Brickfilms Customer is Always Right Release Thread DigiDave

March 2, 2004 at 3:23 am #34747
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Digital_Dave
Hey gang,

The movie bug has me firmly in its grip! Here is a lil quickie, made with 2 minifigs, a piece of FIMO and some inkjet prints for backgrounds.

I’m learning Adobe Premiere and there are still a few hiccups. Perhaps I’ll smooth this one out, maybe I’ll just do better on film #3.

Here it is, enjoy!
(Right-click and save as…)

http://www.productshots.com/brickfilms/movies/TCIAR.rmvb
2.18 MB RealMedia

http://www.productshots.com/brickfilms/movies/TCIAR.avi
2.24 MB AVI File

Will Best Buy sue me? Or will they just fire me? Stay tuned, cuz I’m sending it to them! We have a quarterly video for employees and maybe they will include it.

DigiDave
March 2, 2004 at 3:31 am #34748
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protowrxs
And I bet that is based on a REAL life experience no doubt Dave??

Very funny… The backdrops really turned out quite well to me.

-Stephen
March 2, 2004 at 3:33 am #34749
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WhiteDragon
:lol:

That was awsome! The set was astounding, and the story was short, yet hillarious.

“I want a MegaPickle!”

:laughcry:
March 2, 2004 at 5:12 am #34759
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Ferder
how did you do that? bluescreen?
You had a really funny script, and that animation is top-notch! I like your movies. They’re nice and easy to understand (and they’re darn funny!)
March 2, 2004 at 2:02 pm #34786
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Digital_Dave
“Ferder” wrote: how did you do that? bluescreen?
Nope… think LOW-tech! I took some photos of the inside of Best Buy and made plain-paper inkjet prints. I used plain paper so the colors would be softer and not have any reflections.



I learned one thing… make the prints larger and move them farther back. I still managed to bump the background a few times. I’ve been sick and wasn’t up to re-shooting much, but I did a few times.

You can also see the wire I used to “fly” the pickle. Now that I have a new server to host images, look for a tutorial on makin stuff fly…
March 2, 2004 at 3:08 pm #34792
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Ferder
gotta love the good ol’ low-tech! (it try and use it whenever possible).
BTW what set comes with the head of the old man?
March 2, 2004 at 6:28 pm #34815
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Mr. Less
That was awesome! I want a Mega Pickle!
March 2, 2004 at 6:40 pm #34816
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brickbrock
Hi D_D,

loved this one. I hope it will stirr a flood of short, high quality one-joke brickfilms.

-> Its much more entertainment to see one short film a day than 30 materpieces every 4 months. (nothing againts contests, though)

brickbrock
March 2, 2004 at 7:00 pm #34817
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Anonymous
Wow! It just goes to show: the simpler the better.
I never noticed the wire.
I don’t see why best buy would not like this film. Good luck!
March 2, 2004 at 7:45 pm #34818
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Clemens1
LOL! Very nice, the background looks better than bluescreening.
The animation was good the voice acting too,
in fact I cannot find anything bad about the film!
Best Buy would like it :wink .
March 2, 2004 at 9:57 pm #34832
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Kyle
Ok that was really funny :lol: The only flaw was shen the guy fell over and the backdrop moved. This should have been in the WOW contest. :D
March 2, 2004 at 11:32 pm #34847
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amt2000
LOL that was funny.

“I’m not leaving without a megapickle!”

LOL.
March 2, 2004 at 11:47 pm #34850
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unfoldingmetal
Haha Digital Dave you’ve done it again! Great job.

I wonder what they’ll think about it! :)
March 2, 2004 at 11:51 pm #34852
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richardfrost
Dave, you truly have a natural talent here. Your job application to Aardman should be in the post by now.
March 3, 2004 at 12:07 am #34857
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Logan
First off, good film, but I’m going to be fairly hard on you. Looking at most of the reviews for your films, you haven’t really gotten many “tips for improvement”.

You seem to have that title working for you, as it was the same in THOF. The opening shot that closes in on the store is well-done, but when we see inside the store, the animation could be better, and there is some light inconsistency(I noticed both of these in THOF, as well). Onion skinning would be a big help to you, because your figs tend to make small movements that aren’t intended, onion skinning will allow you to greatly reduce this. Also, the animation you used for the dialogue seemed to contain a great amount of hand movement, but it seemed randomn and it didn’t match up with the voices(which were done very well, BTW). I have no idea why you chose to use “Baby Got Back” in your credits, but I, of all people, can’t complain. Good luck, Dave.

Logan