17-year-old Dylan Woodley of Insomniac Animations made this really sweet music video for the song “Houdini” by Foster the People. There’s nothing terribly noteworthy about the animation or story — the video does drag in a few parts — but the real triumph here is in the staging and lighting …
[Read more]A few days ago, my co-author uploaded the fourth of five behind-the-scenes videos for four commercials his company produced for the LEGO Group last year, collectively referred to as the “Red Brick Saga.” As an animator, these “making of” videos are, in some ways, more enjoyable that the four branded …
[Read more]Eric J. Nelson of Heavy Visuals brings us this cute LEGO City promo, which I assume was for one of the Tongal LEGO contests. It’s a neat short, with some nice animation and cool music (which for some reason reminds me of Super Metroid). The use of a LEGO train …
[Read more]YouTube user Brotherhood Workshop brings us this short stop-motion LotR parody. Not too much LEGO (apart from minifigs), but good stuff nonetheless.
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It’s been three years since we first got word that a “LEGO movie” was in development over at Warner Brothers. Since that initial announcement, they’ve released some tidbits about the film here and there, but it’s been piecemeal at best. And in this weird, modern, publicity-driven movie making landscape, I …
[Read more]Zach Macias (Mindgame Studios) has created this mildly spoilerish TDKR parody. When it is done, and Gotham is in ashes, then you have my permission to chuckle to yourself.
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