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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is it time to move on?]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/334097/#p334097</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You should do what you want to do. Your friends will have their opinions, but you don't have to agree with them. I really enjoy brickfilming. I've tried other mediums, but brickfilming is always what stuck. If you love to brickfilm, brickfilm. If you feel like you don't want to anymore or you want to move onto to something else, you should feel free to do so.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[lasfbrickfilms@gmail.com (LASF)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 02:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is it time to move on?]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/334009/#p334009</link>
			<description><![CDATA[[quote=rioforce]I'm basically going to echo everyone else here in in saying that you shouldn't fall into peer pressure. Not everyone who makes a brickfilm is making it to become another George Lucas or a famous film maker. In fact, most people don't become film makers if they like film as a young person. Sure, we're all amature, but that's not bad. Sure, we have dreams of making brickfilms for a living for the rest or our lives, but it's just not practical. Some really great brickfilmers (like Nathan Wells, who is a graphic designer) do other things for a living, and have the great hobby of brickfilming.[/quote]

Almost everything that I would have said has been said by everyone else, but I would like to add: [b]having something as a "hobby" doesn't mean it's lesser than your career.[/b] I brickfilm because I love films and I love LEGO. But I actively chose not to pursue filmmaking as a career because I knew it was a very difficult and competitive field to get in to, and I'd rather have a steady, reliable job where I can work for 8 hours a day a then spend my free time doing what I love. [b]Brickfilming isn't a lesser for of stop-motion animation, and stop-motion animation isn't a lesser form of live-action.[/b] You don't "upgrade" when you go from stop-motion (or any other type of animation) or live-action. You're just changing styles.

I strongly agree with Smeagol, FlyingMinifig, backyardlegos, Ladon, SlothPaladin and Rioforce. They said essentially all I was going to say.

There will be times in your life where you may lose interest in hobby, or feel pressure from outside sources to abandon it. When this happens, please don't immediately abandon everything. If you have the space, try to keep your equipment and LEGO, safely packed away. I barely touched my LEGO and didn't brickfilm for 5 years, and only have of those years was because of college. The other half of that time I had nothing to blame except for my lack of interest. But I kept my LEGO and everything else. And now the interest is rekindled. So please, if you can, don't clear out everything yet. You might regret selling or getting rid of everything in the future.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Nathan Wells)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is it time to move on?]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333975/#p333975</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All I can say is, I hope for the best for you GHB! We can only advise you, but it's you who makes the decision. If you truly love brick filming, then stick with it! Whether money, fame, success comes or not, keep striving to do what you love! I hope that I never become rich or famous, so that I can focus more on creativity and not just what other people want me to do. Once again, good luck! I wish the best for you and your career.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Gentry Studios)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is it time to move on?]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333969/#p333969</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I'm basically going to echo everyone else here in in saying that you shouldn't fall into peer pressure. Not everyone who makes a brickfilm is making it to become another George Lucas or a famous film maker. In fact, most people don't become film makers if they like film as a young person. Sure, we're all amature, but that's not bad. Sure, we have dreams of making brickfilms for a living for the rest or our lives, but it's just not practical. Some really great brickfilmers (like Nathan Wells, who is a graphic designer) do other things for a living, and have the great hobby of brickfilming.

In short, do what you love, and don't listen to your friends. Brickfilming isn't childish, if it's what you want to do. Sure, you need to be well rounded and if you spend all your time making brickfilms and not doing anything else, then it's not really that healthy, but if you like to brickfilm and love what you do, don't give up, just go with it.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (rioforce)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[quote=FlyingMinifig]...There are many good brickfilms, some of which I believe are on par with professionally made live-action films.  Look at brickfilmers such as Nathan Wells or Chris Boyer--they make fantastic brickfilms and are well into adulthood.  The BiM Documentary Kickstarter managed to raise the not insignificant sum of over $12,000, and Smeagol and co. are going to be flying to Europe just to interview brickfilmers.  That alone should be enough to make anyone who claims this hobby is childish think twice[/quote]

Thanks FlyingMinifig, although some could debate if I have been making films in my adulthood. The last time I finished a real short was [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWNOf8qTYWI]seven years ago[/url], although I guess I started working on my current film 4 years ago and had [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lix2e5QrhgI]one project that was never complete[/url] between 2007 to 2010.

I do not consider Brickfilming to be my hobby, I don't know that I would really consider animation or stop motion to be my hobby either, I consider myself to be a film maker, and making films is my hobby, I don't think that I'll ever make it into a career and I'm fine with that.

I also hate monetized YouTube content so I avoid serious breaches of copyright so I can keep my tiny YouTube channel ad free. But that is just my personalized conviction.

LEGO and for that matter, animation is just another medium which I can use in the craft. When I finish (or abandon) something I have to ask myself: "Do I want to make another film?" (Y/N), if yes then: "What medium to I want to make that film in?" If I choose to make a film that is not created with LEGO I am not abandoning my hobby, or Brickfilming or whatever, I am simply choosing another medium. Right now LEGO is my medium of choice.

Shortly after making my first Claymation I had planned to move away from LEGO and switch to clay, [url=http://beyondthecrypt.blogspot.com/2006/02/wrapped-scene-1.html]starting a vampire project[/url] that was to ambitious which I never finished, in the middle of my vampire movie I got my first and only freelance animation job. I planned to become a freelance animator but that never panned out. To be honest I thought I was a lot better at animation then I was. At some point I came the the conclusion that I wasn't going to stop making films, but my films would not pay for themselves so as long as I planned to release my films for free I didn't need to worry about any sort of copyright conflict from using LEGO bricks.

The stories I want to tell lend themselves well to the LEGO aesthetic so I plan to continue making films with them, if I really want to make something that is better suited to another medium and the film making can be done within my means I won't feel like I have abandoned anything.

Personally I have found that if I start another project in the middle of a longer project the long project will never be finished. So I don't see any room to make a short LEGO project in the middle of a live action project or vise versa, I can only focus on one project at a time, so I need to see a film to completion before considering working on something else.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (SlothPaladin)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is it time to move on?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[[quote=Squash]You don't have to give up brickfilming to start working on live-action.[/quote]

Totally true.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (jampot)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 18:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is it time to move on?]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333963/#p333963</link>
			<description><![CDATA[[quote]if I should keep doing what I passionately love to do, or move on and try something new.[/quote]
Perhaps a better question to ask yourself is whether those two options are exclusive. You don't have to give up brickfilming to start working on live-action. 

A lot of people drift through life without ever really finding something they're truly passionate about. If you really have a passion for brickfilming, keep doing it. No one is handing out cool points for having "mature" adult hobbies- this is your life, and as long as it isn't hurting anyone you might as well live it in a way that makes you happy. It sure beats the alternative.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Squash)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 17:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is it time to move on?]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333962/#p333962</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What a silly question this is.

Quick answer? No.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Rsteenoven)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[[b]Dyland[/b],

I have to say, you and me then arn't very different!

I've also been inspired by brickfilming so much that I'm also looking into courses for filming! It's also something I would love to do for the rest of my life as well.

Good to know theres others that feel the same :)

And as [b]Dyland[/b] mentioned, you have to love it and have a passion for brickfilming or anything in life. If you don't its never going to work for you, and people telling you otherwise will make no effect if you don't feel it. It's like a craving, some days I just want to sit all day and animate. Other days It may not be a day of brickfilming. 

Sincerely,
Divine.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Divine)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333960/#p333960</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I, personally, have always viewed brickfilming as a hobby. (A very time consuming and devoted hobby, but, still, a hobby) I mainly do my filming on the weekends, just as a model builder would make model ships and cars on the weekends, and just as stamp collectors usually sort their collections.

I do aspire to filmmaking. I've already started looking into colleges, and, already have a bunch of good live action ideas from my years of writing and brickfilming! - But, this doesn't mean that live action is the "next step" in a "process."

I think it's good for everyone to have a hobby - something all your own for you, and you alone, to enjoy.

Brickfilming, writing, and animating - truly are the closest things I have to hobbies. And, I'm sticking to them.

Yep, after deciding this, I've pondered just for how long I really will brickfilm - 5 years? 50 years? 80 years? I surely plan to do it for all of my life! It's just so fun and entertaining to others, I couldn't bring myself to stop something I love so much, and something that's brought smiles to little faces, and lightened up people's days.

I want to try, and try hard, to brickfilm... for as much of "forever" that I'll live to see. As far as I'm concerned, I won't have a happily ever after if I up and quit brickfilming. :)

However, not all may feel this way. Some let their "logical, stoic, calculating, and worrying" side tell them that brickfilming is too childish... too amateur... a way of the past. Others, like me, may have a bit too much of a suggestion from their "imagination fueling, creative, and entertaining" side - wanting to pursue brickfilming for a bit over what should be "normally acceptable."

But, I'm not here to decide for you, GHB, or for anyone else on BiM. I do brickfilming for the love of it; others only use it as a temporary medium to house their "bigger and better" ideas for a future career. - and I understand that. But, it is a bit sad to know that some friends of yours are quitting it.

Perhaps they weren't meant to have as much influence and show as much creativity as people like Nathan Wells, Vandy, or Smeagol!

 If so, then they'd better leave, and decrease the surplus population of amateurs and quitters! :P]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[thedylandproductions@yahoo.com (Dyland)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333957/#p333957</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is why I love THAC, because you can quit Brickfilming yet still do THAC. If life takes over and you don't have time to animate, you can stop animating throughout the rest of the year - but THAC is just a weekend (which most people usually have free, or can make free) where you're given an idea, and given plenty of encouragement from other Brickfilmers.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Max Butcher)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333955/#p333955</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If you like it why stop.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (osomstudios)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333946/#p333946</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I consider brickfilming a form of professional stopmotion, except that it's with Lego. Nothing wrong with stopmotion itself, why something wrong with doing it with Lego?]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (WoutStopmotion)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/333942/#p333942</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hey [b]GHB[/b],

Unfortunately, as time goes by people do change, but that doesn't mean you have to also change with them. This question no one can really answer for you. I can't tell you keep doing stop motion cause it's awesome, if you feel pressured or want to actually move on if you had the money.

For me, even when I do have the money for a more expensive camera to move onto something else, I choose to spend it on lego and accessories for lego. For me Lego is something that I have such a big passion for. I don't feel I'll ever grow out of it. Even if I did, I know deep down I'd always come back to it sooner or later. For me I just can't have lego just to play with, I need to bring them to life. It makes me happy maybe sounding cheesy but its the truth. Of course to me I also enjoy when others enjoy my work, that's a big plus for all of us I'm sure.

 To know that your work is appreciated and liked by others. You get that feel of accomplishment like you did something great or amazing even if it's just to you.

I'd say move onto live filming, when you do get them money, as obviously your not going to make money with stop motion. But never leave it as a hobbie if it is something you enjoy. If you have grown out of it. Don't feel weird or pressured about it. It's just life telling you perhaps you need a new hobby or direction.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Divine)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 12:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[I can see a time where I out grow lego and move on to clay (yuck) or other armature stop motion (as in wire frame puppets).

Lego is an enabler and a barrier.  You can get sets up very quickly - so its an enabler, but everything is square and you can't walk in a diagonal line (barrier).  When I tire of those restrictions I'll move on to armature stop motion.

But it will still be stop motion.  :)  Perhaps you need a new technical challenge.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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