Well yeah, if you are really gonna digg deep into your Brickfilm hobby, it's gonna cost a lot.
And the amazing sets are from years of collecting (wich also costs a lot of money)
Over the years I have spend HUNDREDS of euros on this hobby. The camera, the new lego (+ new computer...)
I wouldn't call forrest his sets amazing, it's either a paper background or a bought LEGO set.

-Darkman

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That barely any thought went into this. I am not rich, but I play my cards properly. Therefore I was able to buy my Mic, Software and QCP9k. Yeah, you can choose to get the $250 camcorder for Brickfilming, but now you have less options. Its all about making the right choices. Its what makes guys like you and I (apart from the whole "plastic obsession" thing) special.

"actuallly this involves spiderman too, not batman. but im also taking a new approach, more comedy, less action. i dont see to many movies like that with more comedy than action" --SteveStarfyTV on an Indiana Jones meets Star Wars idea.

Even though Chris Salt does seem to have a lot of bricks, I think that could be achieved rather easily just by using some basic filming tricks, like never building more than the camera sees. I don't see myself as having a lot for bricks, but I did manage to create this, which I think seems rather large. Now, you might have a smaller amount of bricks, but Matt Gillan created this using only one set. There's even a whole podcast episode about this.

You don't need much expensive equipment, either. I'm doing fine with a $100 camera, three $5 lamps, and an $80 editing program, but Windows Movie Maker or iMovie both work just fine.

People who think this need to look up; the old 10 Bricks contest.
Think outside of the box!
- Aaron

Fail.

I wouldn't say that Hazzat's film was amazing, it was great, but I think amazing would be something like Robota, which you would need a considerably large budget to create from scratch.

Although most hobbies need time and money invested.

Bricklink:

Frog: $0.30
Rat: $0.10
Bat: $0.20
Tree: $0.20
32x32 Green Baseplate: $1.75

You don't necessarily need to be rich to be a great brickfilmer. Just dedicated. For instance, if you had $100 to spend, if you were really dedicated, you'd buy that Lego set for your upcoming film, instead of  MW2 and a Trip to the movies.

I mean, that's my own opinion, but, Brickfilms aren't about how good the sets are , or how cool the characters look, it's the animation, plot, and sound that make it....

Try this thread: http://www.brickfilms.com/community/vie … amp;t=5977
- Aaron

Just remember that so much of brickfilming, especially as you go further, is writing scripts, drawing up storyboards, and just thinking before you shoot. In the 1920s, there was a serious shortage of film stock in the Soviet Union, and the result was that directors like Eisenstein or Vertov did an incredible amount of thinking and writing before they even started shooting. I'm actually not even a fan of those two directors, but amazing stuff like this shows what can happen when you have limited means.