Here are the films we have made up to now. We have put some small
test films on the website as well. The films are available in
various formats, including RealVideo 10, because of its good
performance with animation at high compression rates. The player required to view them can be downloaded for free from www.real.com, if you don't have that already. The recommended file
is marked with a *.
Taste Matters
 16 May 2007 - Taste Matters was Yellowhead Studios' entry in the German brickfilming festival "Steinerei 2007", with theme "Geflügelte Worte". Don't worry: there is no spoken text, so you will have no trouble understanding it.
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His Master's Plan
 27 August 2005 - His Master's Plan is something special. Whereas I normally take up to a few hours to set up a shot, and can spend weeks to months on a single film,
this one had to be completed within 24 hours. To prevent cheating (i.e. starting early), a "mod element" was announced at the start of the challenge: every frame of the animation should show (part of) the letter "N". The theme was also kept secret but turned out to be "general/no theme".
Due to time constraints it is not of the same quality as our other films, but it is nonetheless a film that Yellowhead Studios can display with pride. The running time is 1:25.
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The Dragon
 29 June 2005 - The Dragon was
our entry for the Brickfilms/Brickfest Heroes and Villains (HaV) contest. It is short (57 seconds), but manages to tell a full story of heroism, valour and foul beasts. You'll find that not all is as it seems.
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Daedalus and Icarus
 7 August 2004 - Daedalus and Icarus was
our entry for the Brickfilms/Brickfest High Adventure Theatre (HAT) contest.
It relates the popular myth of Daedalus and his son, who found themselves in
a difficult position on the Crete of King Minos.
After having seen the film, check
out the behind the scenes page which explains how the film
was made.
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Great Inventors part 2
 4 October 2003 - This sequel was made
for the Brickfilms Words of Wisdom contest, in which it was voted
first in the category Best Presentation. The film is
exactly 2 minutes long. It features water, snow, fire, an
elephant, mountains and lots of fun!
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il est midi
 16 June 2003 - A 33 second film,
done for a small competition on a British singer's website. All
information on downloading can be found on the il est midi page and in the table below.
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A Christmas Carol In Bricks
 24 December 2002 - Who doesn't know the
wonderful story about Scrooge, written by Charles Dickens? Put to
film a zillion times, now for the first time it has been done
with LEGO! Why wait longer? Download it now!
With a length of
over 15 minutes, this is the longest film we made until
now.
Contrary to what the credits state, there will be no
special edition of this film.
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Animation Class: Lesson 1
 25 September 2002 - If you want to learn how to
make your own film, this is the best way to do it! This first
lesson tells you, in an entertaining way, the various tasks and
equipment you will meet when making your own film.
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Also available through Archive.org
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Great Inventors Part 1: The Wheel
 
27 February 2002 - This film shows the problems two cavemen experience when they try
to get home the yield of a succesful day of hunting, and what
follows from it. It was made for the BrickFilms
Historical Fiction Contest. It's 4 minutes 40 seconds long,
and can be downloaded in various formats (including RealMedia and
Windows .avi at different compression rates) from
the following links:
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Season's Greetings
 24 December 2001 - This
short greeting cost about an hour to build and film, and 4 hours
to put together (because the software didn't want to load the
video feed). It's 35 seconds long, and can be downloaded
in the .avi format (2,8 MB) and .rm format (597 KB)
from the following links:
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Il Barbiere di Siviglia
The Barber of Seville
 31 August 2001 - "Is that a knife?" No,
these are scissors, but they move so fast that you can see only
one blade at a time. Meet Figaro Minestrone, Minifig for friends,
and see a day in the life of The Barber of Seville.
This film was created for the Brickfilms Classical Movie
Contest, and is 4:21 minutes long. This time we
photographed 2654 separate images which made a very high
framerate possible. This film won the prize for best film!
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The Big Chase
 11 August 2001 - This is our very first
long film. An amazing number of 848 seperate images and
7 moving scenes have been combined into one 3:03
minutes long film. The project, with all the separate scenes
uncompressed, took 10,9 GB of hard disk.
Basically it's
about a man, driving a fast, cool sports car who goes to the
cinema. Unfortunately he leaves his keys in the car... Two
thieves show up only moments before the man comes out, and
therefore the police is close. Will they make it?
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