10 MORE things stop motion pros do
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2018
- A lot of people found my first "stop motion pros" video helpful (10 things stop motion pros do), so here is part 2. As I say at the start of this video, I'm not saying that I am a pro at stop motion, or that all stop motion pros do all of these things or that they do only the things I mention in my videos.
Also, I'm using the term "pros" in a colloquial way to refer to channels who are awesome at stop motion, rather than strictly to professionals (i.e. people who do stop motion as their job).
Some people are bound to say that stop motion pros don't use Lego, or complain that I only show clips of Lego stop motions in this video. For those of you doing Claymation, Stikbots, etc. etc., I'm sorry about this - you're right, Brickfilms are only a small part of the stop motion world. But it is the part that I know most about and love the most. As with my previous video, "10 things stop motion pros do", all of these tips apply to all kinds of stop motion. Nothing here is specific to Lego.
Thanks to everyone for watching. Please feel free to leave comments to tell me if you enjoyed the video, suggestions for other videos I should do, feedback on how I should improve, or questions about stop motion / Brickfilms.
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Narrator : “You can use any camera”
Me : *[Proceeds to use Laptop Webcam in Windows Movie Maker]*
Lol! :-D but it's true, you can :-D
Okay.
Oh my laptop...
LOL!!
Gold Puffin Lego Animation I know right?
I used to be actually pretty good at stop motion, but I quit for a stupid reason:
I couldn’t find a windowless place to film, and the lighting was terrible. I’m planning on starting again, I’m pretty rusty, but I’ll see what I can do! 😀 Great video btw! 👏🏻👍🏻
All the best with your stop motion, I hope you managed to fix the lighting situation. I moved to a new room this year and had to pin a blanket over the windows for months until I got my blackout blinds installed!
I know this is like is a year later but I wish you luck!
Dang, your animations are insanely good
Thanks, although a lot of the clips that I showed in this video were from other channels - the REAL Brickfilm pros! I'm still working on getting up to their level!
Ys
Ikr
A little bit too good
Wow, these videos saved me!
I-Love Just How He Kept Giving Little Videos From Other People To Demonstrate.
Thanks... if I was as good as those guys then I would show clips of my own animations but seeing as I'm not I only wanted to show the best :-)
I'm thinking about making an animation with the characters being toys in someone's house. It's gonna have a bunch of episodes, and each one will have a different story. I'm gonna make it have a lot of humor in it. Do you think It's a good idea or should I change it?
Sounds like a good idea, I mean, Toy Story was based on this kind of idea and that was really good and really popular. And I am sure there are still loads of stories that can be done based on this idea, so I think it sounds like a good plan.
Are you still gonna make it?
Mhm pretty much Toy Story, right?
If your new it’s too ambitious
Yes sounds hood
Gold puffin : "you can use any camera"
A potato:my time has come!
Lol! This is one of my favourite comments ever!
An excellent follow-up. I started stop-motion as a method to tell stories so the tips on animating are very well received. Writing, scripting etc is a whole topic in itself. Add, at least, some set-up to the video (location, character + reason for things to happen) adds a HUGE amount to a good animation.
Yes, I agree completely. I started stop motion for the same reason, although I haven't done as much storytelling as I want. I have loads of scripts for stop motions, but in my first year I spent a lot of time doing speed builds, tutorials etc. but my second year on TH-cam will be more about the actual Brickfilms and storytelling.
Thanks. This video had some useful tips when I watched it months ago, but now watching it again and having my new phone holding stand and remote button, now I can get the cool different angles you show here.
Thanks so much! (now I can finally be a pro) This is very useful :D
minideliciouspant, I can't wait to see your pro stop motions! Your already so amazing at stop motion too!
You're welcome :-) Thanks for the nice comment and I hope it's still going great :-)
1 good composition, shot setup
rule of thirds, gridlines, put subject to an intersection
2 lighting, spot, led, backlight
3 ease in, ease out, natural acceleration
4 camera movement between shots, camera rig
5 incredible sets, details, consider using non-LEGO materials and backgrounds
6 subtle movements, body language
7 use a quality camera and lens, depth of field, aperture
8 good story,
9 good voice and acting
10 tell the story well, introduce characters, develop the story
Good summary, thanks!
When I started doing my own stop-motion movies about one year ago, this video showed me a lot of crucial ideas for the different aspects of a brickfilm. Because I already made a lot of experiments with lighting in my LEGO MOCs, this section was very inspiring and motivating.
Man, this really helped out a lot. Thanks dude. These tips are going to really help with my upcoming Vader animation
Great video. A lot of good advice, and things to remember for those who are starting out and for some who have been doing it for awhile!!!!
Thanks, I'm glad that you found it useful :-) Yes, with stop motion sometimes it easy to know the right things to do but then you can forget, or it can take a lot of practice to get them right. I know I still find that I make some basic mistakes, but hopefully I improve with every video :-)
Great video! I did notice that your editing software is pixelating and I had that same problem too. The way I fixed it is you can select how much ram your computer is dedicating to your editing program (premiere pro for me) and then set it to the maximum amount you can and it should get rid of all or most of the pixelation during the rendering process. Hope that helps. Cheers!
Too many Uses of the word “and” In that comment... oops. Lol.
Thanks for the suggestion - I checked my settings and I already had those settings but I found a way to fix it by just removing the glitched frames
Thank you, buddy for all the useful info. I am just starting out with stop motion, though I have done pics of action figures, I want them to interact. Again thanks, and good luck!! I do like your stuff.
FANTASTIC job!! very informative and concise. Excellent work, thank you so much for all the effort put into these tremendous videos.
I love this series! I just started watching the first one a while ago, and I love it! Helped me a lot because I’m new at stop-motion! I only have my phone, my lamp, my baseplate, and my figures, and I never thought it would work out! You have a like and a sub. And it is from me! ❤️
Thank you so much! I'm really glad I could help, and thank you for your support. I'll always keep uploading tutorials so hopefully I can keep helping you a bit from time to time. :-D
Thanks again Mate. Your first tutorial video teach me how to start.☺👍
Wow, cool! And now you have more than 5k subscribers! :-)
Gold Puffin Lego Animation 😊 yeah and that's all because of you so thank you mate.
Very helpful video. I think the filming would be OK for myself as I do a lot of photography with decent cameras and lenses but I wouldn’t know where to start with the sound track! Talking, music and special sound effects seem to be something that would need to be really good and synchronised perfectly.
Glad it was helpful! Try not to be intimidated by the complexity of doing sound tracks. I have spent an entire day editing sounds for a 3 minute brickfilm before, but you don't have to do that. You can just put music on and not worry about the sound effects, and sometimes that can be effective. Of course it depends a lot on the type of video you're making and whether you're aiming for perfection and creating a work of art or if you just want to make something that's fun to watch.
Thank you for such video. These advices really help. Trying not to forget about them during shooting ^^
You're welcome, I'm glad it helped :-) I have to remind myself about them too!
Why are those animations look so smooth? I thought that it almost always would be choppy, how do they get this smooth movement?
It's a combination of using a high frame rate (12 FPS, 15 FPS or 24 FPS), using Ease In / Ease Out, and other principles of animation like anticipation that I showed in part 3 of 10 Things Stop Motion Pros Do. It's amazing actually how many different factors combine to produce a smooth looking animation.
11 they break legos to make scenes
Oh, I didn't think of that!
I do that
It may make the stop motion look better but I don’t want to break my bricks
I only use those that are already broken
I’m looking at you brickdictator lol
Thank you for making this video,
because if this (and several other videos about how to make a stop motion)
I have bean able to give it a try and gotten some good results.
Glad I could help! That's so encouraging to hear :-) Good luck and have fun!
really interesting ! i will try to use your tips to improve my brickfilms... Thank's again !
You're welcome, glad it was interesing! Thanks for watching! :-)
Thanks for the tips.
It will help me a lot
You're welcome, all the best with your stop motions.
I actually plan on giving you a credit in one of my stop motion shorts.
Thanks, that's very kind of you! :-D
Hello Duncan! Your video is so cool i used some of these techniques in my videos/brickfilms
This is so useful thanks. I’ve been working so hard on animation on stop motion studio pro but I’m good now because of you.
I'm so glad it was useful for you! All the best in your animations!
@@GoldPuffin Thank you very much! :D
Love your channel you inspire me
Thank you! I'm glad that I helped inspire you :-) Thanks for watching my videos!
Thank you for responding as you just made my day
Will filming outside (at daytime, without another light) cause inconsistent lighting? I’m trying to avoid bad lighting but I kind of want to film part of my video outside.
Filming outside in the daytime without another light will usually cause inconsistent lighting / flicker, but if it is a sunny day with no clouds at all and you don't get your shadow in the photos then it will probably be fine.
@@GoldPuffin Thank you for answering. It's a bit cloudy where I am and I don't want to lose any of my filming stuff at night, so I'll try to make an indoor set.
Cool video series! I'm thinking about doing stop motion for some music videos. How do you get the Lego mouths to move? Must have a lot of Lego heads
Nice, yes, I want to do stop motion for music videos too when I get time. You can either have lots of different Lego heads with different facial expressions, or you can get an app which will actually overlay different mouths onto your Lego figures when you are editing. I think this can be done in Snapseed, for example. Thanks for watching and all the best with your videos.
thanks for the tips they will really pay off in my stop motions I got to get better at doing different camera angles
You're welcome, thanks for watching and good luck with the camera angles. I've got to improve in this area too!
How i do my camera moves: left to right i move my camera a stud. And for front and back i moved my minifigures each shot and move them closer or futher form the camera. And can i help you voice acting for a lil kid if your planning to do one (cuz i am a kid XD)
Sounds like you've got a good system! Yes, I'll keep in mind that you'd like to voice act in case I need a kid in one of my stop motions. Three kids have already done some voice acting for two of my videos that I'm making, but I'll probably have a kid in another one later on.
Very nice!
Thanks!! :-)
Also, your animations are amazing :-)
Yes!!! You showed my favourite stop motion (Lego Sheep) by studiolepsion.
this video was very very helpful :D I’m definitely going to do some changes to my brickfilms.
Awesome! Yes, I really like Lego Sheep. You may have already seen that I rated that as the best Brickfilm of 2017 :-) I'm really glad this video was helpful :-)
Man, you make it look like soooo much fun!
I used to make these i made my first when i was 7 it was really bad its actually on youtube....
Cool! I actually went to your channel to see if it was there but I guess it's on another channel! Thanks for watching my video anyway and I hope the tips were useful and maybe one day even you may be inspired to get back into stop motion :-)
How do u have the time to respond and heart EVERYONES comments?
I don't anymore... There are now hundreds or even thousands of comments I can't reply to (not on this video but mostly on my 10 things you can make with 10 pieces videos), which is kinda sad.
Thanks so much, man! I really appreciate all your tutorials! Why are you not monetized yet?!?!?!?! You should be making money for these master-pieces!
Hey you're welcome and thanks for the nice feedback. Actually my channel is monestised, including this video. I am making money, although I would need to be getting millions of views before the money starts to get serious!
Really!? But there's no Checkmark after your name... But that probably explains the ads. I will start watching the full ad so you can make lot's of money!!!!
Lol :-) I think the check mark is when you get to the next level, maybe like 10k or something. I dunno I'm just taking it one step at a time and maybe one day I can quit my job and become a full time TH-camr ;-)
Your Videos are SOOOOO helpful, thank you! I have watched all of your 10 things videos and AMAZING CHANNEL.
keep it up!
Thank you for waching all of my videos and thank you so much for the encouraging comment! :-)
@@GoldPuffin Your welcome thank you
6:58 but the Nintendo DS Lite dosen't have a camera.
Oh, sorry, I don't know the difference between a DS and a DS Lite as I never owned either of them. I guess I showed the wrong thing. Hope you enjoyed the video anyway and found it useful.
Gold Puffin I own the normal DS and the camera quality is awful
I'm not surprised to hear that. I've seen pictures taken on a DS. I think a phone or tablet is a MUCH better option.
Thanks!😃
You're welcome, thanks for watching :-)
Thx man I’m only 13 but I found my interest in stop motion and animation when I was around 9 and had my own series, but I’m trying to come back to it, I’m going to work on a horror or adventure film in the future. The only things that I think would be trouble for me is the background of my films. Since I’m only 13 I only have legos from my old childhood so I don’t know if it will be enough but I will definitely try! Thx for the tips man.
Awesome, good luck!
Gold Puffin bro thanks for replying! Also yeah I started the horror film already and I’m one minute in but I’ve took a break I was gonna come back to it this weekend!
Keshen8 and Pantsahat are super good animators, and some of my favorites! I’m glad you featured them.
Yes, they're amazing! Thanks for watching and commenting! :-)
These are all very accurate
Thanks :-) I'm glad you thought so :-)
He knows how to do animations. Way better than me. A video like this would teach me
You deserve more subscribers
Thank you, that's very kind :-)
These tips are so helpful! thanks for sharing!
You're welcome, I'm glad they're useful and thanks for watching :-)
Thank you! These tips are very useful!
Really helpful tips, my animations are improving every day thanks to gold puffin. 😊
I'm so glad I can help :-)
0:24 You started that bad?
Yep, genuinely. That really is an animation that I made before I knew anything about how to do stop motion.
I am worse.
I have to agree that a big camera and lens make the animation look a bit better, and I have used them. But I switched to a phone with stop motion studio pro relatively fast because the smaller phone gave me mre option on both angles and movements on the small space that I have availebel without sacreficing to much quality.
That's a good point. Personally I don't like the fact that when I'm shooting on a phone the control over focus and depth of field is nowhere near as good, and the image quality just isn't as nice. But you're right that there is that extra ability to move the phone around and get it into smaller spaces. With a DSLR you can use the zoom function to compensate for a lack of mobility in some ways, but yeah, there are certainly advantages to using a phone.
One thing I may add about having a good set, sometimes people think bigger is better, but some people don’t have giant desks for animation, i’d say that detail is more important in both the set of an animation and the animation itself. Don’t think that you need a giant desk to animate, any size desk can be made to work like you want it to.
Yes, I agree 100%. It depends of course on the kind of animation you're making. But yeah a small detailed set can be just as good or better than a big set. And sometimes even detail isn't necessary - sometimes simplicity is what is needed.
I wish I could make stop motion as good as you
Thanks for watching :-) Your stop motions are cool, and you'll get even better with more practice :-)
Thanks
Will you do another noob to pro video where you go through all the steps but you do these steps included with the previous ones?
Great question and good suggestion! I will consider it and work out whether it will be possible this time! Thanks :-)
GPLA, thanks for such an entertaining and educational look at the world of Lego Stop Motions!
You're welcome, thanks for watching and I'm glad it was helpful and entertaining :-)
😀🌟😃
Thanks for the tips!
9:10 yeah I hate my voice
I think everyone hates their own voice the first few times they hear it recorded but you do get used to it after a while!
Gold Puffin, I’m making a movie and I’m using voiceovers. My voice sounds way better in real life then it does in digital audio
Me too lol
just add effects to it, mine is ight but once i add effects it’s perfect and funny
JJ's animations even worse for me I have a lisp :/
I can’t move my lamps around because my lamp is on my seiling
If you can get a desk lamp it will help - you can buy them very cheap, like £5 or $5, and you can get LED ones with flexible arms as well
Well, I have a cling on lamp from Ikea and it works like a miracle! I suggest you get one and try it. You won't regret it
Thanks for tips 👍
Great job 👌
Keep those videos coming 👏
Big like from your new fan here 👍
You're welcome, thanks for watching and for the encouragement and for the like :-)
Thank you for the tips! It was a awesome video!
Thanks for the kind comment :-) I'm glad you like the video :-)
Do I look like I have the monies for these things? Just look at my LEGO very short shorts!
My camera shakes but I don't have the many Legos to make a stand, I don't even have enough Legos so I use natural elements and old bootleg Lego things..... RRRREEEEEEEEE!!!
I am just a noob trying to learn stop motion!
You don't need to use Lego for making the stand, I just suggest it because it's easy. You can even just keep your phone or camera steady using sticky tack / blu-tac. Using natural elements is a good idea. Good luck with your stop motion.
Keep up the fantastic work and always keep me updated on your latest videos that are the best and will always be the best in the world.💘❤I make lego stop motion animation. you can see it
lmao so im not the only one in 2020 trying to make stop motion animations because theyre bored
Thank you so much :-) I appreciate the encouraging words! Keep doing stop motion!
@@GoldPuffin You are amazing and this stop motion video helped me more than any other one!
@@GoldPuffin keep doing what you’re doing 😀😀😀
Thanks for the tips and nice vid!
You're welcome, and thanks! :-)
Awesome video! Nice tips!
Thank you! :-)
Soon ill be a pro( i will never be ) thanks for the tips
It takes a lot of practice, but both of us will make it one day :-D
you're one of those guys who likes comments huh? how bout pinning this bad boi 😉
lol I do read and respond to all comments! Thanks for watching my video and commenting, and I hope it was helpful!
Thanks for the advise. Ill try to do this in my lego animations. Im still kinda bad but ill try better
I'm sure you are better than you think, and just keep doing it and you will get better :-) And don't put too much pressure on yourself to improve because it will take the creativity and fun out of it if you put too much pressure on yourself :-)
@@GoldPuffin thanks puffin 👍 i love your like tips and trick videos, im still kinda new but you made my day, im kinda sick right now, and my legos are at my other parents house. Thank you gold puffin :)
This video is great, man! Wow! It really blew me away! :D
Thank you so much!
Cool video, all your tips are helpful
I'm glad that you found this one useful too :-) Thanks for watching lots of my videos :-)
Gold Puffin Lego Animation thanks for replying
No problem :-)
thanks so much dude this really helped me out. you make amazing videos and you got yourself another sub
Thanks for subscribing and for the nice comment :-) I'm really glad this helped :-)
Gold Puffin Lego Animation
No problem your the one Putting the hard work in to make these videos so you really deserve it keep up the good work 🙂
This is one of the best lego tutorials! This helped me! Thank You a lot!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
For number four you can also move the base plate under the vehicle and it still looks really good
Yep, good point :-)
No problem you helped me alot
Thanks for the video, it helped a lot because I'm starting to get into stop motion
Awesome, I'm glad to hear that :-)
Also could you do a tutorial on your punch? Like from hey that’s my sandwich. Which I thought was an amazingly funny and well thought out film.
Sure thing, I make sure to do that :-)
Wow nice tutorial vid! I used to do stop motion as well but now I do 2d animation. But great job!
Thanks for the nice comment! I thought about doing 2D but I just love stop motion too much. All the best with your videos!
Gold Puffin Lego Animation no prob. Also if you are a beginner I suggest using the app FlipaClip. I use it and it’s really good! Also I saw your premiere
Good stuff to watch!
Thank you so much! I'll use these in my stop motions
No problem! Have fun!
It includes lots of names of awesome channel including brick bros production , Gold puffin lego animation and others. Your are a pro actually
Wow thanks, what a nice thing to say! I can't really compare myself to people like Brotherhood Workshop, they are so far ahead of me, but it's nice that you said that I'm a pro :-)
Great vid, very helpful points!
You're welcome, thanks for watching! :-D
My Lego Stop-Motion is getting soo much after practicing. These videos are really useful.
Great! I'm glad I could help. Good luck with your animations.
Cool! Thanks for the Tips!
You're welcome! I just uploaded another video a few minutes ago on stop motion ideas and getting inspiration for animations which you might find interesting if you haven't seen it already. Thanks for stopping by my channel and watching this video, and also for taking the time to leave a comment :-)
@@GoldPuffin i will watch the new Video now✌️👌
Awesome :-)
The rule of thirds really helped! Thanks!
Great! :-) Thanks for watching!
Just starting out stop motion sooo... really good help
Thanks for watching. I'm glad it helped and best of luck in all your stop motions :-)
Very nice vid, but I have some questions. Can you take a video something similar to what you did and edit out the "human part" of the video. Also I have seen stop motions of someone building model kit where the parts seam to fly out of the sky and attach to the sub assembly, how would I do that?
Hi, thanks for the nice comment. I don't really understand the first question. Can you explain a little more what you mean? For your second question - when you see something fly in stop motion, it's done either using "masking" (if you look up "stop motion masking" on TH-cam you'll find tutorials on how to do it) or by simply taking a photo of the object and cutting it out completely, and then adding the movement in the edit. This second option is similar to masking, but doesn't look as good as a good bit of masking, and the reason it doesn't look as good is because the lighting never looks quite right. Actually, there is a 3rd option, and that's by using sticky tack to attach the parts to something. But that depends on having objects in the right spots to attach the things to. Personally I wouldn't bother doing this for a build because although it looks really cool, it's a lot more effort than making it just slide across to the build before attaching.
Hey I'd kinda like advice.
I used the Stop Motion Studio app on my iPad but it seemed to hold back potential because it had some bad color temperature shifts when I took a break and came back, it's camera was kinda lame and if I took more than like 1 and a half minutes worth of frames the playback would get choppy and jumpy and I couldn't tell if audio would sync until it was exported.
But; it had a ghosting feature that let me see what the last frame was, and I would like to just take photos with my phone but I an afraid of missing the ghosting as it help keep the movements less extreme and also help me reset a shot if something was bumped into.
Should I just settle for the trade-off and use the counterintuitive app just for that feature, or should I upgrade to just regular photos but without the ghosting?
My advice is that the issues you are having with Stop Motion Studio app are too much to keep on using it. I haven't using onion skinning / ghosting at all since I started doing stop motion - you can do without it, and you do get used to not having it. However, I think it would be a good idea for you to look for other apps. I don't have an iPhone or iPad so it's difficult for me to advise, but I hear that iMotion has onion skinning / ghosting on it, so perhaps you could try that?
Really helpful thanks 👍
Awesome video, you have a lot of great points! 👍
Thank you! :-)
Wow this was super helpful!
You're welcome, thanks for watching! 😁
Good tips! Thanks! :)
I'm glad they were helpful :-)
Wonderful tutorial !! More please
Thanks! There's more tutorials on the way! :-)
Thanks for this Video, do you write scripts for your videos? Or do you just have the Story in your hat?
Very nice tips🙏🏼
Thanks, and thanks for watching :-)
I love how you've included other videos in this not just your own.
Thanks! Yeah I had to do that to show proper examples of pro stop motions, as I haven't yet reached the level that these other channels are at! But I'm going to keep improving and one day I will be like them!
You'll definitely be as good as them very soon
Nice work man
Thank you! :-D
You helped me a lot! Thank you so much!
You're welcome, I'm so glad it helped, and thanks for watching!
I have a question, how do you edit the stopmotion footage if you use a camera? I'm using a Nintendo 2DS at the moment, and the concept of using an actual camera is very riddled with my lack of understanding for it.
I edit on a laptop using video editing software - I use Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 but you can get HitFilm Express for free
Nice Video-
You made an Awesome Tripod with legos
And I like how you Indirectly Appreciate other’s Work
Can you Tell Me what is Wrong with My Stop Motions?
Thanks for this I needed to improve mo stop motion quality
You're welcome, thanks for watching! :-) All the best with your stop motions! :-)
Great tips and very important to be aware of wants around love the tips :) are you going to do more of these
Hi yes, I'll be doing more stop motion tutorials. I have two more coming out this week (one on Friday and one on Saturday) and I'll continue to do them throughout the year and beyond.
@@GoldPuffin hey that's awesome :) stop motion is a tough thing to master takes a ton of patience
Yes you're right about that! It takes a lot of practice and patience! I'm glad you enjoyed this video and thanks for watching :-)
So I’ve been making stop motions and I was wondering what apps you guys would recommend for green screening I’ve been using iMovie that’s been working pretty well but if you guys have any other apps preferably free it would gelp