Beginners Guide to LEGO Stop Motion Animation

How to make your own stop-motion LEGO Brickfilms for beginners! More in-depth tutorials coming soon, let me know what you'd like to learn!

Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:36 What is Stop Motion?
2:03 Getting Started
3:20 Adjust App Settings
4:45 Preventing Light Flicker
5:43 The Animation Process
6:55 Ease In Ease Out
8:01 Using Remote Trigger
8:30 How to animate a walk cycle
9:56 Practice makes perfect
10:58 Outro

[BrotherhoodWorkshop]

Great stuff dude! Real accessible. That's something I struggle with when explaining animation, I take so much stuff for granted that I forget to explain a lot of it.

[dplonker]

Honestly huge respect to your first animation that you showed. The fact you actually had motion, not to mention with multiple characters, from your first animation is amazing.

[DungeonDrugDealers]

I think a huge beginner's tip lies in the fact that the process should be just as, if not more, exciting than the product. Take your time to appreciate your minifigs, your sets, your lighting, and your camera angles. Each part of the project should be interesting and fun! These things take a long, long time but the time consumption shouldn't concern you if every frame is a painting.

[rabbitholestudios]

I would love to see a tutorial for how to do fight scenes! Really liked this, by the way, a great refresher!

[Clownest]

Now i know how much effort this takes. Full respect to people who do stop motion like you.

[StMichaelsCottage]

I love stopmotion and have started recently! These tips are extremely helpful. Thank you so much! Watching your stopmotions you've already done at the start of the video was so amazing how they were so smooth and clean they were! This just shows how long you've been doing your job, and I just think you're awesome! Carry on making the incredible content you already are! 😊😊😊

[JesusAndLego]

Thank you so much for making this video. I’m a huge fan of stop motion, and have been since I first saw a replay of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in the theater ages ago as a kid. The thing that always keeps me from attempting to make my own is struggling with a terrible degree of perfectionism. But after watching this video, I am beginning to understand that it’s ok to start simple and to have imperfect expectations.

[HuxleyBerg]

Hey! Thanks for the shout out! This video is awesome! You are doing an amazing job breaking down the basics for the next generation of brickfilmers, excited to see more :)

[NomadicSeafarer]

This was the first video I watched on the subject, and it was also the last! Made a quick 2.5 second video and was very happy with the result! Thank you!

[SW_Bricks]

Your animations are incredible but I have to say the cinematography, set up and overall look of your videos always keeps me hooked!!

[BrickHouse]

I’ve been making stop motion for a while but this was still very helpful!

[buggobricks]

I’ve been doing stop motions for a while now but it’s always nice hear about the basics again.

[BenCade]

My son wanted to thank you for your great instructions! We just finished up our first Lego stop motion with more to come.

[JillHenley]

Looked this up for my son and he and his brother are hooked! Thank you for making this so accessible.

[wades_world]

Huge thanks, you just got me started in lego animation - thank you for the app recommendation and I love the different animations you showed clips of. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[itsaboutbricks]

This is going to make my stop motion is way better thank you for the tips hopefully one day I can get as good as you :D

[MintyBricks]

Your studio looks so cool! Love the lighting and depth of field of the studio shot

[TheClickedBrick]

i love the video! i came into it already having a grasp on the basics so i wasn’t looking to learn much, and yet after watching it i feel so much smarter. you have made it to the top of my list of favorite animators

[potatochip_]

I love this guide! It’s always great to hear that it’s possible to make videos even without the experience and equipment initially. Thank you for the amazing video!

[Avgeek]

Thank you so much, I’m a beginner and have no tools at all and now I’ve practised a bit and plan on doing some Star Wars animations,