Summer Contest 2018

The Summer Contest was a brickfilming event hosted on Brick à Brack in 2018. The event was composed of 8 challenges which were spread out over 9 weeks. The Summer Contest took place from July 2 to September 2, 2018. Each challenge had a different theme related to the making of a brickfilm, from the preproduction stage to the postproduction. For each challenge, a rotating panel of judges decided on a top 3.

Week 1 - Writing challenge
The first week of the contest was a writing challenge from July 2 to July 8. The scripts had to be written in French or English and the theme was suitcase. The winner won the LEGO set, while second place and third place won the and  sets, respectively. In total, the challenge received 39 entries, which were judged by a jury of four members.

The results below include the comments from the judges from the result page. Direct links to the film scripts, hosted on Brick à Brack, have been supplied in the references.


 * 1) PANARCIMANES by "Brickfield54" The author of PARACRIMANES writes the supreme MacGuffin ! A man slips gently into madness because he can't imagine what's in that suitcase.
 * 2) IN EXTREMIS by "Aiwha". Aiwha, with IN EXTREMIS takes you into the world of a sticky apartment. Two thugs live with a sword of Damocles above their heads. They will have to come up with a plan to get out of this situation.
 * 3) 75 MINUTES TO EMORY by "chris_gbp" Prepare for a tough trip with 75 MINUTES TO EMORY. A war is raging between several factions. A passenger meets a mysterious character carrying a briefcase.

Week 2 - Adaptation challenge
The second week of the summer contest, from July 9-15, saw an adaptation challenge. Entrants had a week to completely recreate a scene of their favorite brickfilm of choice, with a minimum length of 15 seconds. The prizes for this round were the set for the winner, and the  and  LEGO sets for second and third place, respectively. Additionally, BrickWarriors provided vouchers for $25, $15, and $10 off for the first, second, and, third place.

The contest received 18 entries, and a jury of 5 members picked a top 3. The results were announced on July 30.


 * 1) A Coffee Adaptation by "Yetgo", based on Coffee Cop in Lego City
 * 2) Bob and Randy E2.5 by chris_gbp, based on Spirit of the West by "rioforce"
 * 3)  Ninjago of the West by "Undershadow", also based on Spirit of the West by "rioforce"

Week 3 - Set event

 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 3 announcement thread
 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 3 - Results

The third week of the Summer Contest was a set event from 16 July 2018 to 22 July 2018. The aim of the contest was to build a set from a chapter of a sci-fi story (Space Brick) written by dom_10, and to post a picture of this set in a cinematographic way. The 3 members of the podium won the LEGO set #60150. The contest receives 12 entries.

Top Three
 * 1) thefourmonkeys - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/fichiers/uploads/documents/1/9dc1b370-thefourmonkeys.jpg 
 * 2) louisoswalt - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/fichiers/uploads/documents/1/7da47f09-louisoswalt.jpg 
 * 3) 'Volrog - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/fichiers/uploads/documents/1/82f6cf7e-volrog.JPG 

Week 4 - Animation challenge

 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 4 announcement thread
 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 4 - Results

The fourth week of the Summer Contest was an animation challenge from 23 July 2018 to 29 July 2018. The theme was "Time, a question of speed".

The end goal was to animate a minifigure at a normal pace, before changing their flow to appear as if it's in slow motion, and then having them accelerate into a speed motion. So, to accomplish the slow motion, members had take more pictures and to achieve speed motion, they had to take less pictures in their sequences.

The first won the set #60121 from LEGO, the second the set #60164 and the third member of the podium won the set #60158! 20 members participated with fantastic creations!

Top Three      3. Ozone Studios - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/brickfilms/brickfilm/6380/ 
 * 1) Future Past Productions - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/brickfilms/brickfilm/6488/ 
 * 2) thefourmonkeys - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/brickfilms/brickfilm/6372/ 

Week 5 - Soundtrack challenge

 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 5 announcement thread
 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 5 - Results

The fifth week of the Summer Contest was an animation challenge from 30 July 2018 to 5 August 2018. The goal was to add sound on a video made by Brickfield54, The Temporal Loop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzQ2NftXJTI ​​​). Participants had the possibility to add diologues, sound effetcs, and copyrighted musics. The first won the set #21312 from LEGO, the second the set #60107 and the third member of the podium won the set #60157! 11 members participated with amazing sound design!

Top Three
 * 1) Wammy
 * 2) JumboGauge
 * 3) MBstudio

All Entries are on this video :https://www.brick-a-brack.com/fichiers/uploads/documents/1/The%20Temporal%20Loop%20-%20Entries%20-%201080p.mkv

Just switch the soundtracks in a software like VLC.

Week 6 - Animate a fight scene

 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 6 announcement thread
 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 6 - Results

The week 6 of the Summer Contest was to animate a fight scene from 6 August 2018 to 15 July 2018. The first wins the set #21032 from LEGO, the second the set #2000414 and the third member of the podium wins the set #41600! The contest receives 20 entries. Top Three      2. Future Past Productions - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/brickfilms/brickfilm/6488/ 
 * 1) ffingers - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/brickfilms/brickfilm/6463/ 

     3. Sylvain - https://www.brick-a-brack.com/brickfilms/brickfilm/6441/ 

Week 7

 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 7 announcement thread
 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 7 - Results

Week 8

 * #SummerContest2018 - Week 8 announcement thread
 * #SummerContest2018 - Event 8 and Overall Ranking