Welcome to Bricks in Motion

French speaking movie -This is actually my first birckfilm. I wanted to produce something of great quality concerning shots, lights, effects and sound. The baseline of the story is quite common, but I tried my best to make it funny in some ways.
The production took me 10 months of work, 7 200 pictures and more than a hundred videos HD.
I wrote the script of the first part last year and here is the movie. The hole story is to be in three parts, the second one being shooting at the moment.
I'll work on subtitles as soon as possible.

The story is about James Poiret, a young soldier growing in a world at war. Legos coming from the Blackbox engaged fights in 1944, leaded by Tyr-Hannick, a dark and pitiless tyrant.
James is not like everybody else, he's got something special... in his bag. He must bring it to the dark lord before the world would fall...

Hope you'll enjoy even if you may not understand the dialogues (but as I said, I'm working on english subtitles and even an english version for the second movie wich should be finished around christmas).

Jonathan Vaughan:
Hold the Lines is one of the most cinematic Brickfilms I've ever seen. It's also quite long, running at just under 37 minutes. Given that this is the first of three planned parts, I would have to chalk this up as one of the most ambitious Brickfilming endeavors ever. Sadly, some quality, particularly in terms of animation and visual effects, is sacrificed for quantity, but the film still succeeds because of fantastic editing, cinematography, sound design and music choices.

I can't comment much on the plot, as I didn't understand any of the French and (I think) German dialog, however what little I did get was awesome. Many elements of this film appear inspired by great World War II films such as Inglourious !@#$%^&* and Saving Private Ryan. The real standout here comes in the technical categories, particularly the editing, which sets the perfect pace in every scene and makes this feel like a feature film. The music, an assemblage of various tracks from film scores, also goes a long way to giving the film some dramatic weight.

Few of the visual effects in this film are fully realized, but the sheer scope and ambition of many scenes is incredible. Consider an unexpected battle that breaks out as some soldiers are driving along in a truck. The editing sells the scene, even though the visual effects are of comparably poor quality. There is even a Saving Private Ryan-style moment as one of the soldiers gets up, his ears still ringing from a blast. It is times like these that elevate the filmmaking on display here to a caliber seen in few Brickfilms.

Another weak point is the animation, which is over-reliant on live-action segments and rather jerky at other times. Given the amount of action in the plot, it's sad to see that more work didn't go into the this.

My final verdict on the film won't come until I see an English-subtitled version, but even without understanding any of the dialog I enjoyed this immensely and I wish more Brickfilms like this were made. It is absolutely worth 37 minutes of your time.