short but sweet!
LEGO Halloween Kills
A stop-motion animation short in which an unsuspecting demolitions worker arrives at the infamous Myers house. Halloween in LEGO. Sound effects from freesfx.co.uk and freesound.org by users InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) and Leafs67
Blown away, Arginnon, blown away. That was legitimately creepy. Great work, and best of luck in the contest!
Whoa....um, ok.
After fond memories of "The Yellow Brick Horse" I was certainly not expecting...this level of seriousness.
It's incredibly well made on a technical level. No doubt about that. The cinematography, scoring, animation, set, and so on are all top-notch. The only slip in quality is the knife at 0:40, but that's easily forgivable.
I loved the dolly zoom at 0:32; in fact, all the camera movements were wonderful.
As I hinted before, up until the actual knife shot, I figured a swift twist would turn things into a funny, lighthearted film where this was all a mistake, or joke or something. Because of that preconception, the film was jarring the first time through. (Perhaps the release date, nearly a month after Halloween didn't help.) However, after watching it again, a little more aware this time, I do appreciate what you've done here.
I think it's a strong film to introduce yourself with here on Newgrounds.
Good job!
Arginnon responds:
Thank you! This means a lot, coming from you.
This is actually going to be the opening scene of a longer brickfilm, which will be a crossover of two franchises with very different tone and style. I set myself the challange to try and bring those two together, without extenuating either one. So this is the reason for the darkness and seriousness of this scene: this opening clip is purely Halloween, so I thought it should be done in the most horror-esque way.
Since it's going to be mixed with a more light-hearted franchise, I hope the final movie will be closer to my usual style.
