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Revision as of 18:25, 13 December 2009
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A brickfilm is a film made using Lego, or other similar plastic construction toys. They are usually created with stop motion animation, though CGI, traditional animation, and live action films featuring plastic construction toys (or representations of them) are also usually considered brickfilms.
Brickfilming History
The first known brickfilm was made between 1985 and 1989 in Perth, Western Australia by Lindsay Fleay, called The Magic Portal[1]. It is considered the forerunner of modern brickfilms, and mixes both stop-motion animation and live-action. It was captured on 16 mm film and features animated Lego, plasticene, and cardboard characters and objects.
Brickfilming has recently become popular because of the availability of cheap cameras and animation software, and the growth of video-sharing sites such as YouTube. The Lego Group officially encouraged the creation of brickfilms with the release of set #1349 Lego Studios Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set[2]. Though no longer in production, it introduced many Lego fans to the concept of brickfilming.
In recent times almost all brickfilming is digital based, with the frames captured using a variety of software via webcams or digital photo cameras.
Although brickfilms featuring minifigures are still the most dominant, making brickfilms with Bionicle figures is also popular.
Brickfilming Software
A 'Brick Film" requires a camera / webcam, a set to film on, a plastic construction toy to animate and a computer with editing software.
Some free editing software includes:
- Windows Movie Maker for Windows Me and above
- iMovie for Mac OS 8.6 and above
- ToonLoop for GNU/Linux
Brickfilming Communities
The brickfilming hobby has led to several online communities, including Bricks in Motion and Brickfilms LLC. Most of the brickfilms in these two communities are downloaded from other video communities. (YouTube, Myspace,etc.)
References
- ^ The Magic Portal on YouTube
- ^ #1349 LEGO Studios Steven Spielberg Movie Maker Set on the LUGNET LEGO Set Database
