What is Brick Film Animation?
Also called Lego animation, it is a type of stop motion animation using lego's or or other plastic construction toys.
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- This is a brick film animation using stikbot figures
- I want to learn how they did the stikbot flying on top of the paper airplane
- I want to something similar to that and animate objects floating
Stop Motion Lego Tips
- You can start lego animation with lego bricks + masking tape + lamp + phone
- use toothpick to efficiently move lego hands
- more frames per second = smoother animation
- don't take blurry pictures or take photos with your finger on it
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Camera Angles
Framing or shot length
extreme long/wide/very wide shot - usually shows the over all setting, this is just a bigger version of the long/wide shot
Medium shot - Frames half of the subject, for human figure it's usually waist and up
Extreme close up - a very detailed shot of the subject, in human figure usually just face or facial features
Over the shoulder shot (OTS) - a shot from behind someones shoulder (left or right). There is a rule called the 180 degree rule and it says that if your filming OTS on the right side of the first character then you have to film on the left side of the second character.
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Long shot/wide shot - usually shows the setting of where the scene takes place
Close up - Frames a specific part of the subject, in human figure usually shoulders and up
Cut-in - usually a shot to show the reaction of someone or a shot of something else while something is going on
Point of view (POV) -
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Camera angles
Birds eye view - a shot from above looking down
Eye level - a shot aligned with the character's eye level
oblique/ Canted Angle/ Slanted Angle - a crooked frame shot where the frame is rotated diagonally. This is usually used to make viewers feel disoriented.
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High angle - the camera is looking down on the subject it makes the character look small and week
Low angle - a shot from below the character's eyes, it can make the character look powerful and intimidating
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Camera Movement
Pans - shot tilts left or right ( Camera doesn't move places )
Arc - shot that moves around the subject
Handheld shot - the person holds the camera during the shot.
Zoom lenses- camera lens zooms in or out
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Tilts - shot tilts up or down ( camera doesn't move physically )
dolly shots - shot using a tripod with wheels or a tripod on top of rail track. Shot zooms in/out and the background gets larger/smaller but the subject stays the same, or the subject gets larger or smaller but the background stays the same. I
Crane shots - a shot using a crane or a jib. A camera that can shoot from a high angle but not as a high as aerial shots
Aerial shots - shot with a flying object and shoots from a really high angle
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