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Hey guys! (And girls)
Here is my problem,
I've gotten my script done, and I've animated half of my film. Then, I either see another brickfilm, a normal film, or just think, and I get a new, better idea. I then pursue that idea, and forget that old film. I just can't finish a film.
I've tried doing shorts, but they are to boring for me, as I like big complicated plots.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks,
Samstego
Well, this is a motivation problem, which means that you're the only person who can really fix it.
I've got a whole bunch of unfinished films, and so does every other brickfilmer. Several of my finished films nearly didn't get made due to this. I find that he only way I can get myself to work on a movie that I've lost motivation for is to just sit down and do it. Decide one day 'OK, today I'm going to go to my animation desk and made that movie.' Once you start working on it, you tend to find that you actually quite enjoy it and you actually like this movie again. If that doesn't work, nothing will. Then it's time to give up and start again, this time having learned from your mistakes. Best of luck!
Bring a light snack into your room.
That will eliminate the need to leave.
If you are convinced that your story's a good one, be hard to yourself and just sit through the animation process! Even a not-so-good story will make for a good brickfilm if cleverly executed and FINISHED. Half of a story isn't worth a damn. What definitely helps is making your brickfilms shorter. It's very hard to make a 10-minute film if you find yourself suffering from even the slightest lack of motivation. However, a 2-3 minutes film can also include a great deal of story and a deeper meaning BUT is often more fun to produce because it doesn't take as long and one is able to see the finished product, the fruit of one's labor much earlier. 
Other than that, I completely agree with Hazzat.
Man up and finish that film. ARE YOU GOING TO LET THE LEGO'S GET THE BEST OF YOU?
I hate it when that happens. There are many films that are forgotten. I've thought of the basis of them, and thought all the way through the screenplay, and THEN....... I think of a new one, the old one is forgotten, and the cycle starts again. Rarely I end up finishing them. (Don't worry, I'm 90% certain I'll finish TITP.) What I'd do, is write down all the projects that you're working on, and don't work on the next film until you FINISH THAT FILM. (Unless it's a huge one, and then you can take breaks for smaller projects.)
Well, seeing as I have this problem I would do what Haz says. Sit down and start animating for a few moments and then you'll start going.
Hope our pep talks helped ya out there.
This has happened to me a lot of times. In my new movie, I am just going to do it, no matter what!
In some cases, its good if you become uninterested in continuing a certain project. If you were to reluctantly continue with your project and it didn't turn out that well, you only have yourself to blame. As Hazzat mentioned, sometimes it's for the best if you just let a film go and start anew, hopefully making it better.
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