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Re: The Brick Testament: Samson and Delilah
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lugnet.build.ancient
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Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:37:44 GMT
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Hi, Scott.
In lugnet.build.ancient, Scott Costello wrote:
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Brendan, beautifully done as usual,
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Thanks!
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but I have one question about your methodology. How do you
photograph your action shots, like the one found here:
http://www.thebricktestament.com/judges/samsonsfinalmassmurder/jg1630b.html
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Fortunately the action shots have been few and far between because they do take
a long time to set up. And they are generally very fragile, so just as I get
everything into place, my wrist bumps into something and lots of stuff
collapses, and I start over.
My previous big collapse-in-motion scene was, of course, the
walls of Jericho coming down.
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Do you use blocks behind the falling balcony pieces to hold them in place
while you photograph it?
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Yes, most of the stuff at weird angles is held in place (albeit flimsily) with
LEGO supports hidden from the camera (behind the balcony or other debris) or
off-camera. The one place where I used a questionably-non-LEGO solution was in
my use of a bent paperclip inside the lefthand column to allow it to stay at
that crazy mid-collapse angle. But before I am accused of blasphemy, did I
mention that it was a LEGO paperclip? :)
A while back, Peer Kreuger
suggested the use of wire to me, pointing out that there is “official LEGO wire”
in certain LEGO elements. And
Julie Krenz then pointed out that
I could use the paperclips that come with the
LEGO Desk Pal,
so that’s what I ended up doing. It’s still a little cheesy, especially since I
used photoshop to erase the little bit of the paperclip that the camera could
see.
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Finally where did you get your sky backdrop? Is it hand painted, or computer
generated?
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The main blue-sky-with-clouds background that I use for The Brick Testament is a
couple of pieces of posterboard with the sky print on them. I found those at a
drug store years ago. There have been only a few occasions where I’ve gone in
and added more clouds in with photoshop. For outdoor night shots, I just use an
all-black piece of posterboard, and then later I add stars using photoshop. And
finally the cloudy sunrise / sunset background is a blow up of a photo my
girlfriend took.
In general, I find it much easier to have the backgrounds in place when I take
the photos rather than having to insert the backgrounds later on the computer.
-Brendan
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| Brendan, beautifully done as usual, but I have one question about your methodology. How do you photograph your action shots, like the one found here: (URL) you use blocks behind the falling balcony pieces to hold them in place while you photograph (...) (19 years ago, 27-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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