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!
A place to discuss, share, and create stop motion films.
Ad
You are not logged in. Please login or register.
Wow, just wow. Thanks a huge great deal on that BB, I didn't expect to get that much help. And thanks a load for going to the trouble of finding that Bricklink store. 
I'll probably order some tonight.
Okay, so I've uploaded an update video mostly talking about how Meat Quest is going and there are actually a few tests in it as well.
Thanks Tobias. Okay, as I'm currently waiting for JK to redo his lines, I'm looking into the montage a bit more. I have found the absolute perfect music for it and the sets for each clip will most likely be very small. I should hopefully have some footage done over the weekend to show you guys. 
Also, one of my bricklink orders is waiting for an invoice (though I keep forgetting to reply to it) and one still hasn't seen me an email of sorts. 
Just watched your update video. Your tests look really good and I'm excited to see my character come to life! Who was I playing again? A guard wasn't it?
Yeah it was a guard. By the way, I just received one of my bricklink orders, it wasn't the one with the tree parts, but still. I've also animated two very short clips for the montage and have designed a set for the third. Here's a frame.
I get that it's too dark, but it's really hard to get the lighting right for that kind of thing, and it looks a lot better animated.
It shouldn't matter too much, as it'll only be there for a few seconds.
This really deserves more posts. Seriously, I'm looking forward to this a massive deal. Any more picture, pweeze? 
Hahah, sure, here's one I literally just animated.
I'm quite fond of the lighting I did on this, though it may not be the best. Again, this is from the montage. The main reason I animated this today was that I got my other bricklink order today which includes loooaadddsss of 2x2 brown round bricks (thanks BB ) and a lot of plant pieces. I already have the next set for the montage ready and quite a few ideas for it in general. More will be on the way.
GWEEN LIGHT!! 
Great set and the lighting is wonderful. I like the foliage around them too - help me inspire my forrest set. My only niggle is that it would be nice with a few branches closer down maybes, but that's being nit-picky. Great job anyway!
I guess I should have though about those branches. 
Though I really only built this in a afternoon as it'll only be on screen for a moment.
I think the lighting is a bit too green, personally.
I'm actually experimenting with green lighting as well. If you're doing this with green light bulbs, I'd suggest having one lamp have a green lightbulb, and the rest have normal ones; this gives off a very nice green tinge that isn't too strong. If you're doing it in post, I'd say just ease up on the strength of the green. For a forest you want it to look like the sun is coming through green leaves, not the sun is green It should be noticeable in a single frame, but not something that one looks at and recognizes instantly. You want more of the "Wow that really looks like a forest, but I'm not sure why" as opposed to "Oo la la green". But certainly the right idea, with the green at all! Other pictures look good as well btw, really looking forward to this
I really like the first picture Jstudios! It's very nicely lit on a great angle! The second picture, however, looks a little too green (as everyone has said), and I also think that you should give the trees some depth by adding branches on them and whatnot. Still, after watching some of your previous animations, I look forward to the arrival of this film! I hope production continues to go well!
Hmm... It's not bad, but improvments can be made. Lighting usually comes from a point, and creates stronger contrast. I really don't know what you did there, but it looks almost unreal. If this lighting is coming from a center point, try to make it somewhere other than behind the camera or directly above. Perhaps to the immediate left or right of the characters.
Wow, thanks for the help guys. I'll probably use that advice for a different forest scene though, as this only appears for a few seconds in one part of the montage scene, but thanks!
sounds faptastic...NOW MAKE IT!!!!
Last edited by CarrollFilms (December 7, 2011 (10:19am))
Posts [ 21 to 40 of 73 ]
