Hi

Not sure if this is the right place, but I do not yet have rights to start a thread in the community.

If you are short on bricks, is it acceptable to find a background by looking on google images and printing something on A3 paper?

Thanks

I am not very much in to Lego films actually, so I couldn't tell you whether that is generally considered kosher or not, but for me it's quite ok, if it fits with the type of film you're making. For little short clips I think it's very much ok, but for "bigger productions" with a more elaborate story, I think it works best with a brick built background. For those little clips I would generally recommend making the view as little as possible. Actually it just strikes me now after watching your test films that you are covering a lot of space in your frames, and it may take some of the focus off the action. But I think the camera you are using is limited in how close you can get, and still have a decent focus. An other tip might be to place your camera as high as possible, that way your bear late kind of becomes the background.

In any case, in my opinion, yes on the photo background, it's way better than a random wall :)

In the only film I created, I used lego base plates turned sideways. This kept the lego feel, while taking up a lot of space. That was the far background, in the near background I used brick built items to add depth.