A Bevy of Brickfilms to Enjoy

Three brickfilms to share tonight. Two are associated with the Bricks in Motion THAC 8 and the other is some holiday fun from OldScratch. Enjoy!

New BiM Contest and 'Treasure Hunter'

Bricks in Motion announced today that the 2011 contest will be Toy Tales of Yore. Entrants are asked to tell a story with a historical bent.  Entries may be based on actual events, include historical settings, people, and/or events as central elements of the story.

You will have some time to create your entry as the contest deadline is July 17th, 2011. It seems like a lot, but given the amount of time that can go into a few seconds of a brickfilm, I wouldn't procrastinate.

Prizes from the contest include a license for Dragon Stop Motion software, 2010 Advent Sets, a USB microphone and a prize pack from BrickArms.

While you are debating what to base your next brickfilm on, you can check out Zach Macias' entry to the BiM Twenty-Four Hour challenge - Treasure Hunter. Enjoy!

Bricks In Motion Animation Challenges

I'm not clear on how these animation challenges work on Bricks In Motion, but filmyguy and mobdeli have created these nice brick films depicting 'chopping down a tree' and a 'window jump', respectively. Given that these are 'challenges', I'm assuming this must be all hard and stuff. These folks make it look so easy!

BiM 2010 Avant-Garde Winner: Zombie Genesis

Although a few brick films associated with the Bricks In Motion Avant-Garde contest have been popping up over the past few weeks, I thought I might wait until the field was narrowed to a handful of finalists. It would seem that the judges have decided to cut to the chase and announce the winners earlier today.

The top spot belongs to Nick Durron and his entry Zombie: Genesis. Well technically it's 'The Making of Zombie: Genesis' but who's counting. A very entertaining film in my opinion. Enjoy!

Keshen's Carboard Gear Solid

Brickfilm legend Keshen dares to ask the question, "A cardboard box, Snake? Really? REALLY?!".

If you find that you don't get the reference, then I really am to old for this $#!@...

Keshen won a couple of Bricks in Motion awards this year, including best screenplay and best vocal performance. Days of Our Pizza was also a nom for Film of the Year.

Plan on seeing more Keshen here in the future. Random humor always gets you blogged...

BiM 2009 Winner for Best Visual Effects: Picturesque

As we mentioned on Tuesday, the winners of the 2009 Bricks in Motion Awards were announced over the weekend in live chat and on Brickspace.org. Although not up for best picture, Nick Durron's "Picturesque" did win for best visual effects.

"Picturesque" is a multi-part story taking part in a world were technology has allowed any picture to be transformed into a portal to that location, real or otherwise.

I've supplied part one here, but the other installments can be found on YouTube.

I have only one question for Nick...why is it always so dark in the future?!

BiM 2009 Award Winners Announced

Brickspace.org has posted the winners of the 2009 Bricks in Motion awards. The announcements were held Saturday via live chat.

A few weeks ago we shared each of the nominees for the best film category. They are once again...

• The River
• Alles ist die Noppe
• A Clone Halloween
• Days of Our Pizza

An the BiM 2009 Best Film Award goes to...(drum roll)...Alles ist die Noppe!

Brickspace has the full list of winners from the various categories. Click on over to check it out!

BiM 2008 Best Brickfilm Winner - Unrenewable

All this week we've shown the four nominees up for the Bricks In Motion 2009 Best Brickfilm Award. I thought we would finish out the week by featuring the 2008 winner "Unrenewable" by Philip Heinrich and Smeagol Studios.

A cross between Blade Runner and Wall-E, "Unrenewable's" noirish style harkens back to detective films of the 1940's. Overall, the film felt a little long for me. It would have been nice to see a little more plot development aside from, 'detective meets shadowy character who knows more than he's letting on' (next scene) 'detective meets another shadowy character who knows more than he's letting on'. Rinse. Lather. Repeat. Big reveal.

I will say, however, that the effects in this film were quite nice. Approaching it from an admittedly naive viewpoint, the rain effects, facial animations, and even that blinky phone-thing were just plain 'neat'.

Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado I give you "Unrenewable", for your consideration...

The River - A LEGO Brickfilm

Bricks In Motion, a website dedicated to LEGO brickfilm, is currently awaiting the results of its 2009 BiM awards. There are four nominees up for 2009 BiM film of the year. We've already featured three: "A Clone Halloween" , "Alles ist die Noppe", and "Days of Our Pizza". Today we present the fourth and final nominee, "The River" by Winkyburger.

An interesting journey down the river of time, that ultimately deposits our hero at the source of all things...or does it?

Take a look...

Days of Our Pizza - A LEGO Brickfilm

Bricks In Motion, a website dedicated to LEGO brickfilm, is currently awaiting the results of its 2009 BiM awards. There are four nominees up for 2009 BiM film of the year. We've already featured "A Clone Halloween" and "Alles ist die Noppe". Today I give you the third nominee, "Days of Our Pizza" by Keshen.

If you tuned in to LAML podcast's interview with "A Clone Halloween" and "The Force Unleashed" creator Fancy Pants, you would have heard Jordon reference Keshen as one of his contemporaries.

Unlike our other two brickfilms, I will issue a warning. Although certain elements of language of been edited out, some viewers may find some of the content offensive. Parental discretion is advised.

Alles ist die Noppe - A LEGO Brickfilm

As we mentioned yesterday, Bricks In Motion is holding its 2009 brickfilm awards now. Yesterday we featured Fancy Pant's "A Clone Halloween". Today we showcase another 'film of the year' nominee that has a more serious bent.

Nichtgedreht has produced "Alles ist die Noppe"/"All is the Stud", a distopian future not unlike Orwell's 1984. Instead of big brother, however, we have a menacing 1x1 plate antagonizing our hero. Take a look and see for yourself...

A Clone Halloween - A Brickfilm by Fancy Pants

We mentioned the other day that LAML podcast was able to score an interview with "The Force Unleashed" creator Fancy Pants. This prompted me to visit Bricks In Motion, a website dedicated to LEGO brickfilm. Currently, they have nominees up for their 2009 BiM awards for film of the year. Fancy Pants' "A Clone Halloween" is up for that award.

Although I can't speak to all of the technical elements that went into the film, I have to say it's quite funny. Although it may appeal to my brand of random, off-the-wall humor, click the link below to see for yourself.



I'll be posting the other three nominees later this week, and let you know who won once results are announced.

LAML Interviews Fancy Pants: Creator of The Force Unleashed

A couple of weeks ago we featured a LEGO Star Wars brickfilm called "The Force Unleashed". It quickly became a viral hit online. LAML, the LEGO Talk Podcast, has scored an interview with creator Jordon Johnson, also known as "Fancy Pants".

There's quite a bit of technical brickfilm elements discussed in the interview. If you have an interest in creating your own stop-motion LEGO creation, you'll find insights into how films of this type are produced. There's also mention of "Bricks In Motion", a website community for brickfilms. We'll be watching this in the future for new and notable LEGO films.