Topic: BRAWL 2021 IS OVER!
Accepted Entries:
Dr Waffle
Brickmaster Studio
Stop Motion Garage
Dredgen_39
UrbanStopMotion
Onewiththestud
QuickBrick
The Animation's Path
J.W. Productions
ZX Ninja
Robukka
doctor Broham
ABrickBoy Films
ErikTongStudios
GabyTales
2x4Productions
Joshua Nelson
The Roman
Loving Lego
Infinity Prime Studios
Duffosaur
GregoryAnimations
FlexibleDonut
Psycho Stopmotion Bros
Unroyalty
Helix Bricks Productions
Iron Seagull
Bros with da Legos
LaughingLego
Coolbubba26
egg mcguffin
Penta
soupmanjack
oskifilm
Nachiketas
Noah Pictures
ace brick animations
panoramicc
Flat Earth Productions
Formal Lens
Fruitcake Fanatic
William Osborne
Joshua Armell
Awesomepants
MindGame
Shane Studios
VBElephant
Porg Studios
waffle animations
Super_Squid
2x4 studios
Lego bros
obi-wan productions
FilmCity
ZiltragProductions
NI RICO
Thebrickbro
OneDouglas
Bricks & Pieces
Arjunator
Sonjira
BlueBrick
theParadox42
CodeMan
JO Co
SpaceStudios
Penguin Productions
pjlegomotion
minideliciouspant
Pbert's workshop
BCStrike
Fineline
Citrine’s Animations
Bananaslama
toadproductions
Shahriar
AwestruckPajamaPeople
Here is the playlist of all the entries on YouTube.
BRAWL 2021 has Begun!
Brickfilm Rapidly All Week Long or BRAWL, is a contest in which you have ONE WEEK to write, build sets, voice, animate, edit, sound mix, and submit a brickfilm from scratch. Beginning right now, you have one week to do all of that. Any entries not received by July 10, 2021 7:00PM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) will be disqualified. It’s definitely a challenge, but that’s what makes it fun!
Theme & MOD Elements
The theme for BRAWL 2021 is Return. This could mean someone returning to a place, or a person. Or it could be something more abstract or metaphorical. Get creative!
Mods:
The color MOD element is: a RED piece connected to or directly touching a WHITE piece. The letter MOD element is the letter 'M'.
All entries must clearly show the BRAWL 2021 logo for three uninterrupted seconds. The logos may be inserted digitally. Several high-quality resolution versions of the BRAWL 2021 logo can be found here.
To prove that you made your film within the time limit, at least one of the mod elements must appear in every shot of your animation (excluding 15 seconds, more info below). You do not need to use both mod elements. You can combine these mod elements in any way that you see fit, so long as at least one is present. You could choose to use just the color mod or just the letter mod, you could choose to use both, you could alternate between scenes, or any combination of the above. All that is important is that at least one of the mod elements be visible in every shot, minus your 15-second leeway.
The letter may be upper or lower case, but it still must be clearly that letter. It may be written or printed on a piece of paper or sticker, drawn directly onto a brick, printed on a piece, or built from pieces and even integrated into the set. As long as the mod is intentional and recognizable.
The letter mod element may exist on a printed LEGO piece, but it must clearly be that letter. An eyebrow or wrinkle on a minifig’s face, or a fold in the shirt on the minifig's torso are not letters.
All mod elements must be physically present in each shot of your entry (with the exception of 15 seconds). You cannot digitally insert the mod element after you have animated the shot.
Minifig parts (for example a red torso attached to white legs) can count as the color mod.Baseplates do count as the mod element.
You do not need to include either mod element in the titles or credits.
If a shot must be clarified by changing the shot in anyway (changing brightness, black and white to color, etc) to be able to identify the mod element, the shot will be not counted as containing the mod element and will count towards your fifteen second leeway (and will disqualify your entry if it pushes the run-time of shots without the mod element over 15 seconds). See next rule for one exception regarding the cropping of the image.
For particular shots where including the mod element would be disruptive to your artistic vision (such as extreme close-ups and shots with very low depth of field), you may include a legal mod element in the shot and then crop the mod element out in post-production. You then must provide an uncropped frame from that shot and explain in detail the cropped shot in the submission email. You will have to provide separate proof for each shot.
The acceptable colors are (as designated on Bricklink):
Red (Bricklink color ID: 5)
Dark Red (Bricklink color ID: 59)
Trans Red (Bricklink color ID: 17)
White (Bricklink color ID: 1)
Here is a link to the overall Bricklink Color Guide.
15-Second Leeway Rule:
You are allowed to include up to 15 seconds of shots in your film that do NOT have mod elements present. The shot or shots without the mod elements do not have to be in order. The leeway rule allows you to not have to worry about placing a mod in difficult shots, or if you accidentally forget the mod in a shot. If you have any questions, please ask.
Feel free to contact myself (e-mail, PM, and the BiM Discord are the best way to reach me) or one of the judges with a frame to verify that the mod (letter or color) is recognizable and will not disqualify your entry. However, try to ask other users first and contact one of the judges as a last resort, as we may not may be able to respond immediately.
The Rules
The entry must be entirely made and submitted in one week’s time. To prove this, one or both of the MOD elements must be present in every shot (with the exception of a maximum of 15 seconds) of your entry.
Your entry must consist primarily of LEGO (or similar building-block toy) stop-motion animation. Live-action, CGI, hand-drawn, or other forms of film or animation may be used to supplement your entry, but stop-motion animation must be the primary focus.
Your entry must consist of at least 30 seconds of stop-motion animation. There is no maximum time limit.
No mature/explicit content is allowed. This includes, but is not limited to: swearing, excessive/gory violence, overt sexual content, and blatant drug references.
You must not make your entry public until the deadline has passed.
The entry you submit to the judges must be the entry made publicly available to everyone else. You cannot create a version of your film that includes the mod element to send to the judges, and then publicly release a second version of your film that has the mod element removed.Use of copyrighted material (including music) is allowed, though discouraged. Use of copyrighted material will not affect the judging of your entry.
Entries based off of previous copyrighted material (Star Wars, Marvel, Batman, etc.) are allowed, but discouraged. It could affect the judging of your film due to unoriginality.
Because of the limited time frame and because this isn’t a music contest, you are allowed to use music created before the contest, either original music created beforehand or copyrighted music.
Submission
Please send all entries to [email protected] before 7:00 PM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) on July 10th, 2021, any entries sent after this time will be disqualified.
Write the subject of your email in this format:
BRAWL 2021 Entry, [Your Bricks in Motion username], “[Title of your film]”
For example: BRAWL 2021 Entry, Chris W., “The Citizen of the Year 2: Bum’s Revenge”
Entries must be uploaded to one of these websites…
1. Unlisted YouTube video. To make your video unlisted, go to the video page and click the little blue icon next to the video title, then select UNLISTED from the drop-down menu.
2. Password-protected Vimeo video. To make your video password-protected, go to the video page and click Settings, then under the Privacy tab, choose "Only people with a password". Please remember to include the password in your email! If I cannot view your entry, I cannot accept it.
3. A Google Drive link. Be sure to change the privacy settings so that anyone with the link can access it.
I will send a response email as soon as I see you have provided a working video link. I will send a follow-up email if I find a problem with your film (e.g. a missing MOD element). Please note, if you are sending in your film the last day of the contest, a verification that your video follows all the rules may not be sent before the deadline as I receive about 80% of the entries the last day. Please check your video to make sure it is compliant with all rules before you send it to me.
Optionally, for entries whose primary language is NOT in the English language, a second version of the film may be submitted 48 hours after the deadline with added English subtitles so the judges have a better understanding of the film. In order to submit the subtitled film, the following criteria must be met:
• An entry must have been submitted before the one week deadline, July 10th, 2021 7:00 PM EDT.
• The subtitled entry will be a modified version of the entry submitted before the one-week deadline. The only change that can be made is English subtitles being added. No extra shots, no extra audio, not even a change in color grade. If any changes are found, the subtitled entry will be considered void and the previously submitted non-subtitled entry will be judged.
• The subtitled entry must be submitted no later than 48 hours after the end of the BRAWL contest, July 10th, 2021 7:00 PM EDT
Judging & Prizes
The judges for BRAWL 2021 are:
Chris W.
sebas
Locker 74 Productions
FeinsteinFilms
Entries will be judged on criteria including originality, production values (animation, set design, cinematography, sound, etc.), story, and creative interpretation of the theme by the 4 judges. Films will be discussed and ranked collectively by the judges until a consensus is reached. The top 3 films will eligible for the prize pool. Entries below 10th place will not be publicly ranked.
Prizes
Bricks in Motion is now part of the LEGO Ambassador Network, who have supplied the prizes for us! We are very grateful for this, I’m very excited about these prizes:
Deep Space Rocket and Launch Control, Ocean Exploration Ship, and Assembly Square:
First place gets first pick, second place gets second pick, and third place gets the prize that’s left.
If you have questions, please ask them here, or you can private message me. I’ll also be in the Bricks in Motion Discord a lot, so you can ask there too (in the #brawl-discussion channel). The other judges will also be around to answer questions as well.
Feel free to post updates in this thread, make a BRAWL 2021 Production Thread, or share updates on social media with the hashtag #BRAWL2021!
Clock’s ticking, let’s start BRAWLing!
