The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a powerful program for the processing of pixel-based graphic images. It is useful  [read more →]

Pre-production
The first step in producing a brickfilm usually involves organizing ideas: producing a script, defining your characters, and perhaps drawing  [read more →]

There are several options available for capturing images and transferring them into your computer. While the various types of cameras  [read more →]

Sound effects are audio clips – usually short – that are added to a film in order to give the  [read more →]

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Stock footage is movie footage that can be freely accessed and used for many different purposes, one being  [read more →]

A close up shot (often abbreviated to CU in scripts) refers to how “big” the character appears to be on  [read more →]

An extreme wide shot is a wide shot which is relevant to the rest of the scene, but typically shows  [read more →]

Field-based video is not composed of frames as film and stop-motion brickfilms invariably are, but composed of interlaced fields.  [read more →]

NTSC (National Television System Committee) is the standard television and video format used in the US, Canada and East Asia.  [read more →]