12 Ways to Animate One Scene

There are SO many different ways you can make stop motion videos from a single scene. You can animate your object, props and/or the background while playing with angles. If you’re struggling to come up with movement ideas, here are some questions that will get your wheels turning 💡.

Below you’ll see 12 examples of how we were able to recreate this one summery scene 🍹🍋🌴 to make 12 different stop motion videos. Talk about having content for days and so many Instagram post ideas!!! Click into each video below to see the step-by-step tutorial from our YouTube channel on how to make it.

To get started, you’ll want to download our free stop motion app, Life Lapse.

 

Can you move the props and keep the object still?

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Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Can you change the angle/position of the frame to come up with a different scene? For example, shooting directly overhead (flat lay) vs of straight on.

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Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

How can you show the process? (Example: A drink filling up, a cookie getting eaten, etc)

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Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Do you want to give the illusion of the object moving on its own?

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Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Do you want it to get added/removed from the scene?

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Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Can you rotate, spin or move the object and/or the props back and forth?

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Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Can you have the scene be still and move the light to give the illusion of a time lapse?

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Click on the image to access the tutorial on how we made this video in Life Lapse

Which animations have you tried to create in your stop motions? We’d love to see! Tag us @lifelapse_app or hashtag #LifeLapse. If you haven’t tried stop motion, what are you waiting for!?

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