For a category containing films that were entries to THAC, see Category:Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest brickfilms
Template:Infobox annual contests The Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest, commonly abbreviated to THAC, is an annual brickfilming contest with a time limit of exactly 24 hours. Participants must create an entire brickfilm from scratch (with the exception of set building, music design, and sound effects) within 24 hours. Originally hosted on Brickfilms.com, THAC is now hosted on and officially run by the website Bricks In Motion. The contest was started by David West in 2005 and has been run by various other individuals since 2008. The current host of THAC is Nathan Mellace.[1]
Origin
The Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest originated from a concept for a brickfilming competition posted by Robinson Wood to the Brickfilms.com forums in January 2005.[2][3] The concept was for a contest in which animation time would be limited to one hour. Wood presented a clip he had made in one hour as an example of the kind of film which might be produced for such a contest. He asked for feedback on the idea. The general opinion was that the idea for a time-limited contest was good, but one hour was too short. The idea for a twenty-four hour contest was put forward in the thread by Stephen Nolen:
"Maybe a ‘one day film’ with the subject matter being introduced at a certain time one day and films expected to be posted before a 24 hour deadline?"
- Stephen Nolen
While the original concept was centred on an honour system, discussion of control of the time limit did begin in the thread. The idea of a mod element (conceptualised as a "special brick") was first suggested by Brendan Henry.
Discussion of the concept continued in the following months. The final idea was for a contest lasting twenty-four hours using a letter mod element. The first Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest was announced with David West as the host on August 9, 2005.[4] Robinson Wood chose not to be the host because he wished to enter the contest (though ultimately did not actually enter the first THAC; only the second).
The first THAC
The first THAC was held on Brickfilms.com by David West August 27 - 28, 2005.[4] It was scheduled to start at 12 noon GMT, but started half an hour late because David's alarm clock didn't go off.[6]
- Theme: General
- Mod Element: N
22 of the films entered successfully followed the rules and qualified[7][8] and they were judged by ballot in 4 separate categories: Animation, Cinematography, Sound Design, and Story. Judges, Entrants and Audiences could submit their top ten films in each category. Most of the prizes were provided by Nick Maniatis, and the judges were David West, James Morr, Brendan Henry, Robinson Wood, and J. Watson.[9]
Judges Choice Results
Place | Film Name | Director |
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1. | His Master's Plan | Stefan van Zwam |
2. | No News is Good News | Dave Wardell |
3. | The Evilness Begins | Roland Szentesi |
4. | A Quiet Evening | Christoph Brock |
5. | Speak | Rachel Dew |
6. | Radioactive B-Movie | Chris Boyer and Brian Bridges |
7. | A Day at the Theatre | Zach Macias |
8. | Low Self Esteem | Eric "Erlic" Duvall |
9. | General Movie | Robert Frost |
10. | The Trickiest Thief | Jason Boyle |
11. | Untitled X [10] | "Dan" |
Flight of The Penguin | Kevin Horowitz and Jacob Schwartz | |
13. | Onorno | Bert Loos |
14. | The Awakening | Ian Hirschfeld |
15. | Bus Stop | Ben "17" Petersen and David Prenshaw |
16. | Sleepless | Lewis Chen |
17. | Untitled X [11] | Daniel "Mr. Less" Ernst |
18. | Wicked Water Way | Marc "GopedGuy" Pierson |
19. | Better Late Than Never | Robert Graff |
20. | Bolt! | "Ticket" |
21. | Dare to do Crazy (Beep) | Colin Boyle |
22. | The Little Old Lady From Pasadena | "BRICK MAN" |
Entrants Choice Results
Place | Film Name | Director |
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1. | His Master's Plan | Stefan van Zwam |
2. | No News is Good News | Dave Wardell |
3. | A Quiet Evening | Christoph Brock |
4. | The Evilness Begins | Roland Szentesi |
5. | Speak | Rachel Dew |
6. | A Day at the Theatre | Zach Macias |
7. | The Awakening | Ian Hirschfeld |
8. | Radioactive B-Movie | Chris Boyer and Brian Bridges |
9. | General Movie | Robert Frost |
10. | Low Self Esteem | Eric "Erlic" Duvall |
11. | Onorno | Bert Loos |
12. | Sleepless | Lewis Chen |
13. | Flight of The Penguin | Kevin Horowitz and Jacob Schwartz |
14. | The Little Old Lady From Pasadena | "BRICK MAN" |
Wicked Water Way | Marc "GopedGuy" Pierson | |
16. | Bus Stop | Ben "17" Petersen and David Prenshaw |
17. | Untitled X | Daniel "Mr. Less" Ernst |
18. | The Trickiest Thief | Jason Boyle |
19. | Untitled X | "Dan" |
20. | Better Late Than Never | Robert Graff |
21. | Dare to do Crazy (Beep) | Colin Boyle |
22. | Bolt! | "Ticket" |
There were insufficient ballots cast by the audience to determine a ranking for the proposed Audience Choice prize. It was decided that the Audience Choice prize would be awarded to the 4th place finisher in the Entrants Choice Awards (Roland Szentesi).[12]
THAC 2
In July 2006, Dave Wardell posted a thread suggesting that THAC be run again and become an annual event, which received an enthusiastic response. THAC2 was run by David West and began at 12 noon GMT on August 19th, 2006. It received 24 entries.[13] The judges were David West, Brendan Henry, and J. Watson. James Morr also submitted a ballot that was rejected for being incomplete.[14]
- Theme: The End
- Mod Element: E
List of all entries:
Film Name | Director |
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After the End | Max "Super Cameraman" Goldberg |
Back to School Nightmare | Zach Macias |
Bob and the End of All Civilization | Scott "Darth" Riegel |
The Chronicles of Time | Kevin Horowitz and Jacob Schwartz |
The Coffee Shop | Dean "Dean42" Hartley |
The End (Later disqualified due to file size) | Graeme Allen |
The End? | Ryan D. |
The End of Brickfilms | Grant "LegosJedi" Butler and "crashpilot" |
The End of the Beer | Matt Gillan |
The End of the THAC | Aled Owen |
Escaping Doomsday | Nikolas Jaeger |
Groundhog Trouble | Colin Boyle, Jason Boyle and Ryan Boyle |
Hostage | Rich Petty |
Larry the Last Human | "Krick Films" |
Melodramedy | Robinson Wood |
Myspaced | Marc "GopedGuy" Pierson |
Near or Not Near | Kyle "MR.un0" Haney |
Negotiations | Judah Frank and Joseph Frank |
Reaction Time | "Ticket", "Caffinator" and "1ceaham" |
Soldering Your Balls Saves Marriages | Tim Hui |
Spoilerz! | Nathan Wells |
True Love Waits | Chris Boyer and Brian Bridges |
Turning 18 | Jonathan "LegobrosJon" Marrero |
Your Time is Up | Freddy "MB" Vinehill-Cliffe |
Judges Choice Results
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|| 1. || Negotiations || Judah Frank and Joseph Frank
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|| 2. || Back to School Nightmare || Zach Macias
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|| 3. || Melodramedy || Robinson Wood
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|| 4. || Spoilerz! || Nathan Wells
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|| 5. || The Chronicles of Time || Kevin Horowitz and Jacob Schwartz
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| 6. || The End? || Ryan D.
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| 7. || The End of Brickfilms || Grant "LegosJedi" Butler and "crashpilot"
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| 8. || Groundhog Trouble || Colin Boyle, Jason Boyle and Ryan Boyle
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| 9. || Turning 18 || Jonathan "LegobrosJon" Marrero
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| 10. || Myspaced || Marc "GopedGuy" Pierson
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Entrants Choice Results
Although Melodramedy received the most votes for entrants choice, it was disqaulified due to Robinson Wood neglecting to submit an entrants choice ballot. The winner of this category was instead announced as Negotiations by Judah Frank and Joseph Frank.[15]
Listed here are all films which received points in the entrants choice votes:
Place | Film Name | Director |
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1. (DQ) | Melodramedy | Robinson Wood |
2. | Negotiations | Judah Frank and Joseph Frank |
3. | Spoilerz! | Nathan Wells |
4. | Back to School Nightmare | Zach Macias |
5. | The Chronicles of Time | Kevin Horowitz and Jacob Schwartz |
6. | Groundhog Trouble | Colin Boyle, Jason Boyle and Ryan Boyle |
7. | True Love Waits | Chris Boyer and Brian Bridges |
8. | The End? | Ryan D. |
9. | Escaping Doomsday | Nikolas Jaeger |
10. | Soldering Your Balls Saves Marriages | Tim Hui |
11. | Larry the Last Human | "Krick Films" |
12. | Turning 18 | Jonathan "LegobrosJon" Marrero |
13. | The End of the THAC | Aled Owen |
14. | The End of Brickfilms | Grant "LegosJedi" Butler and "crashpilot" |
THAC 3
THAC 3 was run by David West from August 4 - 5, 2007. This contest introduced the concept of two mod elements: the previously established letter mod element, and/or two colors visibly joined together. The theme, "What Really Happened", was a suggestion by Jay Silver. THAC 3 was scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon GMT, but started two hours late because David West had a power outage and his internet was down.[16] It received 27 accepted entries.[17] After only receiving a ballot from one other judge, David West elected to use the Entrant's Choice ballots to determine the Judge's Choice winners, and Joshua Leasure's ballot would determine the single Entrant's Choice winner: Philip Heinrich, for The Pepperonis (who received a Brickfilms.com DVD, donated by Leasure).[17]
- Theme: What Really Happened
- Letter Mod Element: K
- Color Mod Element: Black piece connected to a green piece
THAC 4
"Say, if more people are in favor of doing this more often, how would a winter THAC sound? Maybe one over Christmas Break? I wouldn't mind running a few more before I have to pass the baton on to someone else when I join the Army next summer."
- David West
As David West would not be available to host in summer 2008 and due to demand for more, he decided to host another THAC in 2007. THAC 4 was the first to take place over the winter break, which would later become the standard time period for the contest. THAC 4 began on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 12:00 Noon GMT.[18] 29 entries were received.[19] It is the last THAC to be hosted by David West, and also the last to take place on Brickfilms.com, before the community moved to Bricks in Motion.[20]
- Theme: Giving
- Letter Mod Element: P
- Color Mod Element: Red piece connected to a green piece
THAC 5
In March 2008, shortly after the brickfilming community moved from Brickfilms.com to ilovebrickfilming.com (later to be renamed Bricks In Motion), Scott "Uncle_Cheesedog" Loeppky began discussion on hosting a contest similar to THAC to quickly get new films on the new site.[22] He eventually contacted David West and got permission to continue the Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest name, as West himself was already thinking about passing the baton since he would be joining the army in summer 2008. Loeppky announced THAC 5 only two days before it took place, leading many users to complain that they hadn't been given enough notice.[23] A second round, "THAC 5B", was therefore held a week later to compensate. The two parts took place on March 29th and April 5th 2008. THAC 5A received 19 entries[24] and THAC 5B received 21 entries.[25]
The combined 40 entries were judged as one single contest, though entrants who entered both rounds only had one film appear on the judges results, leaving 37 entries.[26] Every entry was first ranked by a judging panel consisting of Scott Loeppky, Simon Lunn and Chris Boyer. The top 11 ranking films (instead of 10 due a tie) were then judged by a public vote.[27] All finalists were required to vote in order to be eligible for prizes. The prizes were 4954 Model Town House for first place, 6177 Basic Bricks Deluxe for second and 5574 Basic Bricks for third.
THAC 5A
- Theme: Misunderstanding[24]
- Letter Mod Element: V
- Color Mod Element: Black piece connected to a blue piece
THAC 5B
- Theme: Intervention
- Letter Mod Element: X
- Color Mod Element: White piece connected to a red piece
Top 11
Place | Film Name | Director | Round |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Cashman | Philip Heinrich | B |
2. | Narrow Escape | Nikolas Jaeger | B |
3. | Leo X | Jeremy Wisoff | B |
4. | The Incident in the Alley | Ryan Boyle and Jason Boyle | A |
5. | Happy Together | Thomas Missault | B |
6. | Draw! | Colin Boyle | B |
7. | Hey Laydeez! | Graeme Allen | A |
8. | Blood on the Tracks | Nick "NickMOC" Samuelson | A |
9. | Good Old Chester | Anthony D'Angelo | B |
10. | Indiana Jones and the Misread Map | Gregory Moore and Garry Moore | A |
11. | I Let Them Go | Dustin Finstrom | A |
What follows is the remaining entries in the order they placed in the judges vote. There is no judges order for the top 11, as they were only presented in alphabetical order for the public to then vote on. The accepted entries that were left off the ranking in favour of the directors' entries from the other round are Nickname by Thomas Missault, Vendetta X by Stijn Heirstrate and Teh THAC Idea 2 olol by Filip Bergström. Missault had two films in the top ten before one was removed, and the film that Heirstrate chose to omit actually initially made the top ten, while the one he submitted did not.
Place | Film Name | Director | Round |
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12. | Mission Diamond | Thijs van Brunschot | A |
13. | Spinach pie | "timfee" | A |
14. | Life's Interventions | Richard Van De Steenoven | B |
15. | Misunderstanding | "Mahjqa" | A |
Buy the By | Joseph Hayden | B | |
17. | Unknown X | Alex "Dark Matter" Copland | A |
Shovel Man | "Dr. Blank" | B | |
19. | Interventions | Daragh Twomey | B |
20. | A Food | "DarkBrick" | A |
Interrupted X | Stijn Heirstrate | B | |
22. | Hire a Kidnapper | Harry Bossert | B |
Jakes girl friend X | Jamie "Ogel productions" Mackinnon | A | |
24. | Bobby the Misunderstanding Boy | Corbin "LegoMasterProductions" Edwards | A |
25. | Military Control | Menachem "Maronislego" Aron | B |
Unknown X | Max Butcher | B | |
27. | Unknown X | "HouseStudios" | B |
28. | Take My Umbrella! | Scott Jenner | A |
Criminal Misunderstanding | Andrew "Munzapoppa" Munzer | A | |
30. | The THAC Idea | Filip Bergström | A |
Unknown X | Riley "WAproductions" Gray | B | |
32. | Intervention of Time | "Badgerboy" | B |
33. | Time Machine X | Zack "NewRight" Milenius and "WisR" | A |
34. | A Little Help From Your Family | "Frogtrap" | B |
35. | Bold Stroke | Ilmari Teekkinen | B |
36. | Wrecked PS3 Advert X | Loz "Brain Wave" Green | B |
37. | V-Tech X | Aled Owen | A |
THAC 6
THAC 6 began on January 3, 2009, not long after the launch of the finished Bricks in Motion.[28] It started out being hosted by Steve Collins, with control later handed over to Dustin Finstrom during the judging phase.[29] The judges were Philip Heinrich, Dustin Finstrom, Jordan Harris and Evan Linsey. There were 67 entries. Prizes were provided by BrickArms.[30]
- Theme: New
- Letter Mod Element: A
- Color Mod Element: Red piece connected to a yellow piece
Place | Film Name | Director |
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1. | Winner | "Krick Films" |
2. | Weed Cops | Nikolas Jaeger |
3. | Abduction 3 | Jonathan Vaughan |
4. | Yes, We Can! | nichtgedreht and "prisac" |
5. | Sword | Anthony D'Angelo |
6. | The Heaven System | Jamie "Shrankenhiemer" Blackband |
7. | Rock Monster | Zach Macias |
8. | The New Guy | Jan Gortnar |
9. | The New Recruit | Arend Hintze |
10. | Mystery At Bricksonberg Bay | David Reino |
11. | The Bull's New Caravan | David Boddy |
12. | Waiting in Line | Jason Boyle, Colin Boyle and Ryan Boyle |
13. | Jim and Bob's New Car | Rich Petty |
14. | The End | Stijn Heirstrate |
15. | Robot Invasion | Scott Jenner |
16. | The Über THAC Idea | Filip Bergström and Seán Willis |
17. | New Year's Resolutions | Nick "NickMOC" Samuelson |
18. | The Elevator | Richard Van De Steenoven |
19. | Resolutions X | Tommy "skull brick" Dreyer |
20. | Pirates of the Future | JT Hagaman |
List of all entries:
Film Name | Director |
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2009Worlds | Ilmari Teekkinen |
Abduction 3 | Jonathan Vaughan |
All things are new X | Leo Vissak |
Atomic Sweets!! | Loz "Brain Wave" Green |
Bonzai Banana | Leah "Amilith"/"agentsmithrulz" R. |
The Bull's New Caravan | David Boddy |
Caffeine Craze | Andrew "Munzapoppa" Munzer |
Death Row: A New Situation X | "mintyfreshCOJO" |
The Elevator | Richard Van De Steenoven |
The End | Stijn Heirstrate |
Family X | "A Guy" |
The First TV | Jacob "lil'jj" Jumper |
Gizmo | "MidnightPianoPlayer" |
The Heaven System | Jamie "Shrankenhiemer" Blackband |
Jim and Bob's New Car | Rich Petty |
The mirror | Owen "NOS" Hyatt |
Mr Socially Impaired - IN - ‘Star Moms’ | Max Butcher |
My New Movie X | "Castle Films" |
Mystery At Bricksonberg Bay | David Reino |
Nerds At Work - The New Sword | Mitch "Spudster" Bales |
New X | "Ian" |
the new breed X | "pizzaboy" |
The New Brick | Tom Gudde |
A New Car X | Carl "Brickstudio 1" Schiller |
A new car X | "Morgan" |
The New Car X | Luke Wittig |
A New Car and A New Problem | "frankdtank16" |
The new cellmate X | Vik Verplanken |
New Computer | Tanner Musyj |
The New Computer | Aaron Glazer |
The New Computer X | Jamie "Ogel productions" Mackinnon |
The new era | Oskar "Antifaan" Brevik |
The New Guy | Jan Gortnar |
A New Home | Joseph Hayden |
The New Laptop | Chance Wen |
A New Life X | Kristian Southerton |
New Neighbours X | Margie May |
The New Pet X | "TheBrick" |
The New Plan | Ezra "Gospelnut" Graham |
The New Recruit | Arend Hintze |
New Safety Precautions X | "ryancd774" |
A New Start X | Allan "Just_a_Minifig" Leeson |
New Year's Resolutions | Nick "NickMOC" Samuelson |
Newly Found Sanctuary X | Corey Johnson |
Office Rivalries X | Riley Gray |
Package in Disguise X | Niall "Splash" Cameron |
Pirates of the Future | JT Hagaman |
The R.R.U. | Conor "Nailer" O'Neill |
The Replacement X | George "MMproductions" Heidbreder |
Resolutions X | Tommy "skull brick" Dreyer |
Robert Reviled X | Jonathan Munzo |
Robot Invasion | Scott Jenner |
Rock Monster | Zach Macias |
Sam's New Car X | Sean "mcoov" Fiske |
Sword | Anthony D'Angelo |
Untitled X | John Michael |
Take me to your boss X | Pad Schad |
That brick thing | Knut "the frozen brick" Ørke |
The Über THAC Idea | Filip Bergström and Seán Willis |
Waiting in Line | Jason Boyle, Colin Boyle and Ryan Boyle |
Weed Cops | Nikolas Jaeger |
What a Bike! | Aaron "Goliathan" Meyer |
What's New | Mickey "MicktheDirector" Bowen |
WHITE-EXPANSE WORLD - "A new, peaceful world?" | Timothy Ratner |
Winner | "Krick Films" |
Yes, We Can! | nichtgedreht and "prisac" |
You need a new suit! | Zac "Brickyman" Reynolds |
THAC 7
THAC 7 was hosted by Evan "Cheshire" Linsey. It began on January 2, 2010 at 12:00 noon GMT and received 71 entries. This was the first THAC that was officially a contest of Bricks in Motion.[31] The judges were Philip Heinrich, Zach Macias, Bert Loos, and Randy Yard.[32] Prizes were provided by Heinrich, and consisted of a prize pool of the LEGO SpongeBob SquarePants sets 4981 Chum Bucket, 3832 The Emergency Room, and 3831 Rocket Ride (sets he had received from placing in the Nicktoons and LEGO Built By Me Movie Contest).
- Theme: Unexpected[33]
- Letter Mod Element: S
- Color Mod Element: Black piece connected to a yellow piece
Template:ContestResults noCollapseTitle || 1. || Sssssss. || James Morr |- || 2. || Expect This || Jordan Johnson |- || 3. || Robot Hunter || Jordan Harris |- || 4. || Unexpected Mugging || Sean Willets |- || 5. || Framed || Tanner Musyj |- | 6. || The Fortune Teller || Jonathan "Jon64" Munoz |- | 7. || Live 2 Sk8 || David Boddy |- | 8. || Chaos Cupboard || Jon Rolph |- | colspan="1" rowspan="2"| 9. || H!el Hitler || Stijn Heirstrate |- || Unexpected || The Four Monkeys |- | 11. || An Unexpected Surprise || Daragh Twomey |- | 12. || Double-U Tee Eff || Colin Boyle and Jason Boyle |- | 13. || The Door || Knut "the frozen brick" Ørke |- | colspan="1" rowspan="2"| 14. || THACOSIS || Arend Hintze |- || The Salesman || Jonni Phillips |- |}
List of all entries:
Film Name | Director |
---|---|
The Birthday | Soren "icebergstudios" Norman and Billy Maier |
A Brighter Past | John Lucewich |
The Bumblebee | "BGanimations" |
Burgle'd | Allan "Just_a_Minifig" Leeson |
The Camera | "Buge" |
The car... | "bbricksproduction" |
Chaos Cupboard | Jon Rolph |
The Door | Knut "the frozen brick" Ørke |
Double-U Tee Eff | Colin Boyle and Jason Boyle |
Earth: Destined to be Destroyed | John Eggers and Daniel Eggers |
The End of Expectation | Max Butcher |
The Event X | Tejas "VIMStudios" Priyadarshan |
Expect This | Jordan Johnson |
Explosive Information | "The Thug" |
Failed Scientist | Jesse "ScreamingTantrum" Fletcher |
The Fortune Teller | Jon "Jon64" Munoz |
Fountain Thingy | Brian "Peanut" Ambrose |
Framed | Tanner Musyj |
The Game | Silent Frames |
Guides | Euphreana Schilding |
H!el Hitler | Stijn Heirstrate |
Live 2 Sk8 | David Boddy |
Love at First Sight. X | Vik Verplanken |
The Lucky Car Crash | "legostudiosplus" |
The man & The tree from outerspace | "ThatGuyThatBrickfilms" |
The million customer X | Carl "Brickstudio 1" Schiller |
Night of the Living DUPLO | Robert "ricemanpro" Rice |
On the Job | Ethan "Blacitch" Bartholomae |
Party Crashers | Aaron "Goliathan" Meyer |
A Pleasant Walk In The Park | Nick "Nichartri" Kosovich |
Robot Hunter | Jordan Harris |
The Sacred Gateway | Loz "Brain Wave" Green |
The Salesman | Jonni Phillips |
Scrap | Joseph Hayden |
Sean's Apartment: The Unexpected Attack | "CarrollFilms" |
The Sick Old Man? | Thijs van Brunschot |
Skeleton Rodeo | Tom Gudde |
Smoking Gun | Zack "NewRight" Milenius |
Something Completely Different | Chance Wen |
Sssssss. | James Morr |
THACOSIS | Arend Hintze |
There once was a Man | Jason "Darthrugg" Rugg |
Three Unexpected Things X | Nick "SpiceyTaco101" Szubart |
Um, Houston | "Awesomeonomy" |
The Unexpected Day | Cale "Stoppedmotion" Totcone |
Unexpected Encounters X | "TheBrick" |
Unexpected Genderness | Richard Van De Steenoven |
Unexpected | The Four Monkeys |
Unexpected | "LegoStarWarsGuy" |
Unexpected Mugging | Sean Willets |
Unexpected Stupidity | Noah "MisunderstoodClones" Bailey |
An Unexpected Surprise | Daragh Twomey |
Unexpecting the Unexpected | "SpudNicStudios" |
The Unsuspected | Kevin "Brickcellent" Canning |
Unknown X | "Brickboarder" |
Unknown X | "Color747" |
Unknown X | "Coobrick studios" |
Unknown X | "Crosshair Animation" |
Unknown X | Daniel Sitch |
Unknown X | "Duke Boy" |
Unknown X | "Epic Studios" |
Unknown X | Ilmari Teekkinen |
Unknown X | John Dunn |
Unknown X | "kris" |
Unknown X | Martin Palacios |
Unknown X | Rory "roRyL" Loughrey |
Unknown X | Ryan "ryan18245" Clarke |
Unknown X | "rycroftfilmz" |
Unknown X | "Tardispro" |
Unknown X | Taylor "Nolnahorolyat" O'Hanlon |
Unknown X | "vegas productions" |
THAC 8
THAC 8 was hosted by Dylan Woodley. It started at 12:40 GMT on December 18, 2010. It received 69 entries, six of which were disqualified. 3 coupon prizes were provided by Brick-A-Thon, a Bricklink store[34]. Judges were Dylan Woodley, Aaron Bulger, and Randy Yard.[35]
- Theme: Ambition[36]
- Letter Mod Element: M
- Color Mod Element: Red piece connected to a green piece
List of all entries:
Film Name | Director |
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All Work And No Play... | Daragh Twomey |
ambiguous ambitions | Arend Hintze |
The Ambition of One X | Edwin "Krikeen" Alvarenga |
Ambition of a Brickfilmer | Matthew Bowler |
The Ambition to Prepare a Great Christmas Fest | Bruno Lefèvre |
Ambition X | "Legoped" |
Ambitions X | "Legomoviemaker1" |
The Ambitious Fighter | Armin "Armin Films Entertainment" Petschka |
Ambitious Little Robot | Zac "Brickyman" Reynolds |
Ambitious Soccer Ball Kick | "SpudNicStudios" |
Ambitious Wrestler X | Iver Jensen and Jakob Jensen |
Armed Desires | "TheLegoCammster7" |
Billy and the Search for the Treasure Chest X | "legostothemax" |
Bionics | "ofsifilms" |
Boot Camp X | "Gunsnlegos025" |
The Box Man | Sam "Lgmaster" Jackson |
Bruce's Ambition | Max Bychkov |
Bruno's Ambition | Guss "GGSStudios" Griswold |
Climbing the Ladder | "Living LEGO" |
Der Cyber-Fuhrer | nichtgedreht and "prisac" |
David and the Spartan | "UniLego" |
Determined. | "turtle393" |
Drawings X | "SunnySnowStudios" |
Elmore | Jonathan Vaughan |
The Escape X | "Duke Boy" |
Failed Ambition | Nicholas McVay |
A Fruitless Attempt X | "StudioL30" |
Get a Pet | Lucas Mass |
Hey Dude, Let's Take Over the World | The Four Monkeys |
The Hobo in a Suit X | Jackson Sullivan |
The Hobo's Ambition X | "Knowlesproductions" |
How Mr Socially Impaired Failed to Steal Christmas | Max Butcher |
iPhone Line | Harry Bossert |
If At First You Don't Succeed | Kris Theorin |
Jimmy the Hacky Sacky Guy X | Harry "Binding Brick" Pound |
Jumping the Gun | Chandler "jogopoco" Versluis |
Keep on Keepin' On X | "Gaston" |
The Key X | "Luigi123X" |
The Knight and the Ninja | Soren "Icebergstudios" Norman |
LEGO vs. | David Clark |
Love's Labour | Silent Frames |
The Marathon X | "Shovel Pounder" |
My Ambition X | "J.TProductions" |
My Ambition | Sam "Sammyboi2010" Walton |
Noir | Zack "NewRight" Milenius |
Office Block Hero X | Loz "Brain Wave" Green |
Over-Ambitious | J. "Goldencamerastudios" Sebastian |
Pig in a Shower | Jonni Phillips |
The Propelled Man | Sean Willets |
Reach for the Sky | Jacob "Darth Bocaj" McAuliffe |
Ruthless Ambition X | "Tryxx" |
Simple Minded | "CrazyMolerat" |
The Sleigh X | Mason Muszynski |
The Stoplight | Patrick W. Crawford |
The Superhero | Ben "legostudiosplus" Vomastek |
There Once Was a Man (Note: This is actually a THAC 7 entry, and it is unknown why it is listed among accepted THAC 8 entries.) | Jason "Darthrugg" Rugg |
Treasure Hunter | Zach Macias |
Unfulfilled | Richard Van De Steenoven |
Untitled | Yianni "TheBrickFlicks" Chigas |
Venusians | David Boddy |
The Waiting | Cale "Stoppedmotion" Totcone |
Wall Climb X | "duffcow56"/"Duffosaur" |
When Barrels Fly | Andrew Bermudez |
The disqualified entries were Ambition X by Funmi Adetola, Bad Day X by "WiiViewrFan", The Beast by Sean Warton, iAmbition X by "coolasice11", Reaching for the Stars X by "Roblego2", and The Science Fair X by "MadLibs".
THAC 9
THAC 9 was hosted by Evan Linsey on December 17, 2011. Linsey was late to post the starting thread, so the contest began at 2PM GMT.[37] It was decided for there to be no theme as some of the people involved in setting up the contest also wished to enter. The Judges were Linsey, James Morr, Aaron Bulger and Joseph Hayden.[38] Prizes were provided by Jared Burk of Fine Clonier Custom Minifig Decals & Accessories, and consisted of his book Minifigure Customization: Populate Your World! plus $10 in store credit for first place, $7.50 in store credit for second place, and $5 in store credit for third place. 57 accepted entries were received, plus four disqualified ones. A list of accepted entries can be found here.
- Theme: None
- Letter Mod Element: L
- Color Mod Element: White piece connected to a blue piece
Place | Film Name | Director |
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1. | The Amazing Cashman | Philip Heinrich |
2. | Black and Blue | Stephen Burchell |
3. | Green Eye | Jonathan Vaughan |
4. | Bus Stop | Zach Macias |
5. | Bounce X | "D.J.M." |
6. | The 12 Days of Christmas...? | John Eggers and Daniel Eggers |
7. | 2012: The LEGO Evolution | Loïc Fontaine-Boivin |
8. | Z.F.F. - Zombie Friends Forever | Kris Theorin |
9. | Stranded | Bert Loos |
10. | Burrito Express X | Max Bychkov |
11. | Why I Didn't Enter THAC X | "J.T. Productions" |
12. | Brandon's Life X | "Meeser9" |
13. | WISHES: 1 GOLD | Arend Hintze |
14. | The Historical Auto Championship | The Four Monkeys |
15. | Mr. Georgeface & His Unmannerly Dog | Jonni Phillips |
16. | AL AZAR DE LO!! | Max Butcher |
17. | THE CLOWN | Iver Jensen and Jakob Jensen |
18. | Atomic Greed | Greg "dumbbros" Johns |
19. | A THAC day | Bruno Lefèvre |
20. | Chief Kufu | Stephen Jurist |
List of all entries:
THAC X
THAC X was hosted by Harry Bossert on December 29, 2012.[39] It received 74 entries, although two were soon removed from YouTube and so could not be judged.[40] The judging panel consisted of Harry Bossert, Evan Linsey and Bert Loos. A list of entries can be found here.
- Theme: A Grand Unveiling
- Letter Mod Element: M
- Color Mod Element: White piece connected to a grey piece
THAC 11
THAC 11 was hosted by Harry Bossert on December 28, 2013.[41] It received a total of 78 entries which can be found here.[42] It was judged by Lucas Mass, Dan "OneManFilms" Smith and Jon Williams.
- Theme: A Mistaken Identity
- Letter Mod Element: T
- Color Mod Element: Grey piece connected to a red piece
Place | Film Name | Director |
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1. | The Supervisor | Silent Frames |
2. | The Police Delivery | Thomas Evans |
3. | No Crawme Steals Christmas | Sean Warton |
4. | Fitz and Flubblewalf | Walter Benson |
5. | How I Survived | Sean Willets |
6. | Fish tale | Iver Jensen and Jakob Jensen |
7. | Expectation | Loïc Fontaine-Boivin |
8. | Misplaced and Mistaken | Ben Young |
9. | Drifter | Hal Warner-Clayton |
10. | Sector Se7en | Spencer Olson |
11. | The Key | Harry "Binding Brick" Pound |
12. | A Friend to End All Friends | John Eggers and Daniel Eggers |
13. | The Liberator | Francesco "bluper8" Iantorno |
14. | Corporate Confusion | "CarrollFilms" |
15. | Planet of the Sneeuwpop | Harrison Allen |
16. | Not Skeletor | Sam Richardson |
17. | Mr. Figure's Job Interview | Nathan Rossi |
18. | A Christmas Caper | Zach Macias |
19. | Failure to Lunch | Chris Shultz, Sherry Shultz and Jacob Shultz ("AFewBricksShort") |
20. | Purposeless Deduction X | "rofl"/"Grimly" |
21. | The Does | Andreas Bitzan and Michael Bitzan |
22. | "Never Fear, Fair Maiden; I Shall Save You!" | Max Butcher |
23. | Meth and Muzak | Chance Wen |
24. | you were a mistake | Jonni Phillips |
25. | The Incredible Journey of the Flying Pickled Pancakes | "Realm of the Unreel" |
26. | CON | Christian Colglazier |
27. | Magnus Lapsus | Ethan Olson |
28. | Battle of Smallville | Marc-André Caron |
29. | AX 2 | Shelby Pritchard |
30. | The Family Legacy | "Lawrie" |
31. | The Quest for Ted's Identity | Michael "LASF" Jurist |
32. | A New Citizen | "SplitterShot" |
33. | The Fifth Share | "Greenshirt"/"0DonkeyKong" |
34. | Interrogation | Jesse "ScreamingTantrum" Fletcher |
35. | BETRAYAL | Grant "GHB" Benson |
36. | Mental | Chris Wynn |
37. | The Code's Game X | Max Bychkov |
38. | Painter or Artist? X | "coolcubestudio" |
39. | WRONG Man in the RIGHT Place | Kaleb "osomstudios" Barkman |
40. | Identity Thief | "Fartifartek" |
41. | Investigator Rigby and the Identity Schemuzzle | "AnimationCreation" |
42. | A Jedi Mind Trick?? | Jeremy "Jerfish" Lux |
43. | Friend | "Willco66" |
44. | Betrayed | Christian Gentry |
45. | Regretting Profession X | "Nasrsarian" |
46. | The Time Courier | "Mindstormer" |
47. | The Trial of an Actor | Jasper Reddin |
48. | The Mistaken Superhero | "Legoguy1159" |
49. | Pizza Please | Logan "The Login Productions" Johnson |
50. | Lieutenant John | Nathan "END films" Stougard |
51. | A Temporal Swap X | Ethan "ewccinema" Connell |
52. | Another Man's Shoes | Joshua "PrestigiousPieProductions" De Oliveira |
53. | Paired Evil | Stefan Muscat |
54. | Wrong man | "duffosaur" |
55. | Zombies | "Jaxcychan" |
56. | 'M' is for Monster | Arend Hintze |
57. | Mistaken Mafia | "Shutterpoint" |
58. | Identical Thief | "Icebergstudios" |
59. | Time Travel Mishap | "5MineTube" |
60. | An Expensive Mistake | "SuperLegoMatic" |
61. | The Forgetful King | "legokingmike217" |
62. | What Was That? X | Noah "bakeranimator" Fields |
63. | A mistake out of this world X | "bataton" |
64. | Normal Hero | "DewVinci" |
65. | I'm Batman!!! | Humberto "BricksPerSecond" Kam |
66. | The Trophy | "Lone Hydra"/"ziemek17" |
67. | If the Hat Fits | "KobblethePenguin" |
68. | Who Am I? | "Galactic Films" |
69. | The Fall of a Kingdom | "GravityBrickStudios" |
70. | The Mystery Man | "Rockydude411" |
71. | gore.mp4 | Carl "Brickstudio 1" Schiller |
72. | mistaken identity X | "lu7ca2001" |
73. | The Man That Hits | "skyawalker" |
74. | Not Hazzat | Omar "Mickey" Mickelson |
75. | death in life | "prisac" |
76. | A Lie, A Fake, and Fools in Action! X | Lawrence "anofficialstripeline" Deng |
77. | That Spy | Nick "OneDouglas" Douglas |
78. | Funmi wins THAC | Funmi Adetola |
THAC XII
THAC XII was hosted by Nathan Wells on January 3, 2015.[43] This was the first THAC where the mod element was only required to be in each shot rather than each frame. A total of 69 entries were accepted, the majority of which can be found here. The judges were Nathan Wells, Timothy Ratner, Christian Colglazier, Nathan Rossi and Philip Heinrich.[44] Prizes were donated by Nathan Wells and Jorden Davis.[1]
- Theme: A Fresh Start
- Letter Mod Element: N
- Color Mod Element: Black piece connected to a blue piece
Template:ContestResults noCollapseTitle || 1. || Fried Circuit || Thomas Evans |- || 2. || Warshaw || Seán Willis and Brian Willis |- || 3. || Released || Abraham "AnW" Feldick |- || 4. || Face || Joseph Hayden |- || 5. || A Fresh Start'N || Ben Young |- | 6. || Turning || Sean Warton |- | 7. || New Recruits || Benjamin Ely |- | 8. || Director's Cut || "DewVinci" |- | 9. || Umbrella Umbrage || Nathan Mellace |- | 10. || 'N' || Max Butcher |- |}
List of all entries:
THAC XIII
THAC XIII began on January 2, 2016, hosted by Nathan Wells, receiving 68 accepted entries,[45] most of which may be viewed here. It was judged by Nathan Wells, Timothy Ratner, Shannon Birch, Zach Macias and Philip Heinrich.[46] The theme was a reprise of the A Peculiar Event Contest from 2004.
- Theme: A Peculiar Event
- Letter Mod Element: P
- Color Mod Element: Black piece connected to a yellow piece
Template:ContestResults noCollapseTitle || 1. || MECH || Benjamin Ely |- || 2. || Fantasma || Rob Bauer |- || 3. || Vengeance of a Different Sort || John Eggers and Daniel Eggers |- || 4. || Squeeb || Thomas Evans and Sean Warton |- || 5. || Recollections || Matthew Kimball |- | 6. || Benny n' Lee in: Death Comes Robbing || Seán Willis and Brian Willis |- | 7. || About || Joseph Hayden |- | 8. || The Voyage || Christof Muñoz |- | 9. || Oven Explosion Causes Death and Destruction || Isaac Cochrane |- | 10. || Space Worms || Marc-André Caron |- |}
List of all entries:
THAC XIV
THAC XIV was hosted by Nathan Wells and began on January 7, 2017. 58 entries were received, which may be viewed here. The judging panel consisted of Nathan Wells, Philip Heinrich, Christian Colglazier, Seán Willis and Dustin Finstrom.[47] The results were announced on February 11.[48] The prizes were supplied by the sponsors Brickstuff, who provided LEGO lighting kits for two places, and David Pagano and David Pickett, who provided signed[49] copies of their book The LEGO Animation Book for first, second and third place.[50]
- Theme: In Transition
- Letter Mod Element: B
- Color Mod Element: Blue piece connected to a red piece
Template:ContestResults noCollapseTitle || 1. || (Never) Meant To Be || Thomas Evans and Sean Warton |- || 2. || M-Man - Biography of a Sig Fig || Nate Swihart |- || 3. || Changing of the Guard starring Bo-Jest || Christof Muñoz |- || 4. || Automaton || Lucas Mass |- || 5. || Immature Antics of an Evildoer || Benjamin Ely |- | 6. || New Crew || Robert "Feinstein Films" Santine |- | 7. || Sheltered || Gregory Moore and Garry Moore |- | 8. || Life Changes || Mark Nelson |- | 9. || Caterpillar || "bataton" |- | 10. || The Sailboat || Nathan Mellace |- |}
List of all entries:
THAC XV
THAC XV began on January 6, 2018 at 12PM GMT.[51] It was hosted by Nathan Wells. The judging panel consisted of Nathan Wells, Christian Colglazier and Nate Swihart. The prizes were not finalized until after the deadline and so were not publicly announced, but were sent out to the winners. It received 62 entries, viewable here.
- Theme: An Unlikely Alliance
- Letter Mod Element: T
- Color Mod Element: Green piece connected to a white piece
Template:ContestResults noCollapseTitle || 1. || The Exquisite Corpse || Rob Bauer, Chris Wynn, and Lucas Mass |- || 2. || Corn Season || "The Tenacious Brick" |- || 3. || Alain 2 || Clément Persicot |- || 4. || Business Meeting || Jacob Crow and Ross Evans |- || 5. || Billy Mays Presents the SNIPPER SWEEP || Zach Macias |- | 6. || The Tree-Father || Ben "Isenbold" Stemen |- | 7. || A Boring Law || Ethan Olson |- | 8. || Whale, Whale, Whale || Benjamin Ely |- | 9. || The Great Quick Cook-Off || Seán Willis and Brian Willis |- | 10. || Cease-Fire || Gregory Moore and Garry Moore |- |} An honorable mention was given in the live results chat to SPACE HORSE by Nathan Dice, which was excluded from the top 10 due to lacking the mod element in some shots.[52]
List of all entries:
THAC XVI
In 2018, control of THAC was passed from Nathan Wells to Nathan Mellace. A vote on the Bricks in Motion forums decided the date for THAC XVI to be January 5-6, 2019.[53] The rules were updated so that up to 15 seconds of footage in an entry was not required to include the mod element, to allow for close-ups or other such shots that make incorporating the mod element difficult (or also potentially to reduce the amount of reshooting required on account of forgetting to include the mod element in a shot).
THAC XVI received 84 accepted entries; the most ever. The judging panel for THAC XVI will consist of Rachel Dew, Jared Gilbert, Nate Swihart, Chris Wynn, and Nathan Mellace.[54] The prize pool consists of the LEGO sets 40274 Mr. & Mrs. Claus BrickHeadz, 31080 Modular Winter Vacation, and 60202 Minifigures Pack: Outdoor Adventures.[55]
- Theme: Discovery
- Letter Mod Element: C
- Color Mod Element: Red piece connected to a yellow piece
List of all entries:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 THAC XII Announcement Thread
- ↑ Brickfilms.com wiki page on THAC
- ↑ One-Hour Deadline Comp Concept thread by Robinson Wood
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Announcement of the first THAC
- ↑ Archive of the Brickfilms.com wiki, with the original THAC logo
- ↑ THAC Starts Now Brickfilms.com Thread
- ↑ Judging of the first THAC
- ↑ Archived Brickfilms.com THAC 1 wiki page with full results
- ↑ THAC Awards Chat
- ↑ Dan's THAC entry release thread
- ↑ Idiotless' THAC entry release thread
- ↑ Winners of the first THAC
- ↑ THAC2 Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC2 results chat transcript
- ↑ THAC2 Results Thread
- ↑ THAC3 Launch Thread
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 THAC3 Results Thread
- ↑ THAC4 Announcement Thread
- ↑ THAC4 Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC4 Results Thread
- ↑ Ben Boatwright referencing 7th place in THAC 4
- ↑ Scott Loeppky's contest discussion
- ↑ Internet Archive of ilovebrickfilming.com THAC5 Thread
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 THAC 5A Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC 5B launch thread
- ↑ THAC5 Results Thread
- ↑ THAC 5 voting thread
- ↑ THAC6 Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC website announcement
- ↑ THAC6 Results Thread
- ↑ THAC7 Announcement Thread
- ↑ THAC7 Results Thread
- ↑ THAC7 Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC8 Announcement Thread
- ↑ THAC8 Results Thread
- ↑ THAC8 Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC9 Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC9 Results Thread
- ↑ THAC X Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC X Results Thread
- ↑ THAC 11 Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC 11 Results Thread
- ↑ THACXII Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC XII Results Thread
- ↑ THAC XIII Launch Thread
- ↑ THAC XIII Results Thread
- ↑ THAC XIV launch thread
- ↑ THAC XIV Results Thread
- ↑ Mention of signed books
- ↑ THAC XIV announcement thread
- ↑ THAC XV launch thread
- ↑ THAC XV results thread
- ↑ "POLL: THAC Date" Bricks in Motion thread
- ↑ THAC XVI announcement
- ↑ THAC XVI launch thread
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