Beast

Dr. Wilson has finally discovered something his has craved for years: a cure for cancer. But after a terrible accident, everything changes. Dr. Wilson's assistant is dead, and something horrible is on the loose. Only Inspector Bill Gristle and his skilled CSI team can solve the mystery and stop the creature known as the Beast.

This version of Beast is almost nothing like the original concept. I first thought up the idea of Beast in March of 2006. I had just heard about the new movie The Omen, and that it was going to be released on sixth day of sixth month of the sixth year of the new millennium, or 06/06/06. 666 is, of course, the Number of the Beast mentioned in the Book of Revelation. I thought it would be cool to release a quick brickfilm on 06/06/06 with a "beast" theme as a little joke. The original story this: on 06/06/06 a demonic creature rises from hell and the world ends. Original, huh?

The direction of this project quickly changed when the Brickfilms.com "Fame, Infamy and Glory" Contest was announced. I threw out the old story and began a new one. The basic premise was a retelling of the werewolf and Frankenstein stories with a modern twist. I tweaked the story several times to fit more in with the Fame, Infamy and Glory theme required by the contest, and I added the crime scene investigation theme as well. The end result was a massive 15-page script. I began filming the key scenes, but I quickly realised the project was too large and I wouldn't be able to complete it in time. I cut out two major subplots and half the characters. This left me with a managable film, albeit weakened and watered down. I finished filming, but I was struck with another roadblock when I began editing. Films submitted in the contest had to be ten minutes or shorter. I have over twelve minutes of footage. I grit my teeth and removed every excess shot, and cut words out of sentances to trim the dialogue down. Beast is the result. It's skeletal and diluted, but it had to be done.

I still have the original script, and all the voices, and I'm not going to reveal anything else, because eventually I'm going to make and release Beast: Director's Cut. I am not setting a deadline, and I'll work on it slowly, making each bit the best it can be. It might be released in 2007, it might be even 2008. But I have a feeling it's going to be a whopping half an hour long. So stay tuned. But don't hold your breath.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Beast
• brickfilm
• LEGO
• Lord_Of_The_LEGO
• animation
• stop-motion
• CSI
• One
• Brick
• Studios
• Nathan
• Wells

[LegoDude10501]

That was great. Oh and can you tell me you made the beast?

[legozoner]

BEST VIDEO EVER YOU SOULD DO MO LIKE THIS MY FAV SO FAR!!!!!!!!

[krismoop]

this vid was the most epik vid EVER idk y people disliked



[pieface2288]

@LegoDude10501 the beast is from an old vikings series

[DGMarkuz]

A kid accedently stoped the robber. 1:22 i pressume that is Zach Machais's submission for this contest? :)

[Banhammer0]

Best animation I ever seen.

[GPepinfims]

Oh, and i forgot to say that Alex, Derrick, and the Mindgame guy are in the backround from 1:23 to 1:28

[GPepinfims]

that was an awesome brickfilm! I'm guessing the cameos are the delivery guy going out the shop doorat 1:17, Stoic in that table next to the door, and that guywho gave the presents from the christmas special at the blurry table behind them.

[BlackDollarBills]

i wish you would remake this :D the screenplay would be better as a longer film with more of the police investgation and an introduction of the doctor who identifies the blood. the climactic scene could be extended too definitely a chase or having one of the cops attacked. but as it is a brilliant brickfilm. the last scene shows a level of character consideration rarely seen in brickfilms.

[LegoMatt222]

Why don't they Censor Dr.Wilson if hes Naked as with his P3N1S

[sob1411]

Nice! All you need to do is get a more hd cam. otherwise the movement is fluid, audio could get better but is overall passible

[jennipurty]

the beast guy looks like conan