Wow, you are pretty much a jerk aren't you, Woutstopmotion? Did you miss the part where this was made by a fourth grader? Let me help you out a bit here...
First, your point about the Lego Movie stands, but I refer you to the fact that a 9 year old did this. The audience was fourth graders who had no idea about the process other than what they saw in the Lego Movie, which of course was an animation.
About the animation, creating these films has been a journey. Yes, the animation was poor on the walkcycle test that he used. It was the first time he'd ever tried one. Did you stick around to see the THAC 11 entry or "Lego City's Hero" films? I'm sure your first attempt at animating was flawless, let me check for your winning entry in one of the THAC... Oh wait, your name doesn't even appear...
On to voice acting, you see, we use Dragonframe and create an x-sheet from the audio. This allows us to animate exactly along with the audio. No guesswork, math or cheating required. Your saying "that's how everyone does it" only further puts your arrogance and ignorance on display. Please don't offer advice to anyone in this area as you obviously don't know what you are talking about.
He didn't have footage of him doing animation and had a deadline at school for the film. What he was trying to show was working on a set and getting ready to animate. Its what he had. Thanks for the great tips on set preparation. How should our camera slider/dolly be positioned? How about the fluid head that our T4i mounts to the slider on, will that be OK for animating? I appreciate the key advice you share about tape and connecting pieces. Advanced stuff there...
He was reading the script from cue cards. Part of the project was writing a script in class, so he had to use it. I'm sure at 9 you were a spectacular performer and could have whipped something like this out in no time and in spectacular form. Can you point us to some of your amazing hits that has Hollywood beating a path to your door? I'd really like to some of your earliest work to get a handle on how amazing you are. Had you done anything of note at 9 years old?
As far as adding the previous brick films, oh yes, it was necessary. It was done for a class project and the class got to see it. Links to YouTube would not have served the purpose at all, it would have left everyone wondering what the hell he was talking about. In the end, the class absolutely loved it and they actually voted to cancel a field trip to make a class movie on the day before the last day of school. Evidently the critics that matter loved the film.
I'm going to give you a bit of advice. This is coming from a real-life adult who makes a pretty good living based in part on this skill. When giving feedback or even criticism, don't be an !@#$%^&. Be constructive. All you've done in your response is alienate people, shown that you cannot be trusted and limited your ability to gain valuable assistance from others who see you as an arrogant, condescending jerk. Also, understand the context that something is being presented in, this very clearly stated that it was done by a fourth grader for a school project. If you have difficulty with reading comprehension, have someone who isn't illiterate interpret what was written before inserting your foot into your mouth.
Other than that, your review was quite valuable.
Mod edit: Watch the language please.
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