I'm back! I'm sorry it took me so long to return, but after the summer holidays I thought I'd take a break which, as a procrastinator, stretched on to around 6 months. It won't happen again, I promise! Anyway, I'm going to jump right in again, and I'm going to review the best 3 brickfilms of the last two weeks (there wasn't really much content this week to do an individual post. Let's go!
3. Black Friday - Walter Benson. I was really happy to see when I returned to YouTube, Walter Benson had released two videos, both partially related. This one depicts the dreaded stream of manic shoppers breaking shop doors down to get the bargains on their plastic items of entertainment to send to their minifig friends. It's very funny, and the animation is perfect. Even the set design is great, however small the set is. The video also raises a major question - why is there no terrifying film about Black Friday? Enough with the vampires and murderers, bring on the evil SHOPPERS!
2. LEGO Blues Brothers- Shopping Mall Chase Scene - Bricktease. This is a great, original animation. The set design is by far the most impressive I've seen while reviewing for this post. It was recreated to the last detail to look astonishingly like the scene from the classic film - check out this to see it compared to the original. However, the animation was slightly choppy - maybe because he built the set on tiles, which definitely makes it harder to animate minifigures and vehicles. Also, I never thought I'd say this - Bricktease's version is too well lit! The original footage is much darker, because it's a '80s film set in the '60s. Other than that, it's great, and I really enjoyed watching it.
1. Giving Thanks - Walter Benson. The only Thanksgiving video I found in my feed was this, and believe me, I'm glad Walter decided to upload this. It was hilarious. It's like Thanksgiving for the smug annoying people. The humour in this - some lines 'I'm thankful I smell good - unlike THAT stinky person!' really made me laugh. This is one of those themed videos that never get old - even when it's the height of Easter and your feed is being bombarded with videos of insane Easter Bunnies (I get that a lot, am I alone in this plight?). Anyway, the animation is great, the set fantastic, Walter strikes again!
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Sunday, 8 December 2013
Monday, 9 September 2013
BOTW #19 - One Popular Film!
liked this week in many ways. I liked the range of brickfilms. I liked the fact that many brickfilms veered away from humour (which is not good most of the time, but y'know, it's good to have a break) and I also like the fact that one film landed OVER HALF A MILLION VIEWS IN LESS THAN A WEEK.
3.Joan Of ART & Greta Frants - Better Day (Official Music Video) - coccosnowball. This video is very cool. It is one of the rare occasions when artists/bands use lego and to make their music videos using it. I figured it's actually a good way to make a would-be-high-budget-film-if-it-was-live-action without having to spend much money. I like the song, although it may not appeal to people who don't like electronic music, and the video itself is a little random, but has good animation and skilled set design.
2.Super Short - Romantic Beach Scene - Walter Benson. Last week Walter made a fantastic mime film that topped BOTW, and he has come back again with another unique idea. Although it's short, it's super (as the title suggests) and I find that Walter has perfected the 'Romantic Scene Goes Wrong' like this famous film. I think that the lighting is amazing, using what looks like a desktop light to make a fantastic sunset, and I like his way of making waves unlike famous brickfilmer Michael Hickox. I think it's generally great, and I said last week that Walter should make more films. Did I encourage him?
1.LEGO The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Teaser Trailer [HD] - BrotherhoodWorkshop. This was, how should I put it, um...MIND-BLOWING. I was just amazed to see the time that they must of put into, synchronising the scenes to the actual trailer, the fantastic set design and the VFX. Their aren't very many brickfilming studios, and BrotherhoodWorkshop lie among the a few that create fantastic work with all the people and contributors. I hope this comes to the attention to Peter Jackson, because BrotherhoodWorkshop have created many amazing LOTR films, and could be great use to him. It would probably be their dream come true. I also want to point out that it got over 600,000 views in the space of under a week. I won't be surprised if Desolation Of Smaug makes millions in the box office.
3.Joan Of ART & Greta Frants - Better Day (Official Music Video) - coccosnowball. This video is very cool. It is one of the rare occasions when artists/bands use lego and to make their music videos using it. I figured it's actually a good way to make a would-be-high-budget-film-if-it-was-live-action without having to spend much money. I like the song, although it may not appeal to people who don't like electronic music, and the video itself is a little random, but has good animation and skilled set design.
2.Super Short - Romantic Beach Scene - Walter Benson. Last week Walter made a fantastic mime film that topped BOTW, and he has come back again with another unique idea. Although it's short, it's super (as the title suggests) and I find that Walter has perfected the 'Romantic Scene Goes Wrong' like this famous film. I think that the lighting is amazing, using what looks like a desktop light to make a fantastic sunset, and I like his way of making waves unlike famous brickfilmer Michael Hickox. I think it's generally great, and I said last week that Walter should make more films. Did I encourage him?
1.LEGO The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Teaser Trailer [HD] - BrotherhoodWorkshop. This was, how should I put it, um...MIND-BLOWING. I was just amazed to see the time that they must of put into, synchronising the scenes to the actual trailer, the fantastic set design and the VFX. Their aren't very many brickfilming studios, and BrotherhoodWorkshop lie among the a few that create fantastic work with all the people and contributors. I hope this comes to the attention to Peter Jackson, because BrotherhoodWorkshop have created many amazing LOTR films, and could be great use to him. It would probably be their dream come true. I also want to point out that it got over 600,000 views in the space of under a week. I won't be surprised if Desolation Of Smaug makes millions in the box office.
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Romance Needs No Words - BOTW #18
This week I have found myself looking at the most wide range of films I've ever seen in one week. That's mainly due to the fact that there hasn't really been a contest on, apart from rebrick.com's 'Show Us An AFOL*' which was only released later in the week. I am excited to show you all the different varieties of films, so let's start!
3.Spaceman Frank - backyardlegos. This is what I mean when I say there is a variety of films this week, and this one may be the moststrange unique. Even though the film is short, it's pleasing and makes you laugh. The animation is good, and it's actually a pretty good limerick (if there is such a thing). I wish this kind of humorous poetry was made more into brickfilms, because it's very clever and a great idea. It would also give a chance for brickfilmers to be creative in a short space of time.
2.AFOL Date - thefourmonkeys4. This is an entry to Rebrick's 'Show Us An AFOL' competition, and was only just released when I started writing this. I like the animation and the set design, and it's a worthy entrant to the competition. I think that the storyline is fine, but it could have benefited from a bit of a twist. Thefourmonkeys create such a variety of films, often, and all of good quality. Well done Monkeys!
1.Love In Black and White - Walter Benson. Walter hasn't uploaded a video for months, since his attempt at THAC X (which he only came 40th at - which I thought was outrageous). I love the story, and although it may have been lengthy - for a brickfilm - was good the way it is. I also liked the animation, although it wasn't perfect. But my favourite part was the set-design. Walter is well known on Flickr for his amazing sets, and I love how he incorporates the sets into his brickfilms as well as his photos. I really like the park gates, and because of his large Lego collection, he can incorporate lots of detail into small things. I love this video, and I just hope there isn't another 7 Month gap between this and his next one!
*that's Adult Fan of Lego, in case you didn't know (and I'm sure you did....)
3.Spaceman Frank - backyardlegos. This is what I mean when I say there is a variety of films this week, and this one may be the most
2.AFOL Date - thefourmonkeys4. This is an entry to Rebrick's 'Show Us An AFOL' competition, and was only just released when I started writing this. I like the animation and the set design, and it's a worthy entrant to the competition. I think that the storyline is fine, but it could have benefited from a bit of a twist. Thefourmonkeys create such a variety of films, often, and all of good quality. Well done Monkeys!
1.Love In Black and White - Walter Benson. Walter hasn't uploaded a video for months, since his attempt at THAC X (which he only came 40th at - which I thought was outrageous). I love the story, and although it may have been lengthy - for a brickfilm - was good the way it is. I also liked the animation, although it wasn't perfect. But my favourite part was the set-design. Walter is well known on Flickr for his amazing sets, and I love how he incorporates the sets into his brickfilms as well as his photos. I really like the park gates, and because of his large Lego collection, he can incorporate lots of detail into small things. I love this video, and I just hope there isn't another 7 Month gap between this and his next one!
*that's Adult Fan of Lego, in case you didn't know (and I'm sure you did....)
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