Who else here has done some animation?
So, I was reading youdiejoe's blog the other day and saw that he'd done a lego animation with his kid:
Which seemed to be an amazing coincidence, because I had done one with my boys the same weekend it would seem:
And then, a few weeks later I got my boys to do the actual animation themselves (rather than me doing it in the previous one), well, I took the photos, they moved everything :
A co-worker has also been doing animations with his kids (not on youtube, so can't embed here), and so now I'm wondering has anyone else been doing animation of any sort, with or without their kids?
I will definitely be doing more with my kids as I find the whole process fascinating, and used to make lego movies when I was a kid with my Dad using a Super 8 film camera (way harder than doing it with a digital I must say).
LEGO Star Wars stop motion with the boy from youdiejoe on Vimeo.
Which seemed to be an amazing coincidence, because I had done one with my boys the same weekend it would seem:
And then, a few weeks later I got my boys to do the actual animation themselves (rather than me doing it in the previous one), well, I took the photos, they moved everything :
A co-worker has also been doing animations with his kids (not on youtube, so can't embed here), and so now I'm wondering has anyone else been doing animation of any sort, with or without their kids?
I will definitely be doing more with my kids as I find the whole process fascinating, and used to make lego movies when I was a kid with my Dad using a Super 8 film camera (way harder than doing it with a digital I must say).
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We have tried the lego stop-motion with mixed results. My kids prefer making actual movies- They've made a couple that I know will be family gems that we'll treasure forever. It's a great exercise because they write the script and then get the props together- and film the scenes- and put it together in iMovie. My daughter has decided she wants to be a film editor.
spoco2^ It'll be interesting to see if my kids want to do that as they get older. I chose lego movies as that is the boy's biggest obsession, building lego sets, they do it ALL the time.
choggie*quality
Both you guys are hipsters, youdiejoes' into bondage, photography....his son's gonna be loads of fun and as interesting a cat.
What in both of your opinions is one of the best Lego stop-animation pieces ever?
siftbotAwarding spoco2 with one star point for this contribution to VideoSift - declared quality by choggie.
rottenseedI think this is awesome. When I was a kid I used to be obsessed with modeling clay. I'd make all sorts of crazy creatures, play with them, then destroy them and start anew. I wish I had the technology to make a stop motion with my creations.
dystopianfuturetodayWait, did Indiana Jones just kill Jack Sparrow?
spoco2>> ^choggie:
quality
Both you guys are hipsters, youdiejoes' into bondage, photography....his son's gonna be loads of fun and as interesting a cat.
What in both of your opinions is one of the best Lego stop-animation pieces ever?
My favourite, from a sentimental standpoint, is The Magic Portal, regarded as the first ever lego brickfilm... and now that I search, I can't find it on Videosift... so Here it is
Other than that, there have been heaps of really nicely done films, some purely from an entertainment standpoint, and others that are shot really nicely and artistically. Brickfilms can keep you entertained for hours going through the vids. Recently myself and the boys have loved 8-bit trip by Rymdreglage. A really awesome music video for some great 8-bit style music...
But, Magic Portal will always be my first pick, I saw it as a kid, I still love it now, and it started the world of brickfilms. (You can read about some of his legal fun with Lego on the website for the film)
spoco2>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
Wait, did Indiana Jones just kill Jack Sparrow?
I'm afraid so... and that came about because the boys weren't helping with the animation and I just wanted to finish it quickly... there was a whole story of treasure finding etc... but hey, when you want to have a story end quickly, kill a pirate.
spoco2>> ^rottenseed:
I think this is awesome. When I was a kid I used to be obsessed with modeling clay. I'd make all sorts of crazy creatures, play with them, then destroy them and start anew. I wish I had the technology to make a stop motion with my creations.
Most of the ones myself,my brother and my dad made back in the day involved lego and plasticine to some degree. (I really need to get those films into the digital realm) The problem we found was that the plasticine would melt under the hot lamps we used for lighting. One particular piece I remember had some creature coming towards camera between a couple of rows of trees. The trees were little model ones held up with plasticine bases... over the course of the little movie you watch the trees all droop and collapse to the ground as their bases melt.
youdiejoeYou know it's come full circle when.... I was at Legoland with my son this weekend, and they now have a LEGO branded kids video camera for making stop animation, it has built in Macro function. I think the the retail was 70 bucks.
I would like to see some stuff shot with it.
spoco2>> ^youdiejoe:
You know it's come full circle when.... I was at Legoland with my son this weekend, and they now have a LEGO branded kids video camera for making stop animation, it has built in Macro function. I think the the retail was 70 bucks.
I would like to see some stuff shot with it.
On looking at reviews of it, the image quality is right up there with all cheap and nasty web cams... pity.
choggieLEGO BRAND CAMERA FOR LEGO BRAND MOVIES!
BRILLIANT!
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