens

[@backstabbingproductions5980]

Thank you so much for the tips I really needed them

[@theorangeveteran8125]

How do you add the radio sound to storm and clone troopers.

[@desert_fox_1318]

How do you make difrent Voices for the army men

[@theorangeveteran8125]

It’s hard to do stopmotions at my house. When you have 4 siblings, 5 pets, and barely any rooms with hard Flores.

[@van.visuals]

The Orange Soldier same dude rip

[@Brush421]

Oh god I have to do it on carpet and the army men fall over all the time

[@fadedgalaxyy2809]

This has really inspired me to make army men videos so I'm working how to make good army meb videos by getting tips from you and other youtubers

[@cecilijamatic]

Thanks this really helped and now I’m doing stop motions

[@stankystudios1121]

I’ve been using all of these tips and am going to be making a stopmotion of my own. I would appreciate it if I could get some support on it. Thanks

[@vegasspaceprogram6623]

You have my support

[@Macrophage1944]

General Mo, I have loved watching your Stop Motion videos, both army men and Lego for years now and only last year had the courage to put my stuff out on KZbin, so I would love to have you see my work and make a video criticizing the heck out of me. I feel like this would definitely improve any of my future videos and I am not afraid of what you might say about them. I know that my videos might not be the best, but I feel like that your criticism could make it so that the quality of my videos could improve drastically. (please wait for me to put out my army men video before you do this. Thank you)

[@vaderjazzproductions]

When is the next star wars lego vid?

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

I have plans, but i have other films that will probably get made first.

[@vaderjazzproductions]

Ok thx

[@senint]

This is a very informative and useful "T&T" video. (Regards someone what watched this in 2021)

[@Wendy-el7vn]

thanks for the tip!

[@chriscardaci7127]

I have a 4k ultra hd camera with one small ringlight with a tripod. you can adjust the color of the light and the brightness level .the only bad thing is that my memory card is full and the only other one is corrupted and wont let me enter the file at all. what should I do? thank you for your time and I love your videos. keep on being amazing!

[@speedytoybox3215]

This helps my new army to fight in battle

[@smokerainbow1249]

Can you use a phone cause I'm horrible and I need help

[@melvinramsey5613]

Hey general I'm working on an army men stop motion And I have an Android phone and stop motion studio my audio glitches sometimes on sound and I'm not sure how to get gun shots I honestly can use things other than special effects but If you could give me tips when I create my channel I would love it your videos are amazing and I love viewing them thank you

[@ltpuggles5762]

General moe pls I need help with my army men stop motion how do I get my camera close to the characters or just other soldiers because my stand can't go that close pls help what do I do?

[@agentcoffeebean6931]

I can’t seem to get figure out how to use the audio correctly on stop motion studio and audio is what makes stop motions more interesting and I think I am gonna give up on stop motion forever if I can’t do anything right

[@penguingaming7805]

Another thing when i started scense i didnt have the time to make long videos i posted some videos on tiktok

[@banana4072]

how do you make the muzzel shot? like when a tank shoots and it makes that flare on the turret

[@King011Productions]

This was a lot of help I can’t wait to make better stopmotions.

[@King011Productions]

What happens if I want to do a stop motion with army men and toy soldiers

[@Jtj508]

Thanks and also you are the best KZbinr I have seen in my day

[@ginacapales-morallos4943]

Thanks a lot im gonna make a movie the fall of 1942

[@valkie931]

I actually use my webcam to make stop motion videos right now! It works out perfectly fine, this video is really helpfull. I want to thank you for making this video! :)

[@ADODSER]

Whos watching this in 2020?

[@1milliondollars2020]

Thank you,this was really helpful.

[@oneseventytwoscale]

Some very good tips, thanks 👍👏

[@Jeston1]

Dude I love your videos, thanks for all the tips I needed these and will try my hardest to make my videos better. It’s kind of hard to get voices , and since I sound like I’m 5 I don’t really know how to fix that. Also, the only camera I have to make stop motion right now is my phone, and I use stop motion studio.

[@jammasterj1782]

Is their a way to make gun noises with stopmotion studio

[@PlasticGeneralProductions72]

your the best!! such a fan of your videos

[@1ceTTV]

Hay I uploaded a new stop motion which I think it's improve Sence the one I did the contest can you check it out

[@frankstump62]

What app di you use for the gun effects

[@startingbenchwarmer5518]

Stick bots are like are we not a thing

[@stopmotionanimation8381]

Thanks for the tips and tricks General Moe!

[@NuttyCapp3000]

Do you have any tips on how to make army men fall over when the get shot and how to make it more realistic

[@Hungrydinoinyigo]

Use clay, stick it under their baseplates.

[@davytiffer2722]

By the way this channel is cool

[@mainecowgirl7082]

I have a stop motion app on my phone

[@burger_guy6026]

Remove the dust pls!!!

[@Health01nspector]

This is very helpful! But how do I add the gun fire particles? I use a app on my phone called "Stop Motion"

[@armymenstopmotionfilms6046]

Hey I fixed a lot of the problems that you said watch my newest video

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

The camera was still very shaky, you don't want that in your films.

[@armymenstopmotionfilms6046]

The General Moe I'll get to work on that

[@armymenstopmotionfilms6046]

The General Moe is my newest video good?

[@Lilly_Fae]

Nice

[@agentcoffeebean6931]

I don’t know witch app or website to use for muzzle flashes that are free and I use stop motion studio to hand draw the muzzle flashes but I need better looking more realistic muzzle flashes does anyone have recommendations

[@Sergeantlumi]

I only got green screen of black screen if free.

[@wendolenbalterado]

what app to make gunshots

[@deontaesmith9572]

I actually seen all of these

[@theorangeveteran8125]

Also could you look at my stop motions? There no long I was just trying to see what I could do with what I have.

[@TropaX]

great tips... congratulations... i'm beginer... lol

[@Icetoanie]

You inspire me a lot

[@stormstudioz3971]

i make lego stop motion

[@tankcastingdummeh]

Simply thanks

[@agentcoffeebean6931]

I don’t understand how people film stuff flying or something in mid air with stop motion

[@Sergeantlumi]

It’s pretty hard unless they got those auto remove stuff that cost money like an app

[@ktskidtrickshots7889]

What apps do I nned

[@sharkysharkman8943]

You have inspired me to make Army stop motion (ps, your films are the best!)

[@armymenstopmotionfilms6046]

Hey my stop motion video is in this thanks for the help any last minute tips?

[@robbie2344]

I’m not a KZbinr but this helped me out a lot thx 😁👍🏻😆

[@mangyunicorn3846]

awsome dude

[@DS-wk9gb]

Very useful I hope to start animating is stop motion soon

[@cocochanellcorporate4113]

yay thanks

[@Cubster-ue7lx]

great tutorial, great job at adressing some important issues

[@surgentluke5874]

What a name

[@ncopictures7182]

Great video dude. Very comprehensive!

[@mrmoc7616]

Can you show how you make the blood effects

[@mainecowgirl7082]

How do you make objects seem to float in stop motion

[@Sergeantlumi]

Well I’m a beginner at stop motion so I can only tell you like use like erasers or smth. Like in stop motion studio. Just lol it’s hard to. Yeah

[@psychicrenegade]

Thx

[@jwcproductions7933]

I plan on making stop motion soon and im making test videos but my voice keeps cracking up when i try to record because i've been shy my whole life. Any tips?

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

Just do some practice. Talk in front of a mirror until you get used to your own voice being projected. Try different characters and tone. The key is getting used to it.

[@JazzRazeYT]

I have a stop motion channel and I used 3fps so thanks for the real thing FPS I should use

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

Yeah, get away from 3fps ASAP. That isn't even considered stop motion. Good to hear.

[@kieslingsfilms]

Nice tips. Very well done

[@salmonproduction2106]

Thank you for the tips.

[@Icetoanie]

Thx this was helpful!!! 😃

[@battlesquid4565]

How about 8 fps?

[@emrymcalear95]

thats cool thanks

[@stopmotionarmy89]

Have improved

[@portzzz]

very god work

[@alexlumsden2011]

Thank you

[@abbybarnett3751]

Editing?

[@05theforce]

3:05 - 3:10 What video is that?

[@TheGeneralMoe114]

Un-used content.

[@d.o.f.t.1578]

Aaah I see. I always wondered how you edited you’re films.