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Bricks in Motion, also known as Bricks in Motion: The Documentary and Bricks in Motion: A Documentary about LEGO Filmmaking, is a documentary about LEGO filmmaking, or brickfilming. It was released to Kickstarter backers in 2016, before receiving a wide public release on February 3, 2017. It was directed by Philip Heinrich and produced by Philip Heinrich, Nathan Wells, Zach Macias and Doug Vandegrift.[1]
Synopsis[]
Bricks in Motion delves into the lives of seven people who create stop-motion films using LEGO: Steffen Troeger, a filmmaker and musician from Stuttgard, Germany; Maxime Marion, a documentary filmmaker from from Molsheim, France; Chris Boyer, a bike messenger from Seattle, Washington, USA; Rachel Dew, a mother from San Diego, California, USA; Jay Silver, a children's show animator from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Dylan Woodley, a film student from Toronto, Canada; and James Morr, a freelance animator and illustrator from Lompoc, California, USA.
Egyptian Holiday is watched in a drive-in theater
The documentary begins with an exploration of creativity and details how Steffen, Maxime and Chris channel their creativity into their films. Stop-motion animation and brickfilms in general are also explained.
Animated segments divide the acts and bookend the documentary. They feature the journey of a LEGO woman as she escapes her mundane life into a world of fantasy, and relate thematically to each of the acts.
Production[]
Conception[]
Kickstarter Campaign[]
Interview Filming[]
Stop-motion Animation[]
Editing and Completion[]
Featured Brickfilmers[]
Main:[]
Also Featuring:[]
- Garrett Barati
- Errol Elumir
- "France & Alex"
- Brendan Henry
- Paul Hollingsworth
- Joshua Leasure
- Zach Macias
- Tony Mines and Tim Drage
- Chris Salt
- Kevin Ulrich
- Doug Vandegrift
- Forrest Whaley
- Sean Willets
- Tommy Williamson
Featured Brickfilms[]
Bricks in Motion features clips from over 70 brickfilms from multiple decades.
Soundtrack[]
The complete soundtrack will be released in the near future.
Credits[]
- Philip Heinrich - Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Composer, Camera Operator, Stop-Motion Animation, Visual Effects
- Zach Macias - Producer, Production Audio Mixer, Stop-Motion Animation
- Doug Vandegrift Jr. - Producer, Additional Photography
- Nathan Wells - Producer, Stop-Motion Animation, LEGO Model Design
- Vinnie Gartland - Executive Producer
- Doug & Larissa Heinrich - Executive Producers
- Chad W. King - Executive Producer
- Charles Lee Mudd Jr. - Executive Producer
- Al Nickels - Executive Producer
- David Pagano - Executive Producer
- John Sommers - Executive Producer
- Adam Zaner - Executive Producer
- Michael Macasa - Director of Photography, Associate Producer, Camera Operator
- Joseph Frank - Composer
- Zachry Karisch - Associate Producer, Production Audio Mixer
- Seán Willis - Assistant Editor
- Shannon Birch - Camera Operator
- Chris Boyer - Additional Photography
- Mike Bozulich - Additional Photography
- Tommy Williamson - Additional Photography
- "rioforce" - Additional LEGO Photography
- Ross Pearson - Additional Visual Effects
| Additional Crowdfunding Support | ||
|---|---|---|
| Funmi Adetola | Liam Gerety | Chris Oxenford |
| Brandon Lee Allen | "Gil30" | David Pagano |
| Graeme Allen | Jared B. Gilbert | Jared Palmer |
| "AMAC" | Ulf Göransson | Chas! Pangburn |
| Gavin Ash | Michael J. Green | Lisa Parker |
| Bryan Au | Gustav Griswold | Shawn Parkhurst |
| "Patrick Awesome" | J. Harsch | Ross Pearson |
| Kaleb Barkman | Joseph Hayden | Diego Pedraza |
| George Barnick | Lucas Heinrich | Curt Peterson |
| Joshua Barratt | Brian Heins | Adam Petke |
| Walter Benson | Stijn Heirstrate | Dave Pickett |
| Grant Benson | Tom Helberg | Paul Pierantozzi |
| John Besnard | Barbara Herman | Chris "LockerGnome" Pirillo |
| Ben Boatwright | Mirko Horstmann | Cynthia Porras |
| David Boddy | Greyson Hoye | "Dr. Pretentious" |
| Zack Boehm | Eliot Huffman | Shelby Pritchard |
| Matthias Bosewitz | Peter Hultgren | Aidan Procopio |
| Harry Bossert | Frank Hurley | "Ewok Freak Productions" |
| Alex Bounds | "infrapinklizzard" | "J.E.T. Productions" |
| Mickey Bowen | Clark Ivers | Kris Theorin |
| Robert Boyer | Simon F Jackson | Luke Puffinbarger |
| James A. Buckhorn | "JaguarBrickFilms" | Sam Radmall |
| Zac Bucklin | Isaac Janney | Jasper Reddin |
| Aaron Bulger | Kim Jannicelli | Sam Richardson |
| Stephen Burchell | Iver Jensen | Jack Rizzo |
| Dylan Burges | Jordan Johnson | Erik Rodkey |
| Grant Butler | Dylan Johnson | Bradley Rogers |
| Jack Campise | Michael "LASF" Jurist | Nathan Rossi |
| David Canning | Humberto Kam | Christopher Salaises |
| Jac Carlson | Nathaniel Kampeas | Brynn Sankey |
| Marc-André Caron | Nick Kardos | Teymour Sarwar |
| Sean Carroll | Spencer Katz | Lucas D. Schroeder |
| Eric Chan | Michael Kay | Joe Scully |
| Ethan Che | "KD2000" | "SeanDoubleJ" |
| Lewis Chen | Joel Keiter | Tanner Shinnick |
| Julia Chen | "Keshen8" | Tim Sims |
| Hal Warner-Clayton | David Kieffer | Roger Sinasohn |
| Brady Coles | Matthew Kimball | Lee "Garfield" Wei Siong |
| Christian Colglazier | Chad W. King | Jean-Philippe Sirois |
| Richard Colvin | David Kingsman | Brodie Snavely |
| Dan Cooper | Isaac Kirkland | Hazel Flynne Snively |
| Glenn Copeland | Peter Knezovich | Pierre-Félix So |
| Adam Cox | Kevin Krause | Justin Speck |
| Richard A. Creel | "Krick Films" | Connie Spinnerholm |
| Devon Crosby | David Kuhar | Ian Stebbins |
| Milan D | Blake Kuhre | The Stougards |
| Kevin D Rupp | Salmon Lau | Will Stroh |
| Michael D Samuelson | Nathaniel Jake Lee | "BuilderBrothers Studios" |
| Binxu Dai | Charlie Lee | Austin Swartzendruber |
| Jorden Davis | Bruno Lefèvre | Ben Talbot |
| Jaiden Deutschlander | Monitogo Studios LLC | Mitchell Tanis |
| Jeremy Dewey | Bert Loos | Ziga Berce & Anja Tegelj |
| Timothy "WhiteDragon" DeWitt | Parker Krex - Brick Loot | "TheDuckCow" |
| John Doudos | Kyle Lowe | "The Four Monkeys" |
| Shelly Douglas | "Luzer" | Heather Tilert |
| "BrickTective Productions" | Elijah M Elliott | William Toenjes |
| Avery Drake | Donald Macnab-Stark | Michael Tourette |
| FrAzEr DrEw | Nicole Malek | Neal Tovstiga |
| Alison Eastman | André Manicke | Tosh Trejo |
| Thomas Edge | Robert Mason | Rhys Tucker |
| Martin Egemo | Lucas Mass | Liam Turner |
| "rioforce" | Canaan May | Nick Tyler |
| Noel Encarnacion | James-Neil A. McCabe | Daniel Utecht |
| Maddy Engels | Landon McCullough | Richard Van De Steenoven |
| "Sylther Entertainment" | Lisa McCutcheon | Harro van der Klauw |
| Eliott Ephrati | Triston McGrady | David Waller |
| Thomas Evans | Guy McLimore | Siobhan Warton |
| Hunter Evensen | Justin McVey | Brandon Weaver |
| Shay Tyler Faith | Thorne N. Melcher | Harry Wells |
| Silvia May and family | Nathan Mellace | Karen Wells |
| The Cullin family | Jeremiah Meyer | Bethany Wells |
| Abraham Feldick | Nolan Mickelson | Chance Wen |
| Gideon Feldick | Jumpei Mitsui | Piet Wenzel |
| Carl Ferber | Shean Mohammed | Henning Bauer Westbye |
| Ben Fesko | Semeicha Mohammed | Brian Willis |
| Brandon Fields | Sapphira Mohammed | Kevin Anderson Wilson |
| Ellen Filgo | Daniel Mollenkamp | Heather Woodley |
| "END films" | Ethan Monroe | Chris Wright |
| Alice Finch | Garry Moore | Brendan Wright |
| Indiana Foley | Gregory Moore | Grayson Wright |
| Noah Frazier | Taylor Moosman | Chris Wynn |
| John Frewin | Tomsche Murrath | Sam Young |
| Ett Russell Fullner | Mason Muszynski | Ben Young |
| Michael D. W. Gabrick | Addrian Nedanovski | Aaron Youngblood |
| Tony "Gweejo" Gaige | Tobias Nikl | "Youngsmyname" |
| Neil Gasrow | Steven Niskanen | Jacob Zacharias |
| Christian W.L. Gentry | Spencer Olson | Yang Ziyi |
| Ethan Olson | ||
| Special Thanks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bob Boyer | Billy Gribbin | "Krick Films" |
| Julie Boyer | Yoh Handa | Patrick Macias |
| Brian Bridges | Joseph Hayden | Dave Pickett |
| Gardner Campbell | Doug Heinrich | Cynthia Porras |
| Lewis Chen | Larissa Heinrich | Zach Silverstein |
| Danielle DeMartini | Brian Heins | Jonathan Vaughan |
| Hendrik Denkhaus | Tom Helberg | Bethany Wells |
| Abby Fico | Jonathan Hellerman | Harry Wells |
| Thomas Foote | Nathanael Hellerman | Karen Wells |
| Emma Graham | Spencer Katz | CJ Woodley |