You need to slow things down. You didn't say what camera you have, but if it's capable of shooting video, film yourself talking. Play the footage of yourself back, look at it frame by frame, and you'll see that you move to emphasise certain words and you stay still the rest of the time. When you do move a hand, see how many frames it takes you to make the movement.

Basically, it's just a matter of taking some time and practising. Personally, I wouldn't bother touching After Effects until you've nailed the stop motion side of things.

ok thanks oldscratch i gotta say im honoured that you replyed to me i love your videos im a big fan im favored many like Star Wars: Reservoir Squads and the lego red vs blue they were classics

Oh also my camera is a digital camera 12megapixel pentax optioP80
It features:
#12.1MegaPixels
#4x Wide angle optical Zoom
#HD Movie (30 frames per second)
#Face Recognition. (32 Faces)

Also just to ask you OldScratch how did you do those particular 3 films i pointed out? could please explain i really wanna learn i read your tips but yet i am still a little lost ill explain to you the part im particulary lost with ok you said i should film it right? but by filming should i record it after that short film and by filming i wont be able to move the hands right so what do i do there? im sorry for being a pest but there alot of your vids that i am deadset dedicated to and i really wanna be something like you any information on what i just asked would be great oh and when you say film the footage of yourself do you mean the lego or me in person?

Tryxx thanks for the friendly tip ill keep it in mind next time not there was a problem reading it was there..?

Yes it did help thanks though i still seem to struggle if i may differ just to ask is it possible for you to like a little demo even if its 5 seconds long? just to explain to me what you did to get say like if you took 30 pictures then you did 15FPS how could you possibly get someone to speak even if you could do the hand movement and all my real problem is the audio though yes it is the frames but the audio oh so kills me but for the audio to work it does need the frame i do appreciate your support though if you can make a lil tutorial on what you have said it would be oh so much appreciated

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Shooting on twos is used by most professionals, it was used for bob the builder, and Walace and Gromit I believe. If you do that you'll want to double the frame rate. The good thing about shooting on twos (that is, shooting two frames at a time) is that you can delete one out, and have certain bits go faster.

I'd recommend something on the Free software list before buying anything.

Check out this by Fancypants if you haven't already. Its a crucial part of any animation. Also perhaps get some books from your local library, about timing and editing. But first I'd sort out the animation, then the editing. Putting a test in the 'WIPs and Tests thread' will let us see how we can help you.

Hope this helped.

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But oldscratch what do you mean i dont understand how that would help wouldnt it be the same if i was shooting the lego without putting myself in it would it not be the same? :S and when you say you put the red vs blue dvd into vegas did u cut the video then just keep the sounds?
Thanks OldScratch

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GeneralNed

If im thinking what your thinking YES! that would be fantastic thankyou!!! like with your update vid the way you put the voice while she moves her arm and stuff that kind of thing a lil tutorial on like just explains on the best way to put audio and how to put it in by explaining how frames would be nessessary for like a 3 second speech or something but im sure you know what i mean if not whateva you think will be fine ill let you know.

but thanks Jt i enjoyed your Thac8 entry it was funny

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GeneralNed

Ok, I will make the tutorial soon. It will be with Sony Vegas Pro 9.0, is this ok? And would you like a screencast, with me talking, so you can see what I'm doing, or pictures with text?

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Holy [mod heart attack].

In the future: one post, with individual sections addressed to all intended recipients, and there's no need to quote entire posts. And if you want more than a select few members to read it, punctuation would be a good start. Your writing is so unintelligible that if you're actually the age you're claiming, I'm mildly frightened for the future of our planet.

Generalned, you should listen to Noodle. Your posts are rather difficult to read and it's a waste of space to quadruple-post, especially quoting someone else's full posts each time. You're pretty new, and it's understandable that you're learning how things work around here - just try to put a little more thought into each post.