If you care about the visuals in your sound experiment Lech, I think part of what kills the illusion of speed is the lack of ground textures - asphalt has a lot of sparkle and variation in color which, when rushing past the camera with motion blur, adds a lot of life to the motion.  I would guess studs could probably have a similar effect.

That's awesome, 0ldScratch. Now, I hope you don't mind, but I really need some comments on this. I've decided that eternal walls in brickfilms are getting on my nerves, so I'm going to try a ceiling for my next film.

I only just realized that I only use one lamp while doing this test, so I'll probably do another test later. BTW, this film is supposed to look like a Vlog video.

Well, I need him on the side of the shot for reasons I will not explain at the moment, and vlogs usually aren't well lit, so while I'm going to try as hard as I can to make it look good, it probably might not end up being important. And now that I look at it again, I realize that the quality is too good for a vlog video, so I might shoot the shot without using frame averaging, and if that doesn't do it, I'll degrade the quality after filming.

I'm doomed, though. This short is going to be about 45 seconds long, and the set is a really cramped place to work in. I think it will be worth it, though.

EDIT: After talking with VN on Skype, it sounds like there is an easier way to do the ceiling. I'll try it, and post some tests later.

EDIT 2: I scrapped the ceiling. After re-angling the camera, it didn't show up, so I just took it off. It looks so much better now.

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Well, I don't really have a blue light that is small enough, or that will hold power for as long as I need it. Putting a blue brick somewhere above or below the camera kind of works, as it reflects a bit of blue light back on the character. And I'm pretty happy with the way the camera is angled, slightly down from about the hight of a computer monitor, but I'll play around a bit more. It just save me the trouble of needing the edge of the desk at the bottom of the shot, which is one thing that really bothers me about this setup. I think I'll also change the shirt of the character as well; it just reflects too much.

EDIT: Okay, I don't have much time, because I'm leaving in a moment, so here's the updated version.

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I like it. Take away some of the light on the keyboard. It's rather distacting

-^mmproductions' movie poster^- (now deleted)

http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/to … ge-images/

Looks good.

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Here's a WIP clip of one of the opening shots in my STAR entry.
Brickshelf
Is there anyway in God's name I can make this look better?

filmyguy1

You can clearly see it was blue-screened. I'd advise you to try and get rid of that blue mark. You need the blue screen to be further back so the studs of the base plate don't cover it, and then that line won't appear. Hope that helps. Other than that, it's brilliant, I just found that line distracting.

Oh man, you're great. Please help me out with that shot.
It's just I can't bare to film it again, and do what Splash Studios said, I filmed it at least five times last night. D:

filmyguy1