Bricks in Motion
We are a friendly filmmaking community devoted to the art of stop-motion animation using LEGO® and similar construction toys. Here, you can share your work, join our community of other brickfilmers, and participate in periodic animation contests!
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This video took about 30 hours to make and I took over 2,000 for it.
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I really like silly brickfilms like this one that bring to mind actually playing with Lego. It looks like you have animated everything quite well, but it all moves very slowly. What frame rate are you using? I think there is real promise in the animation if it just moved faster.
15fps, but at the part when he says, "Bring in the alien, Bartholomew!", I made it 30fps. I tried to make it as smooth as possible.
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There were some nice smooth animation moves in there.
Just work on the light balance a bit more. Also, work on a walk cycle too 
I'll be uploading a walk cycle tutorial on Thursday if you want to check that out too.
Maybe you should experiment with 24fps or 30fps for an entire video without changing the way you animate, or else make larger increments between each frame. About the walk cycle, I actually liked the hopping look to it and felt it added to the comedy, but of course it wouldn't come across well if his legs were visible.
As already mentioned, I think it would be good to bring your framerate up, as there are some parts, specifically when he is bashing the alien with the club, where it seemed to move a bit slow. Also, throughout the film there were a lot of set bumps, which take away from the overall enjoyment. However, the premise was strangely amusing, and the animation itself was very well done, I especially liked the part where he is throwing the alien parts in the pot. Overall, while it may have a couple flaws, this was a very enjoyable film.
I'll try to make the animation better in my next video.
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The animation was great, but it was a bit slow. There were some set or camera bumps but they weren't too distracting. Overall I really enjoyed this film (and it made me laugh).
I did not expect that to happen to the random person. It made me laugh! Nice job with the story!
Thanks guys! 
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