Editing Brickfilm (section)

===1980s–1990s===
A well-known early brickfilm was made between 1985 and 1989 in Perth, Western Australia by Lindsay Fleay, named ''[[The Magic Portal]]''. It was filmed on a [[Bolex]] 16mm camera with 16mm film and features animated Lego, [[Plasticine]], and [[cardboard]] characters and objects, mixing both stop motion animation and live action footage, with Fleay making a live action appearance.<ref name="Furniss">{{cite book |last1=Furniss |first1=Maureen |title=The animation bible : a practical guide to the art of animating, from flipbooks to flash |date=2008 |publisher=New York : Abrams |isbn=978-0-8109-9545-1 |pages=243–244 |url=https://archive.org/details/animationbiblepr0000furn/page/242/mode/2up?q=fleay}}</ref> ''The Magic Portal'' had high production values for a brickfilm of its time, with a five-figure budget granted by the Australian Film Commission. However, due to legal issues with The Lego Group, it did not see a wide release for years. The Lego Group eventually backed down on these charges.<ref>{{cite AV media |last1=Haubursin |first1=Christophe |last2=Cardiff |first2=Morgan |date=2017-06-15 |title=How fan films shaped The Lego Movie |medium=YouTube video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVe5XPU10Zc  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/TVe5XPU10Zc| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2019-03-29 |time=5:36 |publisher=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

More early brickfilms were produced in the ''Lego Sport Champions'' series,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/LEGOsports |title=Legosports |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2013-08-19}}</ref> officially commissioned by The Lego Group in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brickfilms.com/topic/lego-sports-champions1987/ |title=Lego Sports Champions(1987) |publisher=BrickFilms |access-date=2013-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130822140044/http://brickfilms.com/topic/lego-sports-champions1987/ |archive-date=2013-08-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://brickanimation.com/2012/08/olympic-lego-then-and-now/ |title=Olympic Lego Animations: Then and Now |publisher=Brickanimation.com |date=2012-08-16 |access-date=2013-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmwest.com/Catalogue/itemdetail/2395/ |title=Lego Sport Champions |publisher=Filmwest.com |access-date=2013-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323225117/http://www.filmwest.com/Catalogue/itemdetail/2395/ |archive-date=2014-03-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During this time, Dave Lennie and Andrew Boyer started making "Legomation" using a VHS camera and professional video equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wdln.tv/legoshorts.htm |title=Archived Document |access-date=2013-11-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028134218/http://wdln.tv/legoshorts.htm |archive-date=2015-10-28 }}</ref>

An early brickfilm with no involvement from The Lego Group to be widely released was a music video for the UK dance act Ethereal for their song ''Zap'' on Truelove Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.truelove.co.uk/|title=Truelove|website=www.truelove.co.uk}}</ref> Released in 1991, the film was shown across the MTV network and other music channels and was the first time a full-length stop-motion brickfilm has been released across public channels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJno9tFd8Tw|title=Vintage Lego Brickfilm|date=31 October 2014 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> The film again attracted the attention of The Lego Group's legal department. The film was directed by filmmaker David Betteridge<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbetteridge.com/|title=David Betteridge|website=David Betteridge}}</ref> with [[animation]] direction handled by Phil Burgess<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/pub/phil-burgess/67/471/60  {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> and Art Direction by Daniel Betteridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.danbetteridge.com/|title=Production Design|website=Production Design}}</ref> The story was an interpretation of scenes from ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' adapted to the rave culture of the late eighties, following three heroic Lego men as they battle and overcome evil. The film's budget was £3,000 GBP, enabling the filmmakers to shoot on 35mm film using a hand-cranked camera built in 1903 and modified with an animation motor. Originally scheduled to take two weekends, the film's production took three and a half months to complete.

In the late 1990s, the age of film and video brickfilms ended as digital cameras became more and more accessible. Also, the [[internet]] allowed brickfilmers to produce and distribute their work more easily.