Topic: Lava Effect

So, in my upcoming film, there's a scene where the main characters are in the crater of a volcano. Now, I'm not sure what to use for the lava as I have quite a few, yet not enough flat red pieces to cover the whole thing, so I tried flat red pieces with normal sized ones, but it just doesn't look right. I also though about maybe using clay or even clay combined with red bricks. Any thoughts?

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Re: Lava Effect

I don't think you should use clay. I hate seeing clay in brickfilms. If you don't have enough plates, you could make a wall of red and put it sideways to make a flat plain of red. Then you could put some stuff on top like some small black plates and trans orange stuff, and give it some sort of animation.

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Hmm, not quite sure I like the idea of putting a red wall sideways, seems a bit strange to me... anything else?

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Re: Lava Effect

Use CGI.

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Re: Lava Effect

Any kind of transparent yellow, orange or red bricks mixed with smaller black bricks all loose in a pit, with back lighting.

If you can't do back lighting, I'd suggest doing the same but with opaque (normal) bricks.

Believe it or not, they look far brighter than  non-lit transparent ones.

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You mean just a mix of red, yellow, orange and small black pieces?
I'll try that. mini/smile Thanks.

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VanderFlame Studios wrote:

Use CGI.

Yes, such great advise on such a large scale mini/blankexpression .

AnnoyingNoisesProductions wrote:

I hate seeing clay in brickfilms.

That's just your opinion. Just because you don't like clay in brickfilms, that does not mean that it won't work.

Well, if I had to give my advise, I'd do what Bricky said (And it seems like you're taking his advise). Just to add to it, though, I'd create a brownish sort of background, because even though the inside of a volcano is dark, it's still colored brown, so you should try to create one that way (If you want to, of course).

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Re: Lava Effect

Thanks guys. Please tell me if these look like lava or not.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2969h2.jpg
http://i54.tinypic.com/rtokf8.jpg

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Re: Lava Effect

Yes, I think that looks like lava.

Although I meant smaller, loose pieces haha.

But still, it looks believeable.

Re: Lava Effect

Again thanks.
But what exactly do you mean by loose pieces?

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Re: Lava Effect

jstudios wrote:

Again thanks.
But what exactly do you mean by loose pieces?

Like not attached to anything.

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It doesn't look like lava to me. Well, that's just what I think. I think studs just doesn't look like liquid. Studs are more solid-looking to me.

Not literally dead, just no longer interested in Lego or animation.

Re: Lava Effect

I think Squirlz Water reflections has an option where you can change the color of the water. Make it orange or red and light the scene with an orange-ish tinge. (Orange tissue paper over a lamp works surprisingly well).

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Re: Lava Effect

Thanks. I know what I'm going to do for the lighting (a few days ago I ordered some lighting gels off amazon), and as for squirlz, for this film I want the lava to be as "real" as possible,.

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Re: Lava Effect

Okay, maybe, you could make something like a rocky ditch, and put some red and trans oranges bricks in there, and maybe a few black pieces, not attached or anything, then just push it along to make it flow like a river.

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I think it looks great!

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You can just make lava in GIMP or Photoshop.I use GIMP.I'll show you some pictures of (fake) lava when i'm done.

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Google lava,download any picture,and then edit the volcano picture.There,you have lava.

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Well, I actually want to make the lava with bricks or maybe clay or cloth, basically I want the lava effect to be in-shot, not added in post-production. Thanks anyway. mini/smile

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Re: Lava Effect

I'd find a peace of green material, cut it into whatever shape you're going for, and chroma key it with a picture of lava.

If you DON'T have the resources though, then I think that the clay would look best. Although I'd use that as a last resort. To me, at least, that stuffs impossible to clean off of the bricks.

P.S. TO THE NUIMOBILE!!

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