

Pretty much everyone is familiar with Lego. Let's leave aside the technical considerations (the subject of a future article) and consider the cinematographic challenges. I think we were all initially thinking "It's plastic - how hard can it be?" hard. "We want it to look as though it's all been made in someone's basement - someone with a lot of time on their hands - and then lit and photographed by an absolutely top-notch miniatures photographer." A word that sends a shiver down the spine of even the most seasoned CG veteran (perhaps especially so the more seasoned). The brief from the directors was clear: PHOTOREALISM.
