Major edits are currently being made and as a result this page may not meet our formatting guidelines. Should this message remain for more than a month, replace this template with {{issues}}. Last edited: December 2, 2016 Dylan Woodley, also known as NXTmaniac, is a Canadian brickfilmer. He is known for the Pokeballin' series, Pancake Island, and his brickfilm music videos of Coldplay - Viva La Vida and Ed Sheeran - LEGO House.[1] In recent years, he has primarily produced many commissioned works for The LEGO Group. In 2013, The Warner Sound contacted Woodley to re-create Ed Sheeran's music video "LEGO House". ↑ Bricks in Motion Profile ↑ Website Films page archive ↑ MTT Attack on YouTube ↑ Dylan Woodley mentions his first film ↑ Harriet on YouTube ↑ Diapers With That? ↑ J'aime on YouTube ↑ Kazoo: Coming Soon on YouTube ↑ Some Random Guy Gets Pushed Down a Manhole by a Ninja With Flowers release thread ↑ Easter Bunnies on YouTube
↑ Woodley's AniExer-size entry ↑ Meet Kazoo - Flip on YouTube ↑ 레고® 시티 시티 광산의 도둑 잡기 on YouTube ↑ Bye Bye Kitty on YouTube ↑ Ed Sheeran - LEGO House (LEGO Version) on YouTube ↑ Unto the Breach on YouTube ↑ DOOET: Origins release thread ↑ What does LEGO® mean to you? The Infinite Brickmaster on YouTube ↑ LEGO Bionicle vs. Technic - Hit the Slopes Stop Motion on YouTube ↑ LEGO Technic vs. City - Speed Trap on YouTube ↑ Playlist of videos commissioned by The LEGO Group ↑ The Misadventures of Brickbeard #1: Pirates vs. Jestro on YouTube ↑ The Misadventures of Brickbeard #2: Pirates vs. City Police on YouTube ↑ The Misadventures of Brickbeard #3: Pirates vs. Campers on YouTube ↑ The Misadventures of Brickbeard #4: Pirates vs. Tahu on YouTubeWhen Coldplay sampled Kraftwerk on their third album, X&Y, it was a signifier for the British band, telegraphing their classicist good taste while signaling how they prefer the eternally hip to the truly adventurous;
it was stylish window dressing for soft arena rock. Hiring Brian Eno to produce the bulk of their fourth album, Viva la Vida, is another matter entirely. Eno pushes them, not necessarily to experiment, but rather to focus and refine, to not leave their comfort zone but to find some tremulous discomfort within it. In his hands, this most staid of bands looks to shake things up, albeit politely, but such good manners are so inherent to Coldplay's DNA that they remain courteous even when they experiment. With his big-budget production, Eno has a knack for amplifying an artist's personality, as he allows bands to be just as risky as they want to be -- which is quite a lot in the case of U2 and James, and even Paul Simon, but not quite so much with Coldplay. And yet this gentle encouragement -- he's almost a kindly uncle giving his nephews permission to rummage through his study -- pays great dividends for Coldplay, as it winds up changing the specifics without altering the core. They wind up with the same self-styled grandiosity;
they've just found a more interesting way to get to the same point. Gone are Chris Martin's piano recitals and gone are the washes of meticulously majestic guitar, replaced by orchestrations of sound, sometimes literally consisting of strings but usually a tapestry of synthesizers, percussion, organs, electronics, and guitars that avoid playing riffs. Gone, too, are simpering schoolboy ballads like "Fix You," and along with them, the soaring melodies designed to fill arenas. In fact, there are no insistent hooks to be found anywhere on Viva la Vida, and there are no clear singles in this collection of insinuatingly ingratiating songs. This reliance on elliptical melodies isn't off-putting -- alienation is alien to Coldplay -- and this is where Eno's guidance pays off, as he helps sculpt Viva la Vida to work as a musical whole, where there are long stretches of instrumentals and where only "Strawberry Swing," with its light, gently infectious melody and insistent rhythmic pulse, breaks from the album's appealingly meditative murk.
Whatever iciness there is to the sound of Viva la Vida is warmed by Martin's voice, but the music is by design an heir to the earnest British art rock of '80s Peter Gabriel and U2 -- arty enough to convey sober intelligence without seeming snobby, the kind of album that deserves to take its title from Frida Kahlo and album art from Eugene Delacroix. That Delacroix painting depicts the French Revolution, so it does fit that Martin tones down his relentless self-obsession -- the songs aren't heavy on lyrics and some are shockingly written in character -- which is a development as welcome as the expanded sonic palette. Martin's refined writing topics may be outpaced by the band's guided adventure, but they're both indicative that Coldplay are desperate to not just strive for the title of "great band" -- a title they seem to believe now that they're to the manor born -- but to actually burrow into the explorative work of creating music. And so the greatest thing Coldplay may have learned from Eno is his work ethic, as they demonstrate a focused concentration throughout this tight album -- it's only 47 minutes yet covers more ground than X&Y and, arguably, A Rush of Blood to the Head -- that turns Viva la Vida into something quietly satisfying.
[The album was also released with a second disc featuring the Prospekt's March EP.]The Bricks In Motion Awards (commonly abbreviated to BiMA or BiMAs) is an annual event held on Bricks In Motion to recognize notable brickfilms that excel in animation, storytelling, visual design, entertainment and artistic quality. The winners of each category are awarded with a (virtual) Bricks In Motion Award. The BiMAs are similar in style to film industry award shows such as the BAFTAs or Oscars with films being nominated for a category in advance and then the winner being announced to a live audience. The 'live' winner's announcement of the BiMAs is usually done via IRC chat which has sometimes been accompanied with a video stream.[1] The winners were announced on March 19, 2006.[2] The last reported judging panel was David West, Scott Dombert, Logan Wright, Toph Beach, "Watson Films", Loïc Desjardins, Saul Goode, Jay Silver, Rachel Dew, Nick Maniatis and Matthew Gray. The 2006 BAMPAs were once again hosted by Scott Dombert.
Nominees were announced on April 9, 2007[5] and winners were announced June 9[6], 2007. Changes from 2005 include: Best Overall Film was renamed to Best Film and Best Debut was replaced by Best Score. The last reported judging panel consisted of Michael J. Green, David West, Rachel Dew, Scott Dombert, Jay Silver, James Morr, Lewis Chen, Robert Graff, "Pip the Mighty", Stefan van Zwam and "Watson Films". The BAFA Awards, officially called the Brick Award for Film Arts 2008 but covering films released in 2007,[8] the only one of its kind, was created by Mathew Buck to be a successor to the BAMPAs.[9] Changes from the 2006 BAMPAs include: adding Best Director, splitting Best Visual Elements into Best Set Design and Best Visual Effects, renaming Best Score to Best Music, renaming Best Voice Acting Performance to Best Vocal Performance, and adding Best Ensemble Cast. Winners were announced March 22nd, 2008. The BAFA Awards were originally intended to return in 2009. Mathew Buck announced his intention in January 2009 to hand control of the awards over to a new host.
[11] Nathan Wells was selected as the new host soon afterwards. A thread was soon posted for forum users to suggest potential nominees for the forthcoming BAFAs.[12] In February, Wells said the BAFAs were progressing slowly and could be months late, but would still happen.[13] This was the last official word heard about the 2008 BAFAs. A successor to them, the Bricks in Motion Awards, was run in their place. The Bricks in Motion Awards were created by Dylan Woodley as a successor to the BAFAs.[14] They were announced on August 2, 2009, later in the year compared to preceding ceremonies owing to the aborted BAFAs earlier in the year. The members of the judging panel were Philip Heinrich, Jonathan Vaughan, Nikolas Jaeger, Evan Linsey, Jordan Harris, Dustin Finstrom, Zach Macias, Anthony D'Angelo, David Pagano and Dylan Woodley. The results were posted August 9, 2009. Dylan Woodley continued to host the 2009 Bricks in Motion Awards.[17] Two new categories, Best Series and Viewers' Choice, were added.
There was no specific judging panel. Instead, all members of the Bricks in Motion staff were allowed to submit a ballot for the awards. The nominations were announced on February 23, 2010 and the final results were announced on April 18, 2010. The 2010 Bricks in Motion Awards did not take place because its organizer Dylan Woodley only received 5 nomination ballots from the staff members of the site[19], and because of the lack of eligible voters.[20] The lack of a 2010 awards came as a surprise to many users because Woodley had already announced the 2010 awards as happening and produced a short list of films for the Viewers Choice Award.[21] It took 5 months after the closing of Viewer's Choice voting for official confirmation that the event was not happening. The Viewers' Choice shortlist was: The Bricks in Motion Awards were momentarily revived in 2011 by Aaron "Jargon" Bulger. The nominees were announced on June 4, 2012[22] and the winners announced on June 23, 2012. There were no Bricks in Motion Awards for 2012 and 2013.
The 2014 Bricks in Motion Awards were run by Nathan Wells and Zach Macias. They were judged by Zach Macias, Nathan Wells, Seán Willis, Rachel Dew, Joseph Hayden and Graeme Allen, with additional help from Christian Colglazier and Philip Heinrich. The nominees were announced on March 23, 2015 and the winners were announced on June 13, 2015.[24] Changes include the addition of the Best Editing category and the removal of the Best Series category, and removing the requirement that nominees must have been posted in the Bricks in Motion Releases forum.[25] Viewer's Choice was not held due to time constraints. The 2015 Bricks in Motion Awards were again run by Nathan Wells and Zach Macias and were judged by Zach Macias, Nathan Wells, Seán Willis, Rachel Dew, Joseph Hayden and Jorden Davis, with additional help from and Philip Heinrich. The nominees were announced on Februrary 29, 2016[26] and the winners were announced on April 30, 2016.[27] The Viewers' Choice category returned in this year.
↑ 2005 BAMPA Nominee Announcements Thread ↑ BAMPA 2005 Awards Thread ↑ News updates for the 2005 BAMPAS ↑ Account of IronBrick ↑ BAMPA 2006 Nominee Announcement Thread ↑ BAMPA 2006 Winners Announcement Thread ↑ News updates for the 2006 BAMPAs, including a list of judges ↑ Example of a graphic from the BAFA awards ↑ BAFA Discussion Thread ↑ BAFA winners announced ↑ Thread regarding the BAFAs in 2009 ↑ 2008 BAFA nominees thread ↑ Status of the 2008 BAFAs in February 2009 ↑ 2008 Bricks in Motion Awards Announcement Thread ↑ Bricks in Motion Awards Results Thread ↑ BiMA2009 Nominees Thread ↑ BiMA2009 Winners Thread ↑ News article on Keshen ↑ Dylan Woodley on why the 2010 awards failed ↑ Philip Heinrich on what happened to the 2010 awards ↑ Viewers' Choice shortlist for the cancelled 2010 BiMAs ↑ 2012 Bricks in Motion Award Nominee Anouncement Thread