Kim in SouthGa Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 He made a stop motion film of the Boston Tea Party using Playmobils. It was a lot of fun! You can see it on my blog, linked in my signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runamuk Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 That is so neat! I love the movie and he did a great job explaining how he made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyBee Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 That is awesome! Wow...I guess I should stop vacuuming up all those little Playmobil parts. You never know when you'll need them, huh? :001_smile: Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 He did a great job! That must have taken him a lot of time :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iammommy Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Your ds did such a great job!! Not only with the legos, but with his explanation! Kudos to ds! :thumbup1: May I ask what you used to make this? I am so not a computer person but my ds would love to try something like this. Nan:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabrett Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 WOW! Fantastic!:hurray::hurray::hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titus.Two.Five Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Wow! thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in SouthGa Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Nan, It was really much easier than I thought. He built the "set" :fabric taped to the wall; a box covered with more fabric and the houses-cardboard from Hobby Lobby-and spectators set up on it; Playmobil ship and rowboats with Indian figures; blue fleece blanket for the water. Then we set the camera on a sturdy box, which I should have taped down so it wouldn't move. Make sure you get it at the right height. We played with the lighting some, I think that is something we definitely could have done better. Then he started moving the figures just a tiny bit and taking pictures, over and over-that short film was about 55 pictures! After that, the computer does most of the work. We uploaded the pictures and imported them into Windows Movie Maker, then set each one to a duration of .4 seconds. You just follow the links to add title and credits and music. Save it and presto! your done! Next time we will try to add dialogue or narration, but we had trouble with our microphone. If you go to youtube.com and search "how to make a stop motion film" you will find all kinds of tutorials. There are some awesome movies on there too, but be forewarned...we did run across a little Lego p*rn:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WABeth Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 That was very cool! Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 how cool! funny, my dd ages 11 and 13 made a stop action movie using play mobile just yesterday. It will be short, just 33 photos..I have to figure out how to put it into iphoto to run it. They are setting up to make a longer one today. I love how they just decided to to it all on their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Not only the movie, but I was impressed by his well-spoken explanation of how he made it. Good kid, there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I'll bet he had a great time doing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 He did a great job. I'm glad he explained how he did it. My boys would love to do something like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Bravo. I am so impressed. My boys will have to see this tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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