Stop-motion

SapmiSatan · March 2011

Could we have a category for that? I would assume I'm not the only one who does that from time to time... A place to share new videos and discuss how to make them, like "Photography". I'm about to start doing stop-motion animations again, after a three-year long break, and it would be nice to have some place to discuss it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv_UeQqkZcs&feature=channel_video_title
This is my most famous film from back in the day, some of you might have seen it? I think I did quite a good job on this one, and the gestures replacing the dialogue(which I find awful in almost every LEGO-film) worked very nicely, in my opinion. It was inspired by the LEGO Star Wars video games, the technique, the film is inspired by "Raiders of the Lost Ark", my favorite film.

rocao · March 2011

First, nice work, @Sapmi.

Second, I think stop-motion could be folded in to the broader umbrella of Photography. Perhaps that necessitates a name change, but I think they fit categorically well together and don't think they'll generate enough discussion each on their own to want to further pollute the root menu.

Thoughts?

Yellowcastle · March 2011

I would agree with that

atkinsar · March 2011

I would also agree it makes sense to place under Photography.

SapmiSatan · March 2011

Thanks rocao. Yeah, I suppose you're right, it could go under photography, in a way, they are the same thing... I guess I could put a "Stop-motion" in the title or something, to separate them within the category.

Jasen · April 2011

Here's a few videos I've made :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ta45pv6_kc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyiXNgnLIrQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIMtMtfRQh8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmaWN0sPk5k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT80EJSwjGY

I buy Lego purely to do Stop-motion with....well, that's what I keep telling myself anyways haha

yys4u · April 2011

I love watching lego stop motion! I keep trying to get into it but have so little editing/filming experience and lack the tools, except legos of course. So if anyone knows of a place where they post all kinds of lego stop motion let me know

Jasen · April 2011

Bricks In Motion is probably your best bet :D

SapmiSatan · April 2011

I'd seen the one with the train, "A Sound Effort", before. I think that's your best film. I too keep telling myself I'm buying LEGO for animation, but I do like collecting and displaying it as well.

kor · April 2011

When I was going to school for multimedia productions I became very interested in stop-motion and spent a lot of time making my own with LEGO.

The first time I was contracted to do video production work was for a large paint company who wanted a safety video to show the workers. A friend of mine pitched the idea of LEGO stop-motion and they loved it. Some day I'll have to get it uploaded...

brickmatic · April 2011

^ I would enjoy seeing that video :)

PaulTR · April 2011

Great vids, Jasen and SapmiSatan! And kor, I second brickmatic: I would love to see your work.

I actually dabbled a bit in stop-motion films myself: I used to make clay-mation films that were "Gumbi"-esque (you get to pat yourself on the back if you know who "Gumbi" is :) I then moved on to LEGO stop-animation, but I could never make more than 2 minutes of film, as I was very young and got bored very quickly. My brother and I actually made a 20-minute video (divided into parts) called "The Bricknapper". It's pretty good, but it's definitely not up to par with the pros and was made more for our own enjoyment than anyone elses.

The best LEGO stop-motion film I've seen is "The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars story ever told" on Youtube. That kid has some crazy media skills, not to mention a great collection of Star Wars sets. LEGO saw his work and (I think) is contracting him to make a Prequel vid, coming out in May. Man, is that kid fortunate! Besides that, the Matrix "Trinity Help" video on Youtube is probably the next best video; it's not really visually accurate, but the special effects and the timing are next-to-none.

Jasen · April 2011

@SapmiSatan Thanks and yeah I agree totally. It's fun to make MOC and use the excuse of "it's for a video...." haha but I do like to build it up and show it off. I wonder if men buy Ferrari's to compensate but we buy little bricks? haha. Just a thought.... ladies.... haha

@Kor yeah you gotta post that :D

@PaulTr, hey! Who doesn't know Gumby, most famously dissed by Eddie Murphy on SNL :)
The best Lego SW I've seen is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mdx3jFRZc&feature=player_embedded
but I haven't watched the ones you've posted yet @PaulTR :D

PaulTR · April 2011

@Jasen That was a pretty slick video! The timing was perfect, and the animation was awesome; I always enjoy watching a well-made LEGO stop-motion film.

As for my own work, it really isn't worth uploading: it's pretty long, isn't very good quality, and has a lot of inside jokes that only my family would know about. Still, it was fun to make, so that has to count for something :)

Jasen · May 2011

Thanks PaulTR. I'm currently working on a Music Video so I'll put that up when it's finished :D
Lego Stop-Mo can be frustrating but when you sit back and watch the finished product there's no feeling like it :D

Jasen · May 2011

So here's that finishing feeling :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz6wW5opdaE

Jasen · August 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPi-ow3-mJk

Jasen · August 2011

After a chat with fellow animators we decided to make dodgy animations and the above movie is the result. :)

legotheterrible · December 2012

I have 3 videos posted on youtube, here is my recent one posted 3 days ago.

http://youtu.be/Osml9MbTr1Y

legotheterrible · December 2012

Okay, here are some real raw videos using Lego minifigures w/ Christmas theme involve.

http://youtu.be/fKbLYfbbGS8

http://youtu.be/krAZf2Fy3WU Using movie maker is not easy. I realized if I had final cut it could probably be better. Still, I need more practice. Thanks for watching!

SapmiSatan · July 2014

Hmm. I don't think I actually made anything back when I started this thread a few years back, as I apparently said I would. Last week, however, I finally made a new stop-motion short. It felt very good utilising some of my LotR sets. When I was a kid, I had huge ambitions for my films, but not really the equipment or the amount of LEGO to realize them, but now! Well, it may not be perfect, but it's quite a step up: [url]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLw8JrwaLxg [/url]

graphite · July 2014

^ Haha. The Slave Lego"leia"las ? was a funny addition. Rest looked pretty good. A little bit of flux in the lighting but the action was pretty good.

SapmiSatan · July 2014

Thanks! Glad you liked it. There was some natural light coming in from the window causing the light problems. We should probably build a better "studio" next time.