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I was wondering, how should i explain brick filming to someone? As in tell them what it is and explain why it is a worthwhile thing to do. I know plenty of people at my school who don't understand what we do, and i'd like to try and explain it to them
-Thanks 
... It's not that hard.
"So, Jonathan, do you have any hobbies?" "Yeah, animation. Mostly stop motion." "Oh, I've heard it's hard, and it takes a long time. You must have lots of patience!" "Well, I use LEGO to animate. The minfigure's body parts are very movable and they're easier to use. Plus, I don't have to buy tons of wood and crap." "Oh, that's cool!" etc.
That's how it usually goes for me, anyway
Last weekend I was at a film festival which played 'Pirates Rule!' along with some other short independent films, and someone asked me to explain what I did, and I answered with something along the lines of this:
"Okay, so you have a minifigure, take a picture. Move the arm just a tiny little bit, take a picture. Move the arm another little bit, but slightly more than the last time, take a picture. Move the arm a little bit more, bump the camera, and restart the entire shot."
My usual way of explaining it is just "Lego movies" made with stop motion. I also like to draw attention to the fact that it's probably the best way to go about making an amateur film. With live action, you need all of these actors, sets, costumes, and with a low budget, you can't really do much. Where as with brickfilming, you can make a pirate island, a planet in space, or almost anything just in your room since they're relatively cheap.
It's hard to explain to people,especially if you're in middle school,high school,college,or anywhere else.
But this is what people say:
"what's your hobby,Victor?"
"stop-motion"
"ah,cool"
"stop-motion LEGO movies"
"that's cool"
"yeah"
Don't be afraid to tell people,there's a 95% chance you'll be O.K. after you tell them.
Yeah, the only thing is that the kids at my school have difficulty excepting "new concepts" (i.e. things that don't involve guns, blood, and nudity)
Yeah, the only thing is that the kids at my school have difficulty excepting "new concepts" (i.e. things that don't involve guns, blood, and nudity)
Same here. 
Why are people like that?They won't put anything new into their life!!!
I have found 2 people so far who like LEGO in 6th grade,but by 7th,i'll probably be the only person who likes LEGO in my school!!! 
I say 'Oi, you know simpsons?' 'Yah' 'Well its like that, I take a ton of pictures of little movements of a figure and put them all together really fast' 'Oh thats amazing David, your so amazing' 'Aw thanks'
"Okay, so you have a minifigure, take a picture. Move the arm just a tiny little bit, take a picture. Move the arm another little bit, but slightly more than the last time, take a picture. Move the arm a little bit more, bump the camera, and restart the entire shot."
Story of my life 
it souldn't be to hard to explain Brickfilming however I have also experienced people not understanding like Sonjira and cooldynamyteproductions.
I however believe that they don't understand because I understand and don't know how to explain it in a way they understand.I would not say that people have a hard time accepting new concepts. they just don't understand the new concepts. I bet no one even understood what I just said. Heck I don't even understand what I just said.
you see what I mean?
Make them sit crouched over a hot lamp for several hours. Then congratulate them on spending enough time to get ten whole seconds of footage.
Alternately: fill your mouth with LEGO and then vomit into their lap.
I've actually never had to 'explain' Brickfilming to another person.
Simple.
Them: 'Hey Hal, what'd you like doing?'
Me: 'Animating LEGO'
Them: 'Oh, like LEGO Black Ops.'
They always, ALWAYS, mention LEGO Black Ops. To them, if it's popular it's okay, especially if it involves pointless violence.
I've actually never had to 'explain' Brickfilming to another person.
Exactly. I haven't, either.
Sonjira wrote:Yeah, the only thing is that the kids at my school have difficulty excepting "new concepts" (i.e. things that don't involve guns, blood, and nudity)
Same here.
Why are people like that?They won't put anything new into their life!!!
I have found 2 people so far who like LEGO in 6th grade,but by 7th,i'll probably be the only person who likes LEGO in my school!!!
Well, in my school even the most annoying ones respect my works. They just wow at the amount of work put into any animated movie. But that might be just here.
For me, I just have to explain how stop motion works, and then I add "got it? Well, I do that with lego". Brickfilming isn't very popular here.
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