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(It would have cost tens of thousands of dollars to buy the bricks alone.) Instead, The Lego Batman Movie director Chris McKay labored to replicate the analog effect digitally, drawing on his work for TV shows like Robot Chicken. Given his experience, we asked him for some tips on how to make a (legitimately stop-motion) Lego movie of our own. Low-budget, of course—we don’t have tens of thousands either. Getting that perfect stop-motion feel requires keeping both your camera and the set nice and stable. McKay recommends a GorillaPod, a flexible tripod that can anchor a phone to most surfaces. Securing the Legos is easier, since the pieces are designed to stick together. Just weigh down the sides of the set to make sure you don’t accidentally move it between frames. Good illumination is essential to achieving a professional look, but the small scale of the Lego pieces makes it tricky to use traditional stage lighting. Craft and hobby stores—especially those selling trains and holiday figurines—usually stock mini LEDs.
McKay says they give Lego sets a cinematic sheen that makes the bricks look larger and more alive.Apps like Stop Motion Studio save you from having to manually stitch hundreds or thousands of images into a video. Simply open the app, take a photo, move your character a tiny bit, and then repeat. “You have to build or find everything you need on set. You can’t draw your way out of a problem,” McKay says. “It’s a lot more like live-action filmmaking than it is like animation.” Except you can bend surly actors to your will. As you’re manipulating figurines through a scene, don’t try to create hyperrealistic movements. It’s OK to have your Lego star’s hand go from up in the air to down on a table in one frame. As McKay says: “I think that is beautiful in its own charming way.” This article appears in the February issue. You must be 16 or over to participate in the Brickset Forum. Please read the announcements and rules before you join. I need that Hugo Strange minifigure to make the transition from animation to reality!
I wonder about Renee Montoya for the female character. The hair colour and skin colour is correct for Montoya but she could just as easily be Amanda Waller as @Shib suggests. We know The LEGO Batman Movie is not always keeping consistent with the traditional ethnicities of certain characters. Just spent a while looking for a DC character called Hannah Solo, then i used my eyes and brain a tiny bit more... I got excited as this is my sisters nickname. I think it is easy to get all in the movie, if they simply have most of these other characters in the background in some scenes (kinda like they did with the LEGO movie). It is not like all of the characters are likely to have big speaking roles or be a major part to the movie. So a 5 second interaction with these characters is not going to make the movie 4 hours long. Same here @khmellymel There are a few ebay sellers with copies, but they look quite poor.Bottom left corner, can't miss that top hat. Just2Good just found this... :D
I found #70911 at Target tonight for $29.99 At least for Europe the #30607 Disco Batman & Tears of Batman poly will be free from S@H when spending EUR55/GBP50 or more between 06 and 26 February. Over on the Brick Fan, someone found a LEGO Batman Accessory Pack. The Brick Fan has found again a new LEGO Batman poly at, although it is a keychain, the minifigure is quite interesting. better view of the new setsthe batwing and 2 faces' truck look particularly interesting to me, I didn't notice at first that the truck was half wrecked. I think that they are supposed to be released today, although it could depend on where you love and the availability. I wish you good lick in finding your desired minifig said. Smyths website says available 10th jan. they're also on Argos website now - but no stock yet, so I'm assuming similar. @ClutchPower @LuLego thank you both :) Wasn't sure if an image had been posted for this poly yet, but they are on eBay currently.
PS - hope it's cool that I ganked somebody's eBay photo and posted it here. Not sure what the proper protocol is for that. Sign In or Register to comment.LEGO Group Builds Creative Merchandising Program for “THE LEGO® MOVIE” -First of 17 Building Sets, Playable Video Game Demo to be Displayed at Comic-Con- SAN DIEGO, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL — The LEGO Group today announced that it will produce a collection of movie-inspired building sets celebrating the brand’s premiere as a theatrical film. The company has recruited an impressive roster of global partners to a broad, multi-category licensing program to support the much anticipated animated adventure film from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and produced by Dan Lin and Roy Lee, “THE LEGO® MOVIE” is rapidly building buzz following its first released trailer and assembles on the big screen starting in February 2014.
“The LEGO brand has been a vehicle for creative storytelling around the world for decades, so it’s no surprise that there is such growing enthusiasm for the first LEGO theatrical film,” said Jill Wilfert, vice president licensing and entertainment for The LEGO Group. “We are thrilled to collaborate with our valued partners to build a varied and compelling portfolio of products through which fans of all ages can celebrate this LEGO brand milestone.” Inspired by pivotal scenes in the film and starring key LEGO minifigure characters, a collection of 17 LEGO building sets will deliver all of the “THE LEGO MOVIE” action to the playroom. Fans will delight in highly detailed and functional vehicles and structures that reflect the creative versatility of the movie’s many LEGO themed backdrops, such as City, Wild West, and Space. Comic-Con International attendees in San Diego, California will see the first “THE LEGO MOVIE” building set unveiled at the LEGO booth (#2829) on Saturday, July 20.
Additionally, the company’s line of collectible LEGO Minifigures will receive its first Hollywood makeover with a series inspired by “THE LEGO MOVIE” cast of 16 new and “new-again” LEGO characters. In related news, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced that the chart-topping and award-winning LEGO videogames franchise from TT Games will include an epic gaming experience based on the film across all major console and handheld gaming systems. With more than 90 playable characters inspired by the film and 15 exciting levels, kids will be able to build an adventure like never before. A roster of global licensees covering several categories will immerse filmgoers in the world of “THE LEGO MOVIE.” Perennial publishing partners Scholastic, Penguin, Ameet and DK Publishing will offer a range of readers, sticker books, activity books and movie guides. Apparel partners include T-shirts from Mad Engine, Isaac Morris, Kabooki, TV Mania and Casco Blu, hoodies from TV Mania, pajamas from SGI Apparel, TV Mania and Kabooki and undergarments from Handcraft Mfg. and Kabooki.
Carry Gear and Grown Up will offer bags, including backpacks and cinch bags. Clic Time is producing clocks and buildable watches. MZB Imagination and Funtastic are creating an array of stationery items including notebooks, journals, folders, pens, pencils and pencil cases, erasers, rulers and luggage/bag tags. Functional key lights featuring movie characters are being produced by IQ HK. Storage partner ROOM Copenhagen is producing a lunchbox, lunch set, drinking bottle and storage and sorting boxes. “THE LEGO MOVIE” opens in some global markets on February 7th, 2014. The 3D computer animated adventure tells the story of Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared. “THE LEGO MOVIE” stars Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie and Charlie Day, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman, as the voices of the animated characters.