It is the most well known of early brickfilms and took 4 and a half years to complete from 1985 1989, using a lot of borrowed equipment and a borrowed camera as well as with funding from the australian creative development fund. Of course, we emphasize lego who am i kidding lego is the best, but other similar building toys are accepted. Widely considered to be the first brickfilm ever made, it was created by lindsay fleay in perth, western australia, around 1985. After fleay sent the video to lego, the company expressed concerns about legal issues and demanded that fleay surrender every copy he had of the tape. With ingle knight, bernie davis, ross bryant, tina williams. One inspiration for the lego movie was the magic portal. To celebrate the lego movie, the five best short brickfilms. The lego movie was a toxic combination of everything that makes that engine. Before entering festivals and competitions, fleay sent the film to lego to see if they were interested in doing something with it. The first widely viewed brickfilm was the magic portal, created on 16 mm film and released in 1989 by lindsay fleay while he was a film student. With the introduction of lego stephen spielberg moviemaking set, lego has encouraged fans to make brickfilms. It was created in perth, western australia, between the years of 1985 and 1989.
Last week vox media released a very interesting documentary about how fancreated stopmotion films shaped the lego movie and other official lego animations. This was created in 1989 by australian animator lindsay fleay, it was sadly rejected and the film went on to be referenced in the lego movie in 2014. Killer croc amazing stop motion lego animation brickfilm movie show. The third known brickfilm was made between 1985 and 1989 in perth, western australia by lindsay fleay, and called the magic portal, a film shot on a bolex 19mm camera. The magic portal was one of the first brickfilms to ever be made by lindsay fleay. The writing was witty, the jokes were funny, the graphics were obviously incredible, it was poignant, heartwarming, and even had a reference to lindsay fleays magic portal. The magic portal is a 1989 scifi adventure comedy brickfilm by lindsay fleay about the adventures of a spaceman who escapes through a portal into the real world. But that said, it got to the end of the movie and something. The magic portal movie analysis stop motion film tutorials. Feb 22, 2019 how lego has created its own movie multiverse.
One inspiration for the lego movie was the magic portal, a sciencefiction short directed by an australian animator, lindsay fleay, in 1989. The lego movie was not just an amazing animation feat, but it was also built on the legacy of homemade fan movies. The magic portal is a short stop motion film that uses lego, plasticene. What is the influence that fans independent film produced. An especially notable and wellknown early brickfilm was made between 1985 and 1989 in perth, western australia by lindsay fleay, named the magic portal. Another variation would be to just animate any articulated toys, it doesnt have to be restricted to lego. You can watch lindsay fleay s 1989 lego short film, the magic portal, below. Lindsay fleay is known for his work on the matrix 1999, the lord of the rings. It will be shown for about five seconds real footage in which the animator lindsay fleay is bent over the set to see. He used borrowed equipment to shoot it in his parents basement. Michel gondry brought legomation into the spotlight with his fell in love with a girl music video white stripes. Brickfilm simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mistakenly believed to be the ultimate hero, average yellow bloke emmet gets drafted into a team of master builders, all fighting to stop the evil president business from destroying their brick universe.
I immediately watched lindsay fleays the magic portal, which i didnt even know existed until. However, lego later reversed this judgment and approached i will dispose of all the films within 7 days. Simple animations, such as walking, can be animated quickly and realistically. Jun 23, 2017 last week vox media released a very interesting documentary about how fancreated stopmotion films shaped the lego movie and other official lego animations. It was captured on 16 mm film and features animated lego, plasticine, and cardboard characters and objects, mixing both stop motion animation and live action. Now i know there was something from the 70s and that lindsay fleay worked for animal logic and left an impression. Even its creator, lindsay fleay, an experienced game developer and animator, is a little surprised that he appears to be the first to have made a brickfilm, but in truth its a pretty engaging. This magic portal lends its name to the 16minute film, which involves such absurdities as two lego. Aboard a humongous space ship, an astronaut discovers a magic, glowing portal that brings him to a land of wonder and amazement. Jul 01, 2009 widely considered to be the first brickfilm ever made, it was created by lindsay fleay in perth, western australia, around 1985. Il a ete realise entre 1985 et 1989 par laustralien lindsay fleay. The magic portal lindsay fleay 1985 1989 features animated lego, plasticine, and cardboard characters and objects, mixing both stop motion animation and live action footage, with fleay making an live action appearance.
Throughout the lego movie, there are many subtle and notsosubtle references to the sometimesinspiring, sometimes. A brickfilm is a stopmotion movie using legos, mega blocks, or other legolike products. It will be interesting to see if the studio can really define its brand and make it stand out in the face of. Jun 21, 2017 an example of this was the movie the magic portal made by lindsay fleay, then a teenager at the time from 1985 to 1989. Established in 1991, animal logic has produced visual effects and animation for feature films such as the academy awardwinning happy feet, legend of the guardians.
An example of this was the movie the magic portal made by lindsay fleay, then a teenager at the time from 1985 to 1989. An ordinary lego minifigure embarks on an extraordinary quest to save his world in the dazzling, first bigscreen lego film. Fleay contacted lego before sending it to the film festival and competition and received ok. You can watch lindsay fleays 1989 lego short film, the magic portal, below. It is a wellknown and highlyregarded early brickfilm, and due to its stature it has also been known to be misattributed as the first ever brickfilm. For example, i didnt realize the history of brickfilms. Kudos to student tim wheatley, who came up with this incredibly nifty diy animation using a bicycle wheel, cardboard cutouts, and wire to create a magical reinvention of the classic zoetrope, earths earliest form of animation it first surfaced in china around 180 ad.
He is known in brickfilming for the 1989 film the magic portal, a wellknown and highly regarded early brickfilm fleay went on to work as a 3d animator at animal logic, working on films such as the matrix and the lord of the rings. Keep watch for a shoutout to this film in the lego movie. If you want to know what i meant by what seems, use the contraption, i created. On the other hand, the very first brick film which contained lego minifigures called the magic portal by animator lindsay fleay which has inspired the lego movie. Its debatable whether the lego movie qualifies as a brickfilm, but no one can. Make a lego movie pasadena public library june 8, 2019 2. This is the first lego animation or brickfilm as some people would call it, ever made, by a genius named lindsay fleay. The lego movie message of thinking for yourself and trying new things may sound a lot like theme of the croods last year, but it presents this notion in a much more lively and clever manner. The portal takes him to a strange and surreal lego world where he has a close. We shaped the lego movie until now, i would have thought the magic portal was the earliest brickfilm in existence. Brickfilms are often used to help the lego group advertise more sets and themes.
Ever since then, due to the lack of camera cost, brickfilming has become popular on sites, such as youtube. Shortly afterwards, david etheridge made a lego music video for ether reals rave single, zap, in which the bandmembers turn into. It was made 19801989 in perth, western australia by lindsay fleay. Christophe haubursin from vox speaks with grant freckelton from animal logic, the animation studio behind the warner bros. Notable brickfilms how brickfilm works howstuffworks. Lego films, about how fanmade lego films, aka brickfilms, have helped shape and influence the modern, ultrarealistic lego movies. Glanced back up at the lego collections in confusion. Shaking her head side to side, she glanced back at the letter and finished reading the letter. At the end of the movie, the main characters escape into the real world and get to see fleay. In the 1980s, animator lindsay fleary created a 16minute short, the magic portal, using lego bricks. Legothe magic portallindsay fleay video dailymotion.
The first known brickfilm was called the magic portal. The magic portal is a 1989 scifi adventure comedy brickfilm by lindsay fleay. It depicted the shenanigans of a few characters on a spaceship who go through a portal that takes them to various places where they encounter aliens, robots and other characters. Shortly afterwards, david etheridge made a lego music video for ether reals rave single, zap, in which the bandmembers turn into minifigures and go on a surreal river journey. While using clay characters and such is accepted, and may still allow the film to be defined as a brickfilm lindsay fleays gonna hate me for saying this, but the magic portal is considered a brickfilm and it has a clay character in. The lego movie features a prominent visual reference to the magic portal, and according to someone who was a student of fleays, friends of fleay who still. After fleay sent the video to lego, the company expressed concerns about legal issues and demanded that. The magic portal is a short stop motion film that uses lego, plasticene, cardboard and pixellated live action, made between the years of 1985 and 1989 on. I was already familiar with a lot of the information presented, but i still learned some pretty interesting things. Before entering festivals and competitions, fleay sent the film to lego to see if they were interested in. It was captured on a bolex 16mm camera with 16 mm film and features animated lego, plasticine, and cardboard. You may think that the lego movie from 2014 is to be considered a brick film, unfortunately, the lego movie uses cgi.
This magic portal lends its name to the 16minute film, which involves such absurdities as two lego men and a clay creature driving around a human shoe. The magic portal is a short stop motion film that uses lego, plasticene, cardboard and pixellated live action, made between the years of 1985 and 1989 on good ol fashioned 16mm film. It was made 19801989 in perth, western australia by lindsay fleay a brickfilm can be made by taking a lego character, and placing it on a board. Throughout the lego movie, there are many subtle and notsosubtle references to the sometimesinspiring. Jan 18, 2015 okay, id better start by saying that i thought they lego movie was pretty awesome. However, legomation has been around since the late 80s, the first known brickfilm being lindsay fleay s the magic portal the lego animation process is painstakingly long. How to build a multibilliondollar film franchise 1843. The first brickfilm was made in the late 1980s by a woman named lindsay fleay, called the magic portal.
A great deal of that has to do with the look of the animation, which is beautiful in its crudeness. The magic portal in the lego movie in the lego movie 2014, the magic. I immediately watched lindsay fleay s the magic portal, which i didnt even know existed until. Youtube is changing their video monetization policy. Lego movie launches a new brand, the warner animation group, on an extremely high note. Theyve already announced the lego movie 2 as their fourth movie, scheduling it to open memorial day weekend 2017 after two original films called storks and smallfoot arrive over the next two years. Before entering festivals and competitions, fleay sent the film to lego. In an interesting coincidence, animal logic eventually went on to create the animation for the. The story concerns the strange fate of a lego astronaut called l, who discovers the magic portal on board his giant spaceship. Lindsay originally recieved a seize and desist letter from the lego company after. Lindsay fleay the magic portal was a brick film, created by lindsay fleay, and finished in 1989. Lets learn about filming shots with some help from.
The magic portal by lindsay fleay the second oldest known lego fan film took four years to complete and was shot on 16mm back in the 1980s. Okay, id better start by saying that i thought they lego movie was pretty awesome. If you want to know what i meant by what seems, use the contraption i have created. Here is an example of a lego film, possibly the first ever made, by lindsay fleay in 1989. It was captured on a bolex 16mm camera with 16 mm film and features animated lego, plasticine, and cardboard characters and objects, mixing both stop motion animation and live action footage. I cant believe that people were animating lego as far back as the 1970s. However, legomation has been around since the late 80s, the first known brickfilm being lindsay fleays the magic portal the lego animation process is painstakingly long. Between 1985 and 1989, australian lindsay fleay worked on a stopmotion movie where lego toys find a way out of a selfcontained lego world using a magic portal. Produced by australian student lindsay fleay between 1985 and.
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