I stopped doing Stopmotion

Good morning to all my Vietnamese and Indian and British readers! Hopefully all is well with the corona virus but anyways I'd like to share with you my experiences with the film project last week! So after some research on stop motion I decided not to continue with the medium. There are a few main issues but the critical ones consists of software and time.

Software

Once I decided to pursue stop motion I began researching software to use. In the past I had used apps like PicPac and Stop Motion Plus on the play store but for this project I was planning on using a DSLR camera. So I started looking into apps on the Windows platform. I came across a few free softwares like MonkeyJam and HeliumFrog but none of them included support for a DSLR camera as an external camera. What does this mean? Either I'd have to use the computer webcam as the camera which was definitely not an option for this project, or I'd have to invest in a dedicated external webcam. The most popular software that did support DSLR's however, was DragonFrame which would cost upwards of $200. 

Time

Another issue with stop motion is the time it would take to create such a film. Initially I was planning on shooting at 12 frames per second but further research allowed me to realize that 24 frames would be much more ideal. And to shoot a 2 minute opening at 24 frames per second would mean at least 2880 pictures to take. And after talking to my peers and advisors I realized that such a project would have required planning from since first semester. So after considering all this I've decided I'll continue with a live action film opening instead of stop motion.