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, with fleay making a live action appearance. Twelve bucks was made in 1998, before was even established, and is one of the earliest brickfilms with a clearly defined narrative story, along with the magic portal and the films of dave. With ingle knight, bernie davis, ross bryant, tina williams. It was released on november 19, 2010 and trailers were present on blogofanclubs channel. Brickfilm pages this page contains all of this wikis articles about individual brickfilms and brickfilm series. It is the most well known of early brickfilms and took 4 and a half years to. Generally considered to be the first brickfilm, the magic portal was shot on film in the 80s by a college student named linsey fleay. The lego sports series is not as well known as the magic portal, but is still a classic. The best brickfilms of all time page 1 general film discussion forums bricks in motion a place to discuss, share, and create stop motion films. Brickfilms are often used to help the lego group advertise more sets and themes. In 2000, the term brickfilm was coined with the launch of the site, created by filmmaker jason rowoldt. 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. The first known brickfilm was called the magic portal. It is the most well known of early brickfilms and took 4 and a half years to complete from 1985 1989, using borrowed equipment and a borrowed camera as well as funding from the australian creative development fund.
The hildebrand rarity was a bond brickfilm created by the user known as blogofanclub and it was the first film in a while in 2010 created by blogofanclub. And if that sounds like too much bother, you can just enjoy them online like the rest of us. The magic portal the first lego stop motion from 1985. The oldest known brickfilm was, in fact, made in the late 1980s called the magic portal. It is widely believed that the magic portal made by lindsay fleay between 19851989 was the first ever brickfilm. Magic portal widely considered the first extant brickfilm, this is actually a fullfledged movie shot on 16mm film thats been widely acclaimed for its animation. Classic brickfilms brikifilms fandom powered by wikia. 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. View random brickfilm page view the current brickfilm of the week statistics. Ive added a small section about it in place of natural born legomen. Portal had high production values for a brickfilm, with a fivefigure budget granted by the australian film commission. Fleay went on to work as a 3d animator at animal logic, working on films such as the matrix and.
Brickfilm, abound with impressive techniques which would later be imitated most. The magic portal had high production values for a brickfilm of its time, with a fivefigure budget granted by the australian film commission. It was shot on super 8 film using mostly stop motion animation. To start this decade right, we believe newgrounds should be adfree for everyone. Then why not add it to our ever expanding collection. The magic portal in the lego movie ultimately, the unique visual style of stopmotion that is central to brickfilming was influential to the visual style of the cgi featurelength the lego movie. For inspiration, here are some of the most awesome films that have been done. This weeks brickfilm of the week is twelve bucks by rob weychert twelve bucks follows the story of a man who takes a job at a cerealmaking factory. 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. He is known in brickfilming for the 1989 film the magic portal, a wellknown and highly regarded early brickfilm.
The brickfilming wiki strives to be the best information source. The lego movie also briefly featured brickfilms made by fans, and included an homage to the brickfilm the magic portal. The magic portal is a short stop motion film that uses lego, plasticene. Unlike the previous two films, this one had a large budget and was developed over the course of five years. Brickfilm wiki is written collaboratively by its readers known as brickfilmers. 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.
So if you have the will, and some lego or similar brick building sets, you might want to give making a brickfilm a go. Video the magic portal the first lego stop motion from 1985 and still one of the best around submitted 3 years ago by snooperking brickfilm producer 2 comments. Steve jason moore ben rambling rob jim zach macias wizard alistair mackey zeb tom schalk clancy alistair mackey main guard treyblowski paul chazz ravenelle mage. The magic portal is a brickfilm that gained popularity for once being known as the first brcifkilm ever made, until en rejse til manen journey to the moon and lego wars were discovered. The secondoldest known lego fan film took four years to complete and was shot on 16mm back in the 1980s. Legothe magic portallindsay fleay video dailymotion. A gang of legonauts on a massive spaceship suddenly discover the magic portal an amazing doorway to adventures and danger in other dimensions and realms. Originally hosted on in 2007 by richard frost, easter is now hosted on the website bricks in motion. Notable brickfilms how brickfilm works howstuffworks. Lindsay fleay brickfilms wiki fandom powered by wikia. Aboard a humongous space ship, an astronaut discovers a magic. Lindsay fleay the magic portal was a brick film, created by lindsay fleay, and finished in 1989. The magic portal had high production values for a brickfilm of its time, with a five figure budget granted by the australian film commission. The magic portal is a short stop motion film that uses lego.
Until now, i would have thought the magic portal was the earliest brickfilm in existence. Now i know there was something from the 70s and that lindsay fleay worked for animal logic and left an impression. The brickfilm archival project page 5 general film discussion forums bricks in motion a place to discuss, share, and create stop motion films. Ill need to put in some time tomorrow to watch some of these. Welcome to the magic portal wiki, a wiki about the first brickfilm that started it all. Good god, we were so off when we said that the magic portal was the first brickfilm. To celebrate the lego movie, the five best short brickfilms. The best brickfilms of all time page 1 general film. It was made in 1973 by lars and henrik hassing for their grandparents golden wedding anniversary. But many amateur efforts out there have a lot of charm. The lego group brickfilms wiki fandom powered by wikia. Heroes of bern of the soccer game where germany become worldchampion of. One of the firstever brickfilms was a 16minute video made by lindsay fleay called the magic portal. Brickfilm custom lego wiki fandom powered by wikia.
They are usually created with stop motion animation, though computergenerated imagery cgi, traditional animation, and live action films featuring plastic construction toys or representations of them are al. Anyone can add what they know about the magic portal to this wiki. Produced by australian student lindsay fleay between 1985 and 1989, this film is considered one of the first brickfilms. The brickfilm archival project page 5 general film. Lego minecraft movie the magic portal full film animation this is the 4 th movie youve been waiting for so long. The creator takes a picture, and slightly moves the character, and repeats this step many times. The story concerns the strange fate of a lego astronaut called l, who discovers the magic portal. Finn calls his tunnel the magic portal a reference to the magic portal, the first stopmotion lego brickfilm ever made. Participants must create an easter themed brickfilm with the duration of 15 or 20 seconds depending on the host within a given time limit, which is usually about two weeks.
This is the first lego animation or brickfilm as some people would call it, ever made, by a genius named lindsay fleay. The magic portal movie analysis stop motion film tutorials. It is considered revolutionary for modern brickfilms, and mixes both stop motion animation and live action. Many people know about a handful of 70s and 80s brickfilms such as journey to the moon, lego wars, lego sport champions and the magic portal, but. The magic portal was one of the first brickfilms to ever be made by lindsay fleay. After creating the film the hassing cousins later showed it to the former president of the lego group, godtfred kirk christiansen who made a copy of the film. Between 1985 and 1989, filmmaker lindsy fleay created a brickfilm titled the magic portal, which is often considered one of the first brickfilms with a high production value shown below. History of brickfilms the first known brickfilm was made between 1980 and 1989 in perth, western australia by lindsay fleay, called the magic portal. They are usually created with stop motion animation though cgi, traditional animation, and live action films featuring plastic construction toys or representations of them are also usually considered brickfilms. A brickfilm can be made by taking a lego character, and placing it on a board.
Also, just noticed my 12 pains is part of the collage. An especially notable and wellknown early brickfilm was made between 1985 and 1989 in perth, western australia by lindsay fleay, named the magic portal. 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. Brickfilm simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. It has become a classic, and is quite wellknown in the general brickfilming community. The site initially featured lego films collected by rowoldt and eventually became a user submitted. Brickfilm future how brickfilm works howstuffworks. A brickfilm is a film made using lego bricks, or other similar plastic construction toys. 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. Lego brickfilm wiki is an internet encyclopedia about everything to do with lego stopmotion animation we call brickfilms. For this to work, we need people who have the means to become paying supporters.
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