Stop frame animation is a technique used in animation which brings objects to life on the screen. This is done by moving the object frame by frame and filming at every increment. When all the frames are shown in a sequence it will show movement of the object. You can use a whole range of objects to perform stop frame animation, as long as they can be handled and repositioned easily.
How to do it?
Stop motion animation can be thought of as a series of still photographs. Objects or puppets are moved and filmed frame by frame to stimulate movement. Films such as King Kong and Star Wars made heavy use of stop motion animation using miniatures and puppets. This was the only way to bring objects that cannot move by themselves to life on screen.
Equipment needed?
When using stop frame you can use a DSLR so long as it has live view. Early DSLR's did not have live view, a feature where the camera can provide a video stream of the image through the lens. So, the studio had to use a secondary video camera to provide the video assist.
In 2007, Canon and Nikon introduced DSLR's with live view. Since then DSLRs have been used to capture most of the professional quality stop motion that you see.
My own example
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