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ego movies, it's hard not to be struck by how realistic the animation is. It isn't quite traditional stop motion — but it sure looks as if it could be. That's largely thanks to the work of the animators at Animal Logic, a Sydney-based visual effects studio that has worked on The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie, and the upcoming The Lego Ninjago Movie. Powered by live action filming techniques and a close attention to detail, the studio has helped reinvent what Lego animations can look like. But they owe a lot of that aesthetic to the influence of fan films. Since the early 1970s, enthusiasts have made home movies with their own Lego sets. They're called Brickfilms — and they've grown into a sizable community producing great movies and helping many young animators get their start. The Lego Movie animators learned from what made those home movies so good by embracing the limitations of the medium, and creating a world that anyone could could rebuild at home. Check out some of the Brickfilms we showed in this video: The Magic Portal: https://youtu.be/jde4qHbCtSg Journey to the Moon: https://youtu.be/SW583kCiOWo Matrix 2003: https://archive.org/details/Matrix2003 Monty Python and the Holy Grail in Lego: https://archive.org/details/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrailInLegoFlv Tapporalli 2020: https://archive.org/details/tapporalli Predator Montage: https://archive.org/details/PredatorMontageClip ONE: A Space Odyssey: https://archive.org/details/oneaspaceodyssey Krieg der Steine: https://archive.org/details/KriegDerSteine Batman Begins Montage: https://archive.org/details/Batman_Begins_Montage_clip Delivery: https://archive.org/details/DeliveryH264 Star Wars Brickfilm: https://archive.org/details/Danstarwarsbrickfilm-test Victim: https://archive.org/details/Victim_h264 For a great explainer on how to make your own Brickfilm at home, check out this video: https://youtu.be/ukFWYe-ZeTw Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o