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Subject:	Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:46:54 GMT
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> I'm not sure what you mean by "movie". There is these: > > http://www.ldraw.org/article/348 > > and > > http://www.macos.utah.edu/Documentation/xgrid/siggraph_2004.mp4 > > I haven't studied BrickFilms, so I don't really know what is appropriate > there. > > James What we try to do at brickfilms.com ("we" as in "most stop-motion animators", though I am somewhat more involved in Brickfilms.com's operation than some others) is to create movies in a more classical sense: story-based. What you have shown me up to now are showcases of models, or at best one action scene that could be part of a movie. I miss character development, storyline, buildup of tension, etc. Can you imagine watching 70 minutes of the siggraph thing? That's exactly what Star Wars: The Great Disturbance tries to do (http://www.brickfilms.com/filmview.php?filmID=1497 ). It succeeded too. The great majority of people at brickfilms.com are not great MOC-builders. Hardly ever will you see any significant effort by them appear here on LUGnet. Why? Because we just build what the story dictates, film it, and then move on. Your library of pre-fab animation might be great to showcase models you've built, but you need more than the perfect walk sequence to tell a story. This is my issue with these efforts. I invite you to watch "The Gauntlet" http://www.brickfilms.com/filmview.php?filmID=229 and "Mystery of the Ewok" http://www.brickfilms.com/filmview.php?filmID=132 . The first shows extremely impressive animation, the second extremely impressive story-telling. I don't believe the tools you are creating will give the flexibility needed to create masterpieces like these. I would love to be proven wrong, though! Stefan.

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		Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
In lugnet.animation, Stefan van Zwam wrote: [snip some stuff] (...) You're going off on James because his cool, amazing, exciting animation didn't tell a story? And then you're going to get down on the idea of creating new software tools to make it (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)

		Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
(...) Don't get me wrong. Story based is exactly what I have in mind. (...) ... (...) The Siggraph movie is exactly what you see it is, showcases of models. Specifically, they are a collection of animations that are showcases. No attempt to tell a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)

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		Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
(...) I know it doesn't look realistic. But we are just starting! (...) Cool, I didn't know any of that. Maybe I should read that book. (...) Yes, I wanted to imitate that look. Not sure how I'll do it yet, but I'll figure it out. By "we", do you (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)

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