Rafting, Battling & Commandeering!

[Duck]

(Please be sure to watch in High Quality!)

Here is a short movie I made in order to test a new webcam i bought, and also to play around with my Stop Motion Pro trial. I havent done any moviemaking for a while so was a little rusty, and so appreciate that the stop motion isnt the best ever (Indeed, the ships move a tad fast at times hehe!). But i have put quite alot of effort into it and hope you'll enjoy it! Plus there is only two minutes or so to endure even if you dont :P

This was more of a test/practice to get me back into the swing of Stop Motion, and my next project will be alot smoother, i promise!

Here it is anyway! Enjoy!

All feedback is of course, appreciated!

Edited June 20, 2009 by SlyOwl

[Paradosis]

The laughing was funny, and overall I thought it was enjoyable (I especially liked the sound effects). Thanks for sharing

[Admiral Croissant]

I liked the ending of the movie very funny, suddenly those pirates who steel the ship

[Duck]

Thanks for the positive feedback chaps! It is appreciated and i'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[Ratshot]

Looks good so far. Your lighting was perfect

[Captain Blackmoor]

I agree with Broadside your lightning is perfect, an issue I come across every time I'm making a movie.

Sadly there are no voices in it, but the sound effects are funny. And the story is very clear to me.

Great video!

[gormadoc1]

The pirates get away at the end ...how ironic.

[Duck]

The Camera i'm using, IPEVO PoV is designed as a hand held pointing device, so that people on skype can generally point it around as a pen, to show anything from their new sofa, right down to the words on a sheet of paper, so it has an "Oversized focus ring" to allow it to focus on anything far away or close up, adjusting the light to suit the distance being focussed on, so its turned out to be a great camera for movie-making. Not bad for £19.99 Glad people thought it worked well!

I decided not to add voices to this one, as it was only a short video and i felt the story was told well enough through pointing and head-turning! I will try and add some to the next project. Perhaps. (Although i have mixed views on other lego videos on youtube, where sometimes appauling voice acting can distract from a good video - Not that i've noticed this in any of the videos made by people from here, they've all been good! )

Thanks for the feedback fella's, it is much appreciated. Also i posted pictures of the ships over in the MOC forum, for feedback if anyone is interested. The topic is imaginitivley entitled "My Ships"

Edited June 25, 2009 by Duck

[Lego_Warlord_8]

That was great! I loved your lighting, there where no fast-flickering shadows in it. I always struggle with the flickering. Very clear storyline, nothing useless or meaningless. which is also something I have problems with. ~LW 8~

Edited July 2, 2009 by Lego_Warlord_8

[Emperor Claudius Rome]

Ha, this is the greatest pirate brickfilm on youtube. I also saw your preview for your new film

[Duck]

Thankyou very much for the praise, glad you enjoyed it :)

My newest short film (To go with my new ship, over in the MOC forum) is here to enjoy:

if you would like to rate and watch :)

[Captain Green Hair]

Those are quit good movies you've made there. The images and sounds are pretty clear and the animation is pretty smooth!

I've moved this to our new Brickfilms and comic forum, hope you don't mind.

[Duck]

No problem, i only failed to post it here originally because i didnt spot the brickfilms forum! Thanks!

And glad you liked them