Spark has been busy working on making stop action films where he sets up his Star Wars Lego people, and some other pieces, and slowly plays out a story and takes pictures. Then he puts all the pictures together into a film and has the picture change every half second so they look like they are moving. He also sets the scene to music, otherwise it is a silent film. The movement is the same principal as a cartoon. It takes even a few hundred pictures just to make a couple minute movie. He is pretty much a one man operation unless he can get Dancer or I to help him move the pieces around, which we do when there is a lot of movement in each picture or if someone needs to be airborne.
Set Director
Producer and writer
Happy Cameraman
A few scenes from the movie
If you know the Stars Wars movie this should look familiar.
Jonathan (an extra in the Star Wars film) slaying a bounty hunter.
A bomb squad trooper riding down on the ceiling to defeat Jonathan and Harry (another extra).
Fighting the Sith and Sith Padawan - lots of fighting these movies, guess that is a boy thing.
Fun! I wonder if all boys go through a stop-motion phase? My son is still in his. I have a second cousin who started with a stop motion feature using his LEGOs and his brother's toys who now films and directs indie films. You never know where your LEGOs and camera will lead you!
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