12th Dec 2004 - The results are online!

see them at our results page !

1st Dec 2004 - The deadline has passed!

see the entries at the brickfilms.com server

The Idea

Many great and enjoyable brickfilms do not feature big and complicated sets and minigs but rather simple bricks animated that cleverly they come to life. Some examples of this are "1xY" by Errol and CTW, the dog in "He is Coming" by Go!LeGo! or the car-chase in Hali's HAT entry "Speeddemon".

These Films inspired us to create a challenge in brickfilms animation, a contest based on a VERY minimalistic concept: create a film that does not use more than 10 elements (e.g. Bricks).

The Rules

1. The film must not contain more than 10 visible elements.

2. Everything (from Lego or else) that can be detached without breaking is an element (see example below)

3. Every element visible (apart from background and optional baseplate) will be counted.

4. This is an animation contest, not a Special Effects contest, so the use of effects other than masking is strongly discouraged. Visible items like digitally added smoke, laser beams, etc. will be considered ADDITIONAL elements and are therefore only to use if there are no more than 10 elements INCLUDING the special effects visible during the film (rule 1).

5. A still picture showing all elements visible during the film must be included in the credits.

Prizes

2. and 3. Prize

the second prize is the first choice from 2 Technics Figures or
2 Homemaker Figures.

the third prize is that what the second did not choose.

Length and Format

Entries must not be longer than 2 minutes.

To ensure, that also non-broadband users can download most of the films we require a version of the film with a resolution of max. 320x240 and a max. size of 2MB encoded in either RealMedia or DiVX.

In addition to that, a high quality version may be submitted. This must not have a filesize bigger than 8MB and should be as well in either RealMedia or DiVX.

Voting

The Voting of the films will be based on a single category, that is ANIMATION. Every participant will submit his personal ranking of all films except his own. The first film in a ranking will recieve 0 points, the second will recieve 1 points, the third 2 and so forth. Points from all rankings will be added up and the film that recieves the lowest number of points wins.

Participants from whom no ranking is recieved by the Voting deadline will be excluded from the contest and therefore from the individual rankings before the points are awarded.

Votings will be made public via the web with the announcement of the winners.

Participation

All entries must be received in the form of an e-mail containing:
1. a working (for the time of the contest) link to at least the small version your film.
2. the names of all directors
3. the usernames in the brickfilms.com forums of the directors if they have them.
E-mails are to be sent to chbrock@gmx.de

Entries must be received by midnight on Tuesday November 30th, 2004 European Standard Time. Entries cannot be made publicly available until their presentation via the Contest web-page shortly after the submission deadline.

Votings must be recieved by midnight on Friday December 10th 2004 European Standard Time.

Winners will be announced in the Chat at brickfilms.com midnight on Saturday December 11th 2004 European Standard Time.

Have Fun !

Steffen, Stefan and Christoph

Yellowhead Studios

Example:

a minifig:

2x leg
1x hip
1x torso
2x arms
2x hands
1x head
1x headpiece

= 10 Elements