The Premier

 

Today, as a birthday gift to Will (wink, wink), Jared premiered his latest Brickfilm to an audience including the majority of the voice contributors. 

Not only is officially "Premiering" his Brickfilms on YouTube an all new thing, so were many of the tools he used in this stop motion.  The result was by far his best stop motion yet!

JARED: This was the first film I truly harnessed the "ease in-ease out" principle. Simply put, more frames when something is speeding up or slowing down, whether it be a car, walking, or even a head turning, it has improved my quality animated at 15fps (frames per second) immensely. Additionally, audio recordings were made before I started animating, allowing the minifigure's gestures to match the mood of the line perfectly and getting rid of ugly pauses when a character is speaking. It was also the first time using two new software packages, Dragonframe (used for animation) and Vegas Pro 17 (used for post-production, adding some piazzazz to the film😎). 

The entire process was fun. In fact, the most fun I've had doing a stop-motion in almost a year! It was very encouraging to have so many people helping with the audio, editing, and script writing. Enjoy, my finest Brickfilm yet!

LEGO S.W.A.T - Hostage Crisis

He has also started a blog of his own called "The Blah, Blah, Blog" where he talks about what is coming next on his YouTube channel and gives some behind the scenes looks at his production process.

Check it out when you get a chance and follow/subscribe:  https://jrodstudiosblog.blogspot.com/