A short while ago I posted about an all new brickspace gold, and here it is! The next award is the annual special, polling starts on the 1st of December. Don't forget to send us your nominations, and please read the presentation for more information.
As many of you may have noticed, the monthly Brickspace awards, brickspace gold, in which you vote for your favourite creation/video of the month, have not been running for some time now due to technical difficulty *ahem* (in other words general staff laziness). We are working on a new version of brickspace gold for next month. If you have any ideas, please email us or write them in the comments section.
Hey everyone. Sorry it's a bit lat, but oh well. The time to announce the winner of the January brickspace gold. (For the record, there was no December brickspace gold because of the annual brickspace awards). So, anyway, here are the results:
The peril of doctor octopus
0 (0%)
The past is now behind us
0 (0%)
70's: The Genesis
2 (22%)
Lime miner
2 (22%)
Psycho (flicks)
2 (22%)
Gigantic train station
3 (33%)
So the winner is Giant train station. Well done to Rainer Brendler who made it. It was disappointing only 9 people entered, so make sure to vote next time please guys!
Yes guys, It's that time again. It's time to announce, the November Brickspace Gold (ooh). I've been a bit lazy this month so it's 5 days late, but oh well. Unfortunately, only 6 people voted this month (2 bein me and John). Come on guys, you can do better than that. But, moving on. The winner, of the November Brickspace Gold is...
DRIVEN! by Nathan Wells (One brick studios) Below are the reslts
Below is the original article:
Yet another great video from Nathan Wells. I can't be bothered to write a long review, so just sit back, relax and prepear to witness a piece of brickfilming genius. You can find the video on YouTube by clicking here, and you can view Nathan Wells' YouTube channel (One brick studios) by clicking here.
And the winner of the October bricksspace gold is...
Du dum, du dum, du dum (Heartbeat)
MIRRORED PERSPECTIVE!
Under the video are the results. Mirrored perspective got 37%.
Here's the Mindgame studios description:
"This film was a definite deviation in genre from me. I wanted to break away from my regular comedy form and make something a little deeper and meaningful. I also wanted to really try to work at my cinematography on this project, as that was an aspect of my filming I hadn't mastered. This, by no means, is a mastery at cinematography, but it's my best at it so far, in my opinion.
The idea for this film came to me back in I think August or September of 2006. It floated around my head for a while, and mentioned it once or twice to a friend of mine in BrickChat. He really seemed to like the idea, slightly to my suprise. I didn't do much with it afterwards. Within the next couple of weeks, we began studying Plato's Cave Allegory in English class, and it occurred to me how similar it was to the concept of the film I was thinking of.
That gave me a little more inspiration, and I began brainstorming for it a little more. Official production began for it in late October 2006. It progressed very slowly over the course of the next two months, being busy with schoolwork and stuff. Occasionally I would lose interest for a short while, but then regain it after a few days and shoot another couple of shots.
I originally thought the film would have been done by around Thanksgiving, but December came and I was a little over halfway through filming. I promised myself the film would be done by the end of the year, so production sped up pretty rapidly in the next couple of days. I sent a Private Message to a friend of mine, Lewis "Lechnology" Chen, to see if he'd be available to do a special effect for me that I wasn't capable of doing at the time. He agreed to do it, and was very prompt in getting the clips back to me, and I thank him for that.
By December 10, I finally finished filming. I compiled a rough cut of the film and sent it to the resident Brickfilms composer Joseph "The Duke" Frank. To my delight, he said he very much liked the film and would be happy to write a score for me, which he accomplished promptly as well, also to my delight. I opened up Vegas and added in his music, made a few last minute adjustments, and finally rendered the finished product.
Mirrored Perspective was nominated for four 2006 BAMPA Awards, including Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Score, and Best Sound Design.
This film was also selected to be shown at the Platform International Animation Festival in June 2007, in the "Films By Kids For Kids" screening."
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This is another great film from MindGame Studios. It is, as ever silky smooth and very good quality. It starts off faultlessly. Thecamera angles are very good, and it turns what is a very simple story into what could be called a piece of art. The music goes very well and means there is no need for any talking. It is a pleasure to watch, and I especially like the ending where he smashes the mirror, and walks through the door. Once he reapperars in the alleyway, the lighting and colour quality are excellent.
They've done it again, another great piece of eye candy from Mindgame studios.
And the winner of the September bricksspace gold is...
Du dum, du dum, du dum (Heartbeat)
MAN TAKING HIS HEAD OFF!
Remember that dissolving man I showed you? And that alien bursting out of the Lego plate (actually HR Giger's Alien, from Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien)? Well, they were both made by the lawyer-turned artist Nathan Sawaya. Here's another of his works, a man taking his head off. It's got a cool BoB watermark 'cos I edited out the background. Enjoy!
Wow, look at this wacky vignette. It must be from some film or summin, I don't know. Anyways, it looks cool, and there's lots of interesting building techniques.
And the winner, of the March brickspace Gold is...
DISSOLVING MAN!
This is a picture of a series of sculptures, made by some swedish lawyer who quit his job to become a lego artist. He was in the Volvo magazine recently... This sculpture is great, with the pile of bricks at the bottom and falling out of his chest to look like he's leaking or dissolving or something.
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