by Bob Bobert

Created on: March 13, 2009

The amazing films of stop-motion filming. It's just enchanting is it not? The lego minifigures actually look and move like real! Many think it's hard to start stop-motion filming with lego's, but actually, with a few simple key rules in mind, you can make great videos ans stories with your endless imagination of lego's. Stop-motion filming means that you take several pictures, then combine them to make a movie, where your lego's actually look like they are moving! With this guide, you will get a introduction to lego stop-motion filming, so you can hopefully start your movie making. It takes patience, nimble hands, and creativity!

The first step you want to have in mind would be your story line. Even if your filming is perfect, if the story stinks, the viewers won't get it. It would be wise to write a really short 2 minute story on a piece of paper, then add in the details of your storyline. Once you have all of your stuff set, you want to start making the scenes of your movie. If you are a little short on lego's, you want to create short scenes. You DO NOT want to create all of the scene, because you want some room for your camera and for your hands.

The second step is to make sure that you have all of the lego's for your story, and if your storyline can be expressed by your minifigures. For example, having your character shrug would be hard. Once you have all of your things set, you want to run over your storyline and start practicing.

The third step is to get a movie maker program that is good for stop-motion filming. This is the tricky part, because your movie will look good depending on what program you use. If you have a apple computer, you can use i-movie, if you are a beginner, or maybe windows movie-maker for windows computers. BUT, if you really want to make a good movie, you might want to use Adobe CS4 or a good special effects program to make it look like you have lasers and stuff.

The fourth step is to get your camera. It should be compact to fit into small spaces, yet have around 3-8 mega pixels, so it looks very life-like. Yes, the camera's are expensive, so don't spend all of your money on lego!

The fifth step is filming! Finally, once you have your things all set, you want to start with your first scene. To really make good movies, you want to move a piece of your scene just barely, take a picture, then repeat the process. It is time-consuming, but in the end it will all pay off when you see that awesome movie!

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