A Brickfilm is a movie made using Lego bricks, or other similar construction plastic toys. They are usually made with stop motion animation, although computer-generated images (CGI), traditional animations, and live action films featuring plastic construction toys (or representations of them) are also sometimes considered brickfilms. The term 'brick film' was coined by Jason Rowoldt, founder of Brickfilms.com.
Video Brickfilm
Histori
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The first known brick film, En rejse til mÃÆ' Â nen (Danish for Journey to the Moon ), was made in 1973 by Lars C. Hassing and Henrik Hassing. The six-minute video features live stop and action animations, and is recorded on Super 8. The movie is then shown to Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, which has a personal copy made, though the movie was not released publicly until May 2013, when the creator uploaded it to YouTube.
Another early brickfilm is known to have been created since 1975 onwards, from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Many are independent projects while others are promos or commercials created by LEGO itself.
The most famous and famous early brick film was made between 1985 and 1989 in Perth, Western Australia by Lindsay Fleay, named The Magic Portal. It was captured on a 19mm Bolex camera with a 16 mm film and featured animated LEGO, plastisin, and cardboard and object characters, mixing stop motion animation and live action footage, with Fleay making live action appearances. Magical Portal has a high production value for a brick movie of its time, with a five-figure budget awarded by the Australian Film Commission. However, due to legal issues with the LEGO Group, it did not see extensive releases for years until, the LEGO Group finally withdrew from these allegations.
The first widely released brick film is a music video for the English dance, Ethereal, for their song Zap on Truelove Records. Produced and released in 1989, the film is shown across MTV's network and other music channels and is the first time a full-length block-stop movie has been released on a public channel. The film again attracted the attention of the legal department of The LEGO Group. The film is directed by filmmaker David Betteridge with animated leads handled by Phil Burgess and Art Direction by Daniel Betteridge. This story is an interpretation of the scene from Apocalypse Now adapted to a rave culture in the late eighties, following three heroic LEGO men as they fight and overcome evil. The film's budget £ Ã, £ 3,000, allows filmmakers to shoot on 35mm films using a hand-cranked camera build in 1903 and modified with motor animation. Originally scheduled to take two weekends, film production takes three and a half months to complete. The promo magazine at the time stated it was one of the best music videos ever made.
Early Brickfilms were produced in the Lego Sport Champions series, officially commissioned by The LEGO Group in 1987. During this time, Dave Lennie and Andrew Boyer began to create "Legomation" using VHS cameras and professional video equipment..
1990s
In the late 1990s, the age of film and video brickfilms ended when digital cameras became more and more accessible. Also, the Internet allows brickfilmers to produce and distribute their work more easily. The establishment of Brickfilms.com in 2000 brings together the brickfilming community. The site does not directly host the films of its members, but allows members to link to web pages where they can be downloaded or streamed.
Simultaneously, The LEGO Group officially encouraged the creation of brickfilms by releasing Lego Studios. Since then, the LEGO Group has used brickfilms to help advertise new themes and networks.
This action significantly increased the popularity of brick-finishing until the mid-2000s.
2000 and 2010s
Throughout the 2000s, brickfilms increased in sophistication and garnered media attention once in a while. Upscale movies often feature digital effects, frame-by-frame with image editors or inserted through video composing software.
DVD Deluxe Edition Monty Python and the Holy Grail contains an additional in the form of a "Camelot Song" brick film, produced by Spite Your Face Productions. Since then, some brickfilms have been placed on the DVD along with the movie they emulate, as when Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick is featured on the second DVD volume Star Wars: Clone Wars TV series.
Brickfilms has also been released commercially on its own, such as Jericho: The Promise Fulfilled , a 30-minute film made by Shatter Point Entertainment, which was awarded Best Animation by the Independent Cape Fear 2009 Film Festival. In 2007, brickfilm Rick & amp; Steve: The Happiest Gay Partner in All the World is accepted in over 80 film festivals, including Sundance.
In 2014, The Lego Group, Warner Bros. Animation, and Animal Logic released the first official long film LEGO, The Lego Movie . Although the film is created using computer-generated animations, it is styled in such a way to mimic the appearance of the stop-motion brickfilms, even influenced by some popular brickfilms such as The Magic Portal . Since then, LEGO has produced two feature films such as the films, The LEGO Batman Movie (2017), and The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017).
Over the years, almost all brickfilming was created using digital cameras and web cameras. However, since the advent of stop-motion apps on mobile devices, brickfilming is accessible to more people. After releasing The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Group produces a construction-themed stop-motion construction that is compatible with smartphones and encourages the art of brickfilming.
Maps Brickfilm
Technique
The modern brickfilm is captured with a digital camera (sometimes in the form of a webcam, DSLR or camcorder with still image capability). The widely accepted framerate for quality brick film is 15 frames per second, which is a compromise between minimum production time and smooth motion. Animators also tend to use the standard 4-frame minifigure walking cycle for this framerate. However, 12 frames per second and 24 frames per second is also a widely accepted frame rate in the community. Anything lower than 12 is often considered an amateur.
Before the movie is edited, the image itself can be changed to create a special effect frame by frame. Editing can be done with almost any digital video program. However, the most experienced brickfilmers prefer to use special stop motion software, such as free MonkeyJam, Helium Frog Animator, and Heron Animation, or professional software like Dragonframe. After that, compositing software such as Adobe After Effects can be used to add visual effects and video editors can be used to compile frames with audio tracks and complete movie production.
Brickfilming communities and festivals
Community
Brickfilms.com is an online community dedicated to brickfilming. Founded on December 16, 2000, Brickfilms.com is the first Internet brickfilming community ever created. It hosts a forum for filmmakers, technical articles and resources, and brickfilms directories. In 2007, the site became the "main center of Lego filmmaking" on the Internet, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Brickfilms.com started in 2000 as a website featuring several movies collected by Jason Rowoldt, its founder. In early 2003, Jason Rowoldt sold the site to Joshua Leasure. In 2006, the official website history stated that they have grown to host an active community of movie makers and directories of "hundreds of films". However, in 2007, shortly after the website was sold to Cynthia Price, there was a huge community uprising, causing most Brickfilms.com users to leave and find a new website, Bricks in Motion under the administration of Jonathan Schlaepfer, a former administrator of Brickfilms.com. Brickfilms.com remains online today, but is not as active as it once was.
Bricks in Motion is a website that focuses on the art of brickfilming. It was originally founded in 2001 as a pioneer brickfilmer Thomas Foote, and the current incarnation was founded by Jonathan Schlaepfer in 2008 as a new focusing community brickfilming website, featuring forums and then a movie directory. It became the home of the English-language brickfilming community after the exodus from Brickfilms.com began in 2008. The main site administrator today is Benjamin Ely, although the site is still owned by the old admin, Philip Heinrich. is currently the largest brickfilming community on the internet.
Film Festival
There are many film festivals in the brickfilming community dedicated entirely to the brickfilms screen. Some of the famous festivals are the Brickworld Film Festival, Chicago-based, Cine Brick, Portugal-based brick making festival, and Steinerei, the German brick making festival.
Documentary
The owner of the Bricks In Motion website, Philip Heinrich, and his production company, Ergo Possum, started a Kickstarter campaign to sort out the funding of his long movie, Bricks in Motion: The Documentary, a documentary that follows brickfilmers from all over the world and showcase their diverse personalities and their passion for craft, totaled $ 12,800 and started production in 2014. Production is completed in December 2015, and the film was released in various streaming services in 2017.
See also
- Lego
- Animation
References
External links
- Official LEGO Company website
- Bricks in Motion
- Brick ÃÆ' Brack
- Brickfilms.com
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