Details: It's time for another entry into the genre of Brickfilms made with LEGO sculptures and stop motion animation. This time, we get to see all of the in-progress photos right off the bat - when you're done watching the video here (40 seconds of great LEGO and animation work), check out the builder's webpage and flickr set for this model (linked above) to see each thing the LEGO becomes and photos of transformations in progress. Frequently, stop-motion animation is made with only a handful of the LEGO parts assembled at any given time - in this case, it looks like the entire thing was built at once. The effect in the side-by-side still photos of each series of models is almost better than the animation itself. You can lose perspective of what you're seeing when the transformations go by so quickly in the video, and the stills bring out the action.
As an added bonus, this ends with a nice studs-up mosaic of the LEGO logo. A mosaic, sculptures, and stop-motion video! This sort of clever combination of themes makes me wonder why some people never venture beyond building in just one or two themes.
Details: Last year, we covered a brickfilm that was assembled as a music video for the song 8-bit Trip by rymdreglage. Now we can see a little bit behind the scenes thanks to these new photos on their website.
Created by Sean Kenney and David Pagano. Full credits:
RED LIGHT : Biking Rules PSA campaign for Biking Rules.org Producer: Sean Kenney Director: MA Shumin Stop-motion animator / Editor: David Pagano Music / Sound Designer: Brian Kenney
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The clever Brickfilm-based PSA blends a minifig-scale town with a traffic light sculpture by way of "Hollywood magic" (of the sort that a few LEGO fans can work in New York City without the actual use of a Hollywood production studio). The end of the clip can be a little startling, but the piece as a whole is a winner and the models contained therein are solid. I, for one, would like to see more projects of this sort - I believe this is the first time that we've seen a LEGO Certified Professional collaborate with an established BrickFilmer.
Details: To promote their song "8-bit trip", the Swedish band rymdreglage decided to put together a BrickFilm as the music video for the song. It wound up being a pretty spectacular BrickFilm, very craftsmenlike in it's use of bricks and plates to create something of high-resolution look. One moment we're seeing a large sculpture build itself, the next we're seeing flawless mosaics animate a scene (or render various classic video game characters). Technically proficient and animated in a more professional manner than most BrickFilms I've seen, this one's a winner just on the merits as a LEGO creation, before you factor in how well the video game references work.
The only thing to critique about this viral video's run around the Internet? The BrickFilm is so good that it seems to be distracting us from the song it's supposed to promote.
It turns out that in Wednesday's post, I featured the wrong video - the guy behind this one (which is the one I meant to share) managed to churn out a second one (which was what you saw Wednesday). They're both spectacular videos worth sharing, but I personally have more experience with this one's selection of games.
Details: Words fail. These classic games were captured here so well (through the art of LEGO mosaics and stop-motion animation). I was particularly impressed by the small area used for these mosaics - in some cases, the intuitive parts to use to create the characters wouldn't have fit into the space used.
argh my Flash installation got messed up since I first set this video aside to be blogged - I can't re-watch it now. I remember it being quite awesome, however. I'm afraid that's all I can say for today, though.
Details: Generally, when you see minifigs in an animated context, stop motion animation is used. This time, an NXT was used instead, controlling both NXT motors and Power Functions motors. There are more details (along with the actual video) on the website listed above - don't miss the photos, they're the only hints as to how this was done.
This poseable figure, "Cowpoke", was created for LEGO for this music video:
