Author Topic: Brickfilm Test (TEST 5 RELEASED).  (Read 2172 times)

I used sticky tape. Does it make a difference?

Yes. You want it to stay still. Screwing it down would solve this, but you'd have to go through a baseplate or whatnot.

Yes. You want it to stay still. Screwing it down would solve this, but you'd have to go through a baseplate or whatnot.

What do you mean by screwing it down? What would I screw it through?


What do you mean by screwing it down? What would I screw it through?
The table obviously. You'd only do that if you had some sort of table just for doing these videos or something.

The video was alright, but the camera and the bricks shake in ways they shouldn't. Try putting the camera on a different table than the table that the legos are on if you didn't.

The table obviously. You'd only do that if you had some sort of table just for doing these videos or something.
Sounds cool, but I don't have one.

The video was alright, but the camera and the bricks shake in ways they shouldn't. Try putting the camera on a different table than the table that the legos are on if you didn't.

I'll try that.

The table obviously. You'd only do that if you had some sort of table just for doing these videos or something.

Doesn't need to be a table, doesn't need to be screwed.
When I was a kid and played with Lego a lot, I found it hard to build when the baseplate was ontop of carpet so I super glued it onto a piece of wood.

I used it for a school project and made a short stop motion thing, I rarely problems with shaking/shifting.

To stop the wood from shaking, I just used a woodwork clamp to brace it onto the table.


Bump.

I've nearly finished another test.


AT least you don't add to many frames to rapid motions like some other people do.

IT'S TIME TO DO A BARREL ROLL

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« Last Edit: May 07, 2012, 11:07:25 AM by Blooker »

Light-flickers and camera/set-bumps. Difficult to prevent if you're not careful, but you'll never get a good looking film with them. You could try using sticky-tack or strong tape to hold them down.

When you did the slide kick, parkour and "barrel roll" tests, your camera angles seemed rough and the panning wasn't smooth. That one is rather tricky, I never did them a lot so I don't really know how one might improve there. Practice should help, but my only thoughts for the angles would be to keep it level and not rotated, but again I haven't done tricks like those that much.

Getting your animation smoother is also key. More steps in animation is the best way to do it, you might want to tweak the frames-per-second to make sure it doesn't go faster or slower than what you're aiming for.

If you're really into LEGO animations, you should visit some communities like "Bricks in Motion", they're really serious about this stuff and can provide some excellent advice and resources.
« Last Edit: May 07, 2012, 11:40:53 AM by Blastdown »

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Thank you very much for your feedback. I'll check those guys out.

the others were ok but the parkour one was awesome

I am completely changing how I make Brickfilms now.
  • I now use MonkeyJam to animate.
  • New Lighting.
  • I am going to buy more bricks, so better sets.
  • I am currently searching for a good Webcam (Could someone please recommend me one?)