Homely Bungalow

I really enjoyed creating my first stop motion video from my residential build "Country Cottage" so I went on to do "Woodland Lodge".  My latest creation is "Homely Bungalow" where I feel  the video has turned out a lot better.  However, I did make a few mistakes (again) but edited them out as best as I could.

Watching a few more tutorials on YouTube helped me to gain a better understanding of camera angles and video speeds and I tweaked a few settings, as was suggested.

With this build, I wanted to use more of the DEBUG items to make it a little more unique and built it without a Sim on the Lot.  This enabled me to have access to items only available when the Sims reach certain points in their careers.  I also used some "fabrication" items from the Eco Lifestyle expansion pack such as tables and chairs.

There is no custom content in this build so as long as you have the expansion/stuff/game packs that I have used, you're good to go!

Before uploading to The Sims 4 Gallery, I play tested the build.  After making a few tweaks, I was ready to share it.

I hope you and your Sims enjoy this little bungalow in your game just as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Here's a small snippet of my stop motion video:

Click here to watch the full video on my YouTube channel!

- Minicart

Country Cottage

I have been watching a few "stop motion" Sims 4 builds on YouTube and was really impressed with what I saw.  The stop motion style of building is a lot easier to watch than a speed build and extremely artistic.  I didn't realise however the amount of work that is put into them.

I started watching some tutorials, again on YouTube and after "umming" and "erring" for a few weeks, decided to give it a go myself.

With speed builds, you have to video the build as you build it.  However, with stop motion builds, you create the building first then you take it apart piece by piece and as you do so, you take a photo.  As you move from one part of the build to another, you record a video.  Then you piece everything together in your chosen video editor, pictures first (putting in the last picture you took first and ending up with the first last) and then add the videos to where they are supposed to go, remembering to reverse them.  Basically, you are working back to front.  So the last item you take from your build will become the first photo/item in your video, building as you go.

All of this sounds very confusing but once you get started and get your head around it all, it's quite easy but very time consuming.

It took me two weeks to build this little cottage, take the photos and videos and piece it all together to make a stop motion video.  You may or may not be pleased to know that I didn't use any custom content in this build, so that it is more "user friendly", so to speak.

I am very pleased with how the cottage turned out and I think my first go at making this type of video came out pretty good - for a beginner!  I did make a few mistakes on the way but I think I've learned from those.

I really enjoyed building this cottage, even though it took me a long time but I am pleased with the end result.  I will be doing more but of course, this may take a little while.

Here's a small snippet of my stop motion video:

Click here to watch the full video on my YouTube channel!

- Minicart