The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies!

The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies! — page 9
A Word About LEGO Animation When we talk about LEGO animation or brickfilms we’re talking about something specific stop-motion animated films created with LEGO bricks and elements Stop-motion is an animation technique almost as old as motion pictures themselves It involves taking taking many still photographs of an object An animator moves the object a tiny amount after each photo is taken Then the pictures are viewed in sequence like a flipbook and the illusion of movement is achieved LEGO animation is a medium like live-action film photography painting or writing not a genre like comedy drama action or romance You’ll come across all kinds of brickfilms stories music videos advertisements tutorials and more That said there are a couple of things we aren’t talking about when we say LEGO animation computer-generated animations of LEGO bricks and characters and live-action footage of LEGO models being manipulated by a human We use the terms animator and brickfilmer to refer to anyone who creates LEGO animation Today’s LEGO filmmakers are kids adults girls boys parents teachers students and everything in between You may not consider yourself an animator or filmmaker yet but our goal is to change that Let’s get to it x INTRODUCTION A stop-motion photo sequence Notice that tiny movements have been made between each image Anyone can be a LEGO animator