I Am Not A Loser - BOTW #14

This week was a really good week for brickfilms. Not only were many uploaded, for reasons such as The 'Scaring Someone's Pants/Socks Off' Competion on bricksinmotion.com, but it was also BrickFlix, which sadly I didn't attend :( Well, lets see the results for this week!
3.LENS MAKES KILL - StUf364. Although this video was short, it was still very skilful. As you may or may not know, StUfF364 is the 2nd Channel of animationIsaac, who is actually an amazing animator. This video was featured in this post because of the high-quality animation, and the humour. However, there's no set design, and I think making even the smallest set would be satisfying, and would add to the overall impact of the film.
2.Lego Carnival - MICHAELHICKOXFilms. This film was a clever little idea. This video was a classic Michael Hickox film. A two-word title, and a normal thing which usually ends badly for a poor minifigure. However, the thing I enjoyed most about it was the amazing set design. The entire carnival was deliberately constructed so it would be a good parody of real, life-like rides. The construction I liked the most was the Merry-Go-Round and some other rides that are featured in the background, rather than ones that the character interacted with. It's also very funny, so it really deserves a place in this weeks post.
1.Bestia - France And Alex. This film is a breakthrough. Two and a half years to make a 22 minute long film. I am astounded by the time and effort put into this film. I also appreciate the fact that it doesn't go the comedic route, as I personally wouldn't want to watch a 22 minute long comedy brickfilm (actually, I would, I would just prefer it to be more serious) The voice acting is good, even if it is in French, but non-french speakers can understand it with the subtitles. The animation is also good -   the hard work has obviously paid off. The one criticism is, the storyline could do with some serious editing. I appreciate the fact that it was based on a real story, but the scenario just seemed to repeat itself - you'll know that when you see it. But, overall, it was a great way to spend a half hour, and I would really recommend watching it to those who haven't.
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Brickfilmers Achievements #1 - The Chase Begins Hits 1,000,000 Views!

I've been monitoring the view count of The Chase Begins for quite a while, ever since I found it was on the verge of hitting this remarkable achievement: a million views. It was made by brickfilmer MICHAELHICKOXFilms, who recently hit 100,000 subs on YouTube, which is pretty amazing. This film is an interesting one, promoting the new and popular Lego City Wii U game, which gives it double interest.  It is a great video, and deserves this award.

TIME TO BRING THE CALCULATOR OUT AND FIND OUT SOME STATS!

Days On Youtube (As Of Writing) - 72

Views (As Of Writing) - 1,009,920

Views Weekly - Roughly 98,193

Views Daily - Roughly 14,027

Views Hourly - Roughly 584

One View Every 10 Seconds (Roughly)

These stats are averages. There were not precisely 14,027 views every day. That would just be weird.

Well done Michael! Awesome achievement!

(This blog post was brought to you with the generous support of my Casio MJ 100 calculator...)

Chase McCain In Animation - And More! BOTW #5

Before I start showing you this week's brickfilms, I'm going to announce that my half-weekly blogpost is discontinued as I am going to concentrate on this weekly one. Right, let's go!
3.LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins Stop-Motion Feature - MICHAELHICKOXFilms. Michael Hickox recently hit 100,000 subscribers, which is a brickfilm achievement in my eyes, as only two other brickfilmers have managed this achievement (forrestfire101 and Keshen8) so, I guess this video was his celebration. He was asked by LEGO to promote their new game, The Chase Begins about LEGO City, the first LEGO City game commerically availiable, on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Overall, I think this video is funny, with Michael's predictable cheesy joke (this one is at 1:56). The animation quality is great, as always, but it would be good to see him trying a different story style.  .
2.Garbage Man - Paganomation. I was suprised that the official animators for The Official Lego Channel on youtube had time to enter the ReBrick competition, but I am very glad that they have found the time. Personally, this is my favourite Garbage Truck modification, but sadly I don't have all those pieces to make it :'( I also think that it is a magnificently animated video, but the only thing that I feel they should have dropped is the title card, as it will be removed if they win and it looked like they had taken time over it :(
Well, I am still supporting every ReBrick entry out there, so if you are reading and have a ReBrick entry submitted now,  I wish you the very best of luck!
1.Gorgy wants a horse - BrotherhoodWorkshop. This is my favourite ReBrick entry so far, and I am not suprised that BrotherhoodWorkshop's ReBrick Entries have both topped my charts consecutively. The creation is unique, but he is not the only person to opt for a medieval theme. How would anyone know that a barn could be turned into a Rocket Powered Wooden horse! I really think that BrotherhoodWorkshop is an amazing, creative, unique animator, and I think that this is almost guaranteed to do well. Well done BrotherhoodWork!
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