Brickfilm
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A brickfilm is a film made using LEGO bricks, Mega Bloks bricks, or other similar plastic construction toys. In most cases, brickfilms are filmed using the stop motion technique, but other forms of film production are also used, such as computer-generated imagery, Macromedia Flash, or live action, which can be used to supplement films. Though brickfilms were being made long before, the brickfilming craze took off when LEGO released "LEGO Studios," a set containing bricks, backdrops, a book and a computer application for making stop-animation movies. Some brickfilms are spoofs of scenes from famous movies, while others are completely original animations.
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[edit] Well-known Brickfilms
Some of the most well-known brickfilms include
- The Han Solo Affair, made by Spite Your Face Productions, officially commissioned by The Lego Group, and licensed by LucasFilm.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail, included with the collectors' edition DVD of the live-action film of the same name, also by Spite Your Face.
- Spider-Man, another Spite Your Face production commissioned by The Lego Group.
The following three films predate the ones above, and were made to promote the Lego Studios product by unknown animators:
- Jewel Quest
- Jurassic Bark
- Dino Cop
The Oldest known example of a Brickfilm:
The Magic Portal was made between 1985 and 1989 by Lindsay Fleay on a budget of $11,745. Shot on Super 8 film, nothing electronic was used. It runs for 16 minutes with a combination of 15 and 30 frames per second.
[edit] "Fell in Love with a Girl" Music Brickfilm
A somewhat different type of brickfilm was used for The White Stripes' music clip of "Fell in Love with a Girl", in which there was no tridimensionality and no figurines, but in which the LEGO bricks themselves formed a flat surface where the patterns recreating motion appeared. The music clip was directed by Michel Gondry.
[edit] Brickfilms.com
Brickfilms LLC hosts the web site brickfilms.com that is devoted entirely to brickfilms, with its own forum, chat room and a place where users can post their own brickfilms.
[edit] Lego Stories
An official collection of brickfilms that has been released under many different names, including "Lego Sports Champions" which can now be purchased at filmwest.com on DVD for around 50 dollars.
[edit] Best links
- Lego.com directory of Brickfilms
- Brickfilms.com
- A Brickfilms-themed WIKI brickfilms.com
- Cool Brick Movies
- BrickFlick.comde:Brickfilm
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