Topic: A Twist of Fate

I've begun animating what will be my next brickfilm. It will be in Norwegian, but with English subtitles. The Norwegian title is thought to be "Skjebnens Veier," while the English title will be "A Twist of Fate."

The film is about a man who visits a fortune teller. Everything seems to be alright, but then, the visit suddenly takes an unexpected turn.


Most of the film takes place inside the tent, which I haven't built yet. I'm shooting outside first.

Here's a pic of the set, and a frame from the film.

http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/IMG_0001_zps3f0248d3.jpg

http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/A%20Twist%20of%20fate%20-%20A%20Brickfilm/DSC01001_zpsc1a82a2b.jpg

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I like the set and framing, but in the frame the focus is too close, I feel like it should be on the bike rider or a point through which he passes, not on the plants at the very bottom of the frame, it feels awkward and unintentional.

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I like the set and framing, but in the frame the focus is too close, I feel like it should be on the bike rider or a point through which he passes, not on the plants at the very bottom of the frame, it feels awkward and unintentional.

I see what you mean. He gets in focus later in the shot. But he passes the camera quite fast, so you don't actually see if he's completely in focus all the time or not.

I've been working a lot on the camera movements, and have made a couple of pretty nice shots, I think. About 38 seconds animated so far, but I'll probably just use about 24 of them.


Here's the first and last frame of a shot, so that you can get a feeling how the camera moves. Just for fun. mini/smile

http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/A%20Twist%20of%20fate%20-%20A%20Brickfilm/DSC01258_zps1ab995eb.jpg


http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/A%20Twist%20of%20fate%20-%20A%20Brickfilm/121b06d5-4d68-4af8-a9be-b4ac1355890b_zps16e5a1d8.jpg

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Your camera positioning is really good. Love the camera angles in these. Lighting looks really nice too.

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CarrollFilms wrote:

Your camera positioning is really good. Love the camera angles in these. Lighting looks really nice too.

Thanks a lot!

Today, I animated about 15 seconds. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I recently got three extension tubes for my camera, so now I'm able to get incredibly close to the "actors."

To frames from today's shoot:

http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/DSC01555_zps9159d769.jpg


http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/DSC01702_zpscf050b92.jpg

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Those frames look pretty cool. I bet that tent was a pain to animate without bumping it, though. mini/tongue

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You bet. Once, I actually bumped it. Hence I had to spend some time trying to get it back. Luckily I managed to make the bump not very noticeable.

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I had do that with my go film entry when I bumped the camera mini/shifty

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If you need any help voice acting in Norwegian Ill be glad to help you out. I dont think I've ever seen a norwegian brickfilm except for the ones i made myself xD

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Thanks! I'll keep that in mind! You just do the same; I'll be glad to voice act in another norwegian brickfilm!

But if you check out our channel, you'll find a lot of brickfilms in Norwegian. mini/smile

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I've animated another couple of seconds, including the last scene. Right now, I'm doing some editing of what I've got so far. My plan is to animate a little more tonight, and finish shooting at the end of next week. Unfortunately, I will not post any photos of the last shots, because that might spoil quite much.

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what if, in the future, you zoom in closely on the figure where you can't see the ground but you can see his torso, and move it far away from the fabric/whatever material, that way it looks like it's close but it really isn't.

Therefor, minimizing risk of bumping it.

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Hmm. Smart. Thanks, man. mini/smile

But I'm actually done with all the shots with the tent. Fortunately, I almost didn't bump it, and the little bumps are not very noticeable. But I'll keep that in mind till next time. mini/wink

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Finally finished animating everything outside the tent. Tomorrow I'm going to build the inside and hopefully start animating again. So far the film is about one and a half minute. I also got about 10,000 sound effects (about 24 GB memory) from a friend of mine today, so there should be at least some sounds I can use for this film.


http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/DSC02898_zps849ec410.jpg


http://i862.photobucket.com/albums/ab189/Gunvaldo/DSC02917_zps7a33ce0e.jpg

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Nice photos, except for the out of focus one mini/smile

What I really want to say, is what tripod is it that you're using? It looks really awesome.

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Kieren Barnett wrote:

Nice photos, except for the out of focus one mini/smile

What I really want to say, is what tripod is it that you're using? It looks really awesome.


Thanks, man! In the middle of shooting I bought a new one. The new one is a Manfrotto 290 MT293A3.

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I'm glad to announce that the film is more or less done, and I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

This week has been really rough; I've had to work really hard to get it done before the deadline, which was today at 4 PM local time. I have to add subtitles, as the spoken language is Norwegian, before I upload it. Expect it in a couple of days.

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It's out! http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/to … t-of-fate/ mini/sunnies

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