{"id":693705,"date":"2017-06-15T13:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/693705\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T13:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T13:07:45","slug":"how-fan-films-shaped-the-lego-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/693705\/","title":{"rendered":"How fan films shaped The Lego Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TVe5XPU10Zc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe 2014 film was an animation feat \u2014\u00a0but it was built on the legacy of homemade fan movies. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel! http:\/\/goo.gl\/0bsAjO<\/p>\n<p>When you watch installments of the Warner Bros. line of Lego movies, it&#8217;s hard not to be struck by how realistic the animation is. It isn&#8217;t quite traditional stop motion \u2014 but it sure looks as if it could be. That&#8217;s largely thanks to the work of the animators at Animal Logic, a Sydney-based visual effects studio that has worked on The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, and the upcoming The Lego Ninjago Movie. Powered by live action filming techniques and a close attention to detail, the studio has helped reinvent what Lego animations can look like. But they owe a lot of that aesthetic to the influence of fan films. Since the early 1970s, enthusiasts have made home movies with their own Lego sets. They&#8217;re called Brickfilms \u2014\u00a0and they&#8217;ve grown into a sizable community producing great movies and helping many young animators get their start. The Lego Movie animators learned from what made those home movies so good by embracing the limitations of the medium, and creating a world that anyone could could rebuild at home. <\/p>\n<p>Check out some of the Brickfilms we showed in this video: <\/p>\n<p>The Magic Portal: https:\/\/youtu.be\/jde4qHbCtSg<br \/>\nJourney to the Moon: https:\/\/youtu.be\/SW583kCiOWo<br \/>\nMatrix 2003: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Matrix2003<br \/>\nMonty Python and the Holy Grail in Lego: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrailInLegoFlv<br \/>\nTapporalli 2020: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/tapporalli<br \/>\nPredator Montage: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/PredatorMontageClip<br \/>\nONE: A Space Odyssey: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/oneaspaceodyssey<br \/>\nKrieg der Steine: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/KriegDerSteine<br \/>\nBatman Begins Montage: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Batman_Begins_Montage_clip<br \/>\nDelivery: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/DeliveryH264<br \/>\nStar Wars Brickfilm: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Danstarwarsbrickfilm-test<br \/>\nVictim: https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/Victim_h264<\/p>\n<p>For a great explainer on how to make your own Brickfilm at home, check out this video: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ukFWYe-ZeTw<\/p>\n<p>Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what&#8217;s really driving the events in the headlines. 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