Quote Originally Posted by kup
So all you do is just take several still photos of a figure while moving it a little bit for each one?
Yup!

Quote Originally Posted by kup
I have tried to make a quick trial video of a figure walking using Movie Maker but the software doesn't seem to have support for frames shorter than 1.2secs as a result it looks cluncky as hell.
Click on the icon that looks like magnifying glass with a + sign in it then use your mouse to reduce the duration of each frame. You can click on that magnifying glass icon several times and reduce frame durations more and more.

I've made all my stop-motion animations using Windows Movie Maker.

Autobots transform - this was my 1st stop motion video made as a test
Bumblebee Vs Barricade
Praying Mantis Transformers
Transformers Hare Hare Yukai Dance - IMO the best of my stop motions. Also the hardest to make (took me 5 days and over 400 shots).