Good morning all

My name here is Brick_Fan_Tan and I have decided to have a go at some brick films. Here is the link to my first creation, it was purely to get the feel of lighting, basic movements and editing. I will upload my second vid, a walk test, as soon as I have made it. I think I will have to improve the lighting or film during the day

All the best

BFT

Edit, correct link now

Edited May 17, 201410 yr by Brick_Fan_Tan

Welcome to the forum Mr. Brick Fan Tan, will have a look at your video later, and look forward to the walking test :)

Hello Brick Fan Tan!

Great to hear you're getting into brickfilms! Went to watch your video but I ended up watching a funny video on pie charts instead!?

I think I found your video - 'lego knights conga in long grass' - which had some good animation. I particularly enjoyed your technique in removing the minifigure's legs for effect! You might want to use an overhead desk lamp to keep lighting consistent, and I'd recommend adding a printed background to your films. Good luck with future projects!

Edited May 17, 201410 yr by LewisGilbert

Thanks for the advice Lewis, thats a great idea about printed backgrounds, I have access to an A3 printer so I could get that implemented fairly easily.

I have amended the first post to link the correct video.

Emilstorm, thats for reading, Look forward to hearing any comments you may have.

BFT

Edited May 17, 201410 yr by Brick_Fan_Tan

Hi again, I have now watched the kniggets do the Conga :) I think the stop motion is as good as it gets, especially with 3 little guys moving at the same time. I agree with Lewis on the lighting and the background, I think most importantly have the same lighting in each shot :) for background there is lots of things you can do, I am sure you will have fun experimenting with it:) for a forest scene like this you can play with multiple layers of background, like a close one in minifig scale, a further one with brick built mountain or hills and a far one of a picture of some clouds or a solid sky-blue as examples. Just remember on the far one that it should cover the whole scene and you can make it a sort of curve to prevent shadows and corners on it. If you want to make it look extra awesome have multiple light sources for each layer in the picture unless you would like the objects to cast shadows. But now we are one step from a Hollywood production :) good work so far :)

Thanks buddy I will certainly take your advice on board. I have now added a (very) short walking video. I didnt intend it to be so short but I knocked the set and couldnt really re align after that.

The conga video used a fairly new (albeit budget) digital camera, and I think the above film is much better visually. For that one I used an old camera phone. the camera phone seems to have a much better autofocus mechanism. Also this one was filmed during the day in a well lit room, so that helped I guess.

The focus is definedly better on the walk test, but it can be really tough at such short distance. I assume you have already played around with the settings on the digital camera, they usually have some different autofocus options. If you have a camera with manual focus I would use it for something like this. I hate autofocus when photographing such extreme close ups.

Welcome to Eurobricks!

Welcome! I like your first video. Was curious why the light change at the middle of the video.

Hi,

Thanks for posting, any light changes are not intentional. I need to check each shot for quality after. I think it might have been a hand in the way of the light.

Hope to create my next video over the weekend when I have a spare few hours.