A thread like this would be best suited for the Production thread.

My feeling is that this thread could encompass aspects of pre-production and post-production as well and thus is more suited to this forum, though I'll admit the boundaries between forums is often blurry.

Here is the set for my next movie called Clown in the Forest.

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"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."
~ Psalm 23:6 ~

The camera I'm using is a Canon Powershot SX500 IS.  I don't quite understand what you mean by "Full manual control".   
Anyway, thanks for the information and thanks for welcoming me to the community!

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"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."
~ Psalm 23:6 ~

Your camera does in fact have manual control, meaning you set the shutter speed and aperture yourself, and they stay constant, as opposed to the camera changing them every frame. It doesn't seem to have manual focus, which is a problem, if you don't know what I'm talking about you should look up how cameras work, it's important stuff to know when making stop motion animations.

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backyardlegos - Actually, it does have manual focus.  I had to use it a lot when Wylus McBurpen (the cook) was not in the center of the picture.  It wouldn't focus then.  I normally use the Macro focus feature when making my videos.  Cooking with Wrylus McBurpen is actually the first full video that I made with this camera, so I guess I'm not really used to all of its features.

rioforce - From what I know, this is the only desk lamp I have.  I think there might be another one somewhere.  I always thought one lamp would be enough.

togfox - Thanks!  I might adjust the forest a little before I start filming though.

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"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."
~ Psalm 23:6 ~

It would also be good to stress that while 3 point lighting can be helpful in a lot of filming situations, it is by no means an all purpose lighting setup. The whole point of film lighting is to reflect the mood of a scene, and as such you should really try to experiment with different lighting setups to reflect those moods. While the standard 3 point lighting can work great, experimenting with new things, like in all other arts, can really enhance your work and give you a unique flair, as opposed to looking the same/indistinguishable from your contemporaries.

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Even though I posted for the first time in years late last year, I'm planning on making a more permanent return to brickfilming now. I got myself some new equipment and a new setup for animating. I have shelves of records where I used to animate, so I just stuck a light on one of the shelves and wheel a table in when I want to make a video. Yes, I only use one light because I'm mad. Also shown here is my really simple Lego camera dolly, something I have never tried before.

I'm glad to see you return. The big advantages to webcams is easy camera movement and their small size, and man that is a compact setup, sheesh.

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