What is the influence that fans' independent film produced by the movie 'LEGO movie' had given?

Film based on Lego in 2014 "LEGO movie"Has been released. It sounded as though some people were amazed at the image that the Lego block and the dolls in our house are moving as it is, but before the movie is made like that, actually the existence of the image made by the fans It had a big influence.

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It was made in 2001 as "Lego's first CG movie" Jack Stone ".


With about 20 minutes of work at VHS, the characters are drawn with CG and characterized by freely moving.



After that, "LEGO movie" released after 13 years was a work which is very different from "Jack Stone", "atmosphere like Lego Block".


A story about why such a work was born is VFX Production Company who has been in charge of "Gawlele's Legend", "300", etc.Animal LogicWe are unveiled by Grant Freckelton and his colleagues who are designers.


Animal Logic brought up "LEGO movie" together with Mr. Chris Miller and Phil Rodd.


Mr. Miller and Mr. Road aimed at such things that audiences could not distinguish between live action and CG. That aimed well and I was talking about "This is CG? Stop motion?" Before movie release. Actually 99% is CG animation, but it is a commitment work that puts respect for stop motion and is made according to that rule and style.


In the past, films based on LEGO include 'Bionicle: Mask of Light' in 2003, 'Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick' in 2005, 'Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes' in 2013 , A number of works have been created.


The difference between these works and "LEGO movies" is that the fact that it is a Lego block in the previous work was sometimes ignored. The Lego block is made of plastic so it will not stretch or bend, but in the movies the characters were moving more flexibly than the actual toys.


For example, in "Lego Star Wars" parts of the face are moving. Of course, the face of the Lego doll does not deform.


In "LEGO movies" it is all portrayed as if they are using real Lego parts as they are.


In "LEGO movie", since the principle "part does not bend and does not stretch" is being kept, for example, when a character changes clothes, it is not stretched like a piece like clothing, but body parts are clothed from naked It is replaced with that of.



However, observing this rule leads to various restrictions.


However, like the R2 - D2 and BB - 8 that appear in the Star Wars, it seems that the character became more attractive by moving within the restriction.


In fact, looking back on as "Lego's movie", its history dates back to "En Rejse Til Manen (Journey to the Moon)" which was made by Lars & Henrik Hassing, 10 years old and 12 year old cousin, living in Denmark in 1973.






This work seems to have been made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of great grandmother's marriage, and it is thought that it is the first work of stop motion movie using LEGO. After that, the "brick movie" using Lego was created.


"On Ones" is about 24 frames per second, which is used when sudden movements and smooth movements are required, basically 12 frames per second, called "On Twos", was used.


Two people who made "Journey to the Moon" were invited to a tour of LEGO FACTORY, and a lot of LEGO was awarded.


However, it seems that Lego is not necessarily favorable to a brick movie made by fans. An example of this was the movie "The Magic Portal" made by Lindsay Fleay, then a teenager at the time from 1985 to 1989. Mr. Fleay contacted LEGO before sending it to the film festival and competition and received OK. However, Lego later reversed this judgment and approached "I will dispose of all the films within 7 days." Ultimately, LEGO will give OK again, but Mr. Fleay did after the film festival and competition missed. Mr. Fleay seems to have worked at Animal Logic, who later produced "LEGO movies", but he said that, actually, "LEGO movie" had retired before production. But he also had a big impact on the world of brick movies.


Therefore, in "LEGO movies" there are scenes in which live-action part and boy has a barrel written as "The Magic Portal".


The number of blocks appearing in "LEGO movies" is 1,508,330 pieces.


And there are 182 mini figures (characters).


The mockup of the design was made with free software "Lego Digital Designer".


Added dirt and scratches on the block at Maya.


Writing is reproducing a method of lighting with a light bulb like Mr. Fleay actually did.


The flying line of a floating character is in common with "Journey to the Moon".


It is similar to "The Magic Portal" that the LEGO world and the real world blend together.


In addition, "LEGO movie" has appeared in 4 movies of fan production.


The fact that "Lego Digital Designer" is free software means that the staff of Vox who produced this movie tried to reproduce the movie, but it was too difficult to reproduce.