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Brickfilming
By: Strider Date: January 8, 2014, 10:20 am
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If you do brickfilms yourself, or just enjoy watching them
please leave your thoughts! What do you enjoy most about the
process of making them or do you have any tips for beginners? On
the other hand, what makes a brickfilm enjoyable for you, and
which genres do you enjoy? I do brickfilms myself, and I would
say I was just coming out of amateur stage. I use iMovie for my
videos, which only goes up to ten frames a second, but it isn't
a bad speed, and if you're not going to make a really long
professional film it works just fine. Plus you can focus more on
other things when you don't have to take twice as much pictures.
To the beginner ten frames per second would be an admirable
starting point so don't let that fact stop you if you are
considering! I enjoy comedy lego movies, but my favorites are
the ones that act serious and dramatic over little things. Also
don't try to hard to write comedy when you start out, (although
this is generally what you will find in Lego stopmotion.) Just
seeing Lego people do the stuff we do is funny all by itself so
just pick a lighthearted subject and maybe add some slapstick.
As you get better writing comedy might be more natural, but it's
a big turn off one a movie that could have been fine is fool of
cheesy jokes. (If you do have talent for it, don't let me stop
you though!) A good place to start with comedy is dry humor. If
you want to make a serious movie, just don't over do it. If you
add guns through out the whole thing, or lots of whoosh and blam
sound effects, the idea will come across that it's purely an
entertainment and the audience will see it as more lighthearted
or funny. Maybe add a slow undertone, or make the lighting a
little darker. Imovie has an effect where there is a vignette
theme, (the edges are dark.) Also, try to make your script, (if
you have one,) sound like real people talk. Don't worry about
making it cheesy too much, if they say it in real action movies
say it here and audiences will get the idea of the genre. Play
slow a bit till the battle, (or whatever your type of climax
is,) and then bring out the good stuff. Just remember, and this
goes for any movie, don't make everything too flashy or
exaggerated, or the idea will come across that you're using this
as a cover up. Take advantage of the effects you have, but they
should complement the movie. If you have any questions I might
be able to help you, or you can search the web. If you wan to
get into it stopmotion is a great hobby, it helps with your
attention span, your patience (duh), and your skills with making
interesting stories. (P.S. I cannot stress enough how much a
good and detailed back ground can help with your movie. I know
you might want to jump right in but taking the right time to
prepare your set will give people some respect for your film no
matter how bad the movement is. Every one likes a lego creation,
well almost.) If you get discouraged, just remember that every
one has a starting point :).Thanks for reading!
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Re: Brickfilming
By: LK901 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:18 am
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Wow! Really well written!
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Re: Brickfilming
By: NinjagoNerd36 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:34 am
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Nice topic! I might get a camera for Christmas from my
Grandparents, they were out of town on Christmas, so I might do
some Brickfilming, :)
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Re: Brickfilming
By: LK901 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:36 am
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[quote author=NinjagoNerd36 link=topic=16.msg71#msg71
date=1389202447]
Nice topic! I might get a camera for Christmas from my
Grandparents, they were out of town on Christmas, so I might do
some Brickfilming, :)
[/quote]
Brickfilming is fun! :D
If you do make some, upload them here :)
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Re: Brickfilming
By: NinjagoNerd36 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:38 am
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[quote author=LK901 link=topic=16.msg73#msg73 date=1389202594]
[quote author=NinjagoNerd36 link=topic=16.msg71#msg71
date=1389202447]
Nice topic! I might get a camera for Christmas from my
Grandparents, they were out of town on Christmas, so I might do
some Brickfilming, :)
[/quote]
Brickfilming is fun! :D
If you do make some, upload them here :)
[/quote]
How do you do that?
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Re: Brickfilming
By: LK901 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:40 am
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In the top menu there is a button called 'Gallery'. You can
upload them there, or you can attach them to a post :)
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Re: Brickfilming
By: NinjagoNerd36 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:46 am
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[quote author=LK901 link=topic=16.msg77#msg77 date=1389202805]
In the top menu there is a button called 'Gallery'. You can
upload them there, or you can attach them to a post :)
[/quote]
Is this the menu with Profile and Search buttons? Because I
don't see it. Could you give me a direct link?
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Re: Brickfilming
By: LK901 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:49 am
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[quote author=NinjagoNerd36 link=topic=16.msg79#msg79
date=1389203166]
[quote author=LK901 link=topic=16.msg77#msg77 date=1389202805]
In the top menu there is a button called 'Gallery'. You can
upload them there, or you can attach them to a post :)
[/quote]
Is this the menu with Profile and Search buttons? Because I
don't see it. Could you give me a direct link?
[/quote]
Here you go :)
HTML http://starbricks.createaforum.com/index.php?action=gallery
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Re: Brickfilming
By: NinjagoNerd36 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:52 am
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[quote author=LK901 link=topic=16.msg82#msg82 date=1389203346]
[quote author=NinjagoNerd36 link=topic=16.msg79#msg79
date=1389203166]
[quote author=LK901 link=topic=16.msg77#msg77 date=1389202805]
In the top menu there is a button called 'Gallery'. You can
upload them there, or you can attach them to a post :)
[/quote]
Is this the menu with Profile and Search buttons? Because I
don't see it. Could you give me a direct link?
[/quote]
Here you go :)
HTML http://starbricks.createaforum.com/index.php?action=gallery
[/quote]
It said An Error has Occurred, you are not allowed to view the
gallery. ??? I think you must have it so only a certain rank
and above can access it or something.
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Re: Brickfilming
By: LK901 Date: January 8, 2014, 11:54 am
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[quote author=NinjagoNerd36 link=topic=16.msg83#msg83
date=1389203566]
[quote author=LK901 link=topic=16.msg82#msg82 date=1389203346]
[quote author=NinjagoNerd36 link=topic=16.msg79#msg79
date=1389203166]
[quote author=LK901 link=topic=16.msg77#msg77 date=1389202805]
In the top menu there is a button called 'Gallery'. You can
upload them there, or you can attach them to a post :)
[/quote]
Is this the menu with Profile and Search buttons? Because I
don't see it. Could you give me a direct link?
[/quote]
Here you go :)
HTML http://starbricks.createaforum.com/index.php?action=gallery
[/quote]
It said An Error has Occurred, you are not allowed to view the
gallery. ??? I think you must have it so only a certain rank
and above can access it or something.
[/quote]
Just a second.....
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