I shall copy and paste my comment from youtube.

And again I say, I thought it was very well done

I greatly appreciate your comments!

Interesting you say that- When I started this film, I had no cgi capabilities or knowledge so I decided that this film was going to be a challenge on how well I could integrate real-world footage. In the end, it fell through because it would have been a lot of work for something only a little different, but a few places I did stay with the original idea of photography, such as that time point you mentioned. I for example wanted to emulate real tree trunks coming out of the pavement in scenes like along the sidewalk at 2:50. The only thing that was cg in the end was the "deconstructor" firing at 13:55, which I only added in the last day or so because from when I started, I have actually gained quite an appreciation for working with cgi (opposite as I intended, ironically)

Ironic thing with the voice acting (which I certainly do not claim to be effective at), the best actor by far was the Great Designer, which at recording time the mic failed, and hence got the very notable head-set microphone substitute (such a shame…)

I'm ultimately very glad to hear I have in any way "inspired", thank-you for your kind words and comments.

Moo-ack Productions! Latest release: "Design Flaw"~Patrick W. Crawford

Wow...

That was awesome.

Slightly depressing, but awesome.

This.

Wow, I'm speechless. Dare I say this is a brickfilming "classic?"

Thank you all so much for your kind words! It really gives me great joy to hear my work being appreciated
I'm sure after this point whatever stopmotion I will be doing shalt be in HD, henceforth giving more data to be keyed (that and I now have a very good idea of what does and doesn't work)

I'm honored, though, to be hearing this film considered even if by a few as 'classic'
Eventually, in the next month or so hopefully, I will be uploading either one or two commentaries: one for the production process and technical aspects, and the more important one that dives into all the minute details and specifics of the story that I almost can't imagine everyone would grasp with one or two views.

Moo-ack Productions! Latest release: "Design Flaw"~Patrick W. Crawford

That was amazing! It made mew sad at the end though...almost made me cry. Great movie! It kept me interested throughout the whole thing.

   

…yeah, comedy or high action isn't exactly what I was intending with this film, the aim was to be more intellectually engaging as opposed to more direct excitement.

I've begun to script out my commentary on the deeper meaning of the film/subtle details, though it will be a few days before I've got it uploaded~

EDIT: lol, turned out to be a few months

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Moo-ack Productions! Latest release: "Design Flaw"~Patrick W. Crawford

*epicbump*

So yeah, like I added to the original post, I completed my commentary on the themes and ideas behind my last stopmotion film. Sadly, now being in university, I have not been (nor will be anytime soon) able to brickfilm, hence I've been experimenting in other mediums....

Is it jsut my imagination, or is BiM dying down as a forum? I've looked at some recent threads and it's filled with arguments, last year's end of year awards fell through apparently (and I finished the commentary now hoping to get some revival notice for this year's BiMa...), and as for film reviews, it seems nothing has been 'approved' into the film section since well before Design Flaw was release, something like last March. Is there more going on with the community that I've missed, like an anticipated all around switch to another website or something? Just curious.

Anyways, as always I appreciate any response and I'm still very grateful that some people have taken something from my work. Happy animating/etc!

~Patrick W. Crawford

Moo-ack Productions! Latest release: "Design Flaw"~Patrick W. Crawford