First of all, make sure that you are wearing black clothing; this makes a big difference. Also make sure that your gain and exposure are also set on manual. If you're using paper over your lamps to diffuse the lighting, you need to be certain that there's no wind or anything knocking the paper, and that you let the paper settle if anything does make it start to sway, because that can make a huge difference. If none of these help, the only other thing I've heard of people doing is taking a step back from the set, and waiting a second or two for the camera to adjust to lighting and whatnot, then taking the picture. Hope this helps!

EDIT: Just thought of another thing, make sure your computer monitor isn't reflecting onto the set, and if it is and you can't change it, just make sure that you keep what's on your computer screen constant while brickfilming; having a mostly white screen in one picture, then a mainly black scene in another, makes a huge difference if the monitor is pointed anywhere near the set.

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It's recommended, because it helps diffuse the light over the set. Otherwise you have the light only on the area where the lamp directly hits; when you put paper over it, the light kinda spreads through the entire paper, and is a softer light (I'm not very good at explaining diffusing light, anyone else want to help out? )

Well you take a full-sized piece of paper and take two ends to the edges of a lamp, so the paper shouldn't get hot enough to catch on fire or anything because it's relatively far away from the bulb. I've never had anything like it happen to me, even after keeping lamps on all day, but that might have to do with the lamps I'm using. It really depends on how comfortable you are with your lamps, if you think that a lamp gets too hot, then I'd say yes you should get a new lamp.

One thing that has helped me, is putting a large poster board behind the set. It helps to block some of the light.

Hmmm.... this might work

I just tape Trash bags to my windows works perfectly

I always keep my curtains closed. Yet still occaisionally get light flicker.

I onlyuse the light fom the desk lamps.