THAC 7: Live 2 Sk8

Got a bit repetetive, but I liked it

And you have my vote.

One of my favorite THAC entries. Though it does get repetitive, that was sort of the point.

Last edited by KG (January 5, 2010 (07:12am))

Great work !

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My flaw is I have a habit of writing scripts to support the animation I want to do. Instead of writing a really good script and using animation to support it. I was a little disapointed that the animation was not completed.

A lot of time was spent patching things up in editing. I spent hours on the hospital scenes so the limited frames match in differently to the dialogue each time. It wasn't just a copy and paste. I was very happy in how it all came together anyway. It would have been better with the accidents but did work out quite well without them.

I'm very glad to hear that the finished result was enjoyed. Ultimately when making a Brickfilm that is the goal.
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.

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Sure I can KG. This PICTURE explains quite a lot.

The boom has two main arms in parallel:
- The lower arm rotates the boom (using the Boom Axle). Because the two left axles are approximately the same space apart as the right axles, the camera stays horizontal when the boom is raised.
- The Pitch Axle levers the upper arm so it’s anchor point moves a little bit forward or back which changes the pitch of the camera. The camera pivots on the right lower axle.

There's more pictures (after moderation) HERE which show the gearbox. The secret to it all is the worm (screw gear) drive. The axle (has a wheel on one end) that turns the worm drive very easily and finely turns the drive cog. Drive cogs turn Pitch and Raise Boom axle. The advantage of the worm drive is the difficultly to turn using the Drive cog. This means even with all the camera weight on the boom, the boom arm won’t lower all by itself. So you don’t have to lock the movement or hold the wheel position all the time.
In the gear box there is two of these axle turning worm drives one on top of the other.

If you need any further help send me a PM.

Lego technic has a whole robot series called mindstorm. I built a fully automated gantry crane using it.
Have a look at THIS. If it gets a bit boring in real time skip ahead to around 3:50.

I wouldn't be surprised if I use a robot camera one day while making a Brickfilm!

Last edited by bodville (January 7, 2010 (03:17am))

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Hey Bodville,

Can you shed some light on how you dismantled and encased your QCP9000 in LEGO?  I'm wanting to do the same, but I'm nervous I'll destroy some delicate circuitry in the process.

Thanks.

BTW, I really liked your THAC entry as well as your Thacumentary.

Hmm. I liked the visuals in your THAC a lot (the quality was very nice, and the camera moves were great), but the story was really average. From watching your THAC I understand that you had to sacrifice some scenes to finish this film before the deadline, and I think the film really suffered from it.

Nope it's 100% Lego. The size was a bit wider than 8 studs so I just had it poke out the end. If you were worried about that, just build a bigger case.

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