About this item
Have you ever wondered what your LEGO creations would look like on the big screen? The LEGO Animation Book will show you how to bring your models to life with stop-motion animation - no experience required! Follow step-by-step instructions to make your first animation, and then explore the entire filmmaking process, from storyboards to post-production.Along the way, you'll learn how to:-Create special effects like explosions and flying minifigures-Convey action and emotion with your minifigure actors-Design sets for animation - make three buildings look like an entire city!-Light, frame, and capture consistent photos-Add detail and scope to your films by building in different scales-Build camera dollies and rigs out of LEGO bricks-Choose cameras, software, and other essential animation toolsDive into the world of animation and discover a whole new way to play!For ages 10+
About the Author
David Pagano is an award-winning animation director and the head of Paganomation, a New York-based production studio. Since 2007, David and his team have created dozens of stop-motion shorts, ads, and music videos seen on LEGO.com, YouTube, Disney XD, Comcast On Demand, Nickelodeon, and for approximately two seconds in the climax of The LEGO Movie.
In 2014, David appeared in "A LEGO Brickumentary" in an effort to make "LEGO Animation Historian" his second unlikely career path. When he's not otherwise occupied with work (which isn't often) , David can be found sleeping in late, biking around NYC, and thinking critically about 1980s media.
David is co-author of The LEGO Animation Book (October 2016) .
