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Bricks in Motion
We are a friendly filmmaking community devoted to the art of stop-motion animation using LEGO® and similar construction toys. Here, you can share your work, join our community of other brickfilmers, and participate in periodic animation contests!
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That was pretty amusing. xD
I felt, though, that it could have used some trimming down a bit here and there, as it felt a bit drawn out.
Also, until the very end when you got a good look at Mr. Pig, I had absolutely no idea what the thing was. It just looked like some weird shape, and I didn't get how it was a pig. I wish there had been some sort of shot where you could see him properly at the beginning.
The only other thing I thought was odd would be the strange framing which kept switching randomly to all sorts of weird stuff.
What was the point of that?
The boxed shots were a stylistic thing I wanted to try, the idea was to mirror the fragmented nature of the character's mindset and also to divide up the space in some interesting ways even though it was essentially four different camera angles in a moving car. I've seen it done a few times, mostly in experimental short films, but liked the idea and thought it would fit the bizarre, distanced aesthetic of the movie. There are some similar things done in a lot of old silent films as well (D.W. Griffith's work for instance). The acting, writing, cropping, etc. was all intended to create a sense of aesthetic distance, it's deliberately bizarre and tense and uncomfortable.
I was definitely experimenting with this short, I wanted to try some things and figured that some folks would appreciate them but others would find them confusing/distracting.
Is it alright if I was both???
That was truly interesting! Also, what was the pig made of, I am rather curious...? 
Good work!
That's so weird. I have a crush on a girl named Eloise.
Anyways, the film was pretty good. I laughed a few times. But, I didn't really like the box-screen-thingies. It was a little strange. But, you should keep experimenting with new stuff like this. And you should keep making more live-action shorts like this, I seem to like them a lot.
I also was able to spot the Sonic's Drive-In in the background (at 1:58).
Just shows - to each his own... I liked the boxed shots. It made the scenes more interesting and engaging to watch and fit in well with the general mood of the film.
Topit, I think the pig was leather or imitation leather?? It was rather hard to tell that it was a pig until the end, but since we were told what it was from the beginning, I didn't let that bother me too much.
Nice job. Smeagol!
I filmed this just about across the street from the site of the fertilizer plant explosion. Pretty surreal to hear the president at my school talking about the kolaches.
Mmm, kolaches.
In all seriousness, I knew you filmed this in West, TX. It's kinda weird to see the town you shot a film in just be devestated like that, in my opinion. It must have been more weird for you. My prayers go out to those injured.
Last edited by Mickey (July 20, 2013 (12:14am))
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