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Re: Picture Story
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Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:27:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Alex Desbiens wrote:
> Hi everybody. I'm surfing on Lugnet for sometimes now and I noticed all these
> great picture story ( you know these story where you have a picture of a Lego
> scene and text beneath. The most famous of them is the BrickTestament.) made in
> Lego. While I don't want to challenge the Brick Testament, I would like to do a
> short story from a book or a movie.
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> Now, I want to know if anybody have any advice before I begin. Maybe tips for
> shootings , selecting a story , writing text or showing it to the AFOL
> community.
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks.
Well, I can't speak for anyone buy myself, but I can give you a few tips I've
learned over the years.
Illustrating a book is the easiest to start off with, like in the case of the
Brick Testament, because the story is already written for you. In the case of a
movie or an original story, its best to write out the story or at the very least
the chapter you'll be working on ahead of time. This way you can go through the
text and mark out exactly what shots you want to take.
If you try to take the pictures first, and then fit them into an unwritten
story, you might find that either the picture won't quite fit the way you want
it to or you'll begin to change the story to fit the picture.
As for picking a story, personally I would go with either a non-illustrated
story or, better yet, write something original. Illustrating an alreadly
illustrated book or a movie can really become boring to readers, since it's
nothing they already haven't seen. But you'll have to make that decision for
yourself. If don't you feel you are capable with either building or digitally
editing in special effects, then I would highly suggest sticking with a story
without them.
To take pictures, I would highly recommend using a digital camera with an LCD
display. This way you can preview the picture you just took, and decide whether
or not you want to retake it. Also be sure to use LOTS of light. Bring in
lamps, open a window, whatever you can. The so-called 'Daylight' bulbs work
very well, try to find one with a color of about 5000K (most have a color of
6000k, which can give pictures a blue tinge). Also play with the lighting for
mood. A flashlight held over a pile of transparent red plates in a dark room
can sometimes make for a very convincing camp fire.
To present your story, that's up to you. A website of your own would probably
be best. Some simple HTML will get you by, even a HTML editor, most of them
free, will help out a lot if you're not familiar. Otherwise you could edit the
picture with white space to include the text you want, and upload it to
Brickshelf. It wouldn't be as pretty, but it'd get the job done.
I hope that helps.
--Anthony
www.ikros.net
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