Welcome to Darkmoor
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- A woman seeking only a night's rest stops to visit a mysterious town hidden away in the English countryside, unaware of what horrors await within.
She will receive no welcome here.
Animated by Harrison Allen (AKA Squid) over a five year period using LEGO.
Original score composed by Joshua David Mitchell
Download Joshua David Mitchell’s original score here: joshuadavidmit...
Joshua David Mitchell’s Twitter: / jlfm97
Joshua David Mitchell’s UA-cam Channel: / michaeljlutosh
Contact Joshua David Mitchell: orangeycricket (at) gmail.com
Score Mixing by Michael Alexander Cortes
Contact Michael Alexander Cortes macortes.mp35 (at) gmail.com
Recorder Performances by Jordan Moore
Jordan Moore’s UA-cam Channel: / euphoniumplayer21797
Jordan Moore’s Patreon: / jordanmoore
Additional animation, calligraphy, and drawings by Wilson Allen
Additional VFX by Sebastian Segura
Frame Rate: 15 FPS
Camera: Nikon D3100
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 40mm f/2.8G
Video editing: Adobe Premiere Elements 13
Effects: Adobe Photoshop
There is a ninja hidden in this film. Good luck finding him!
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SPOILERS AHEAD
Do not read further until you've seen all of Welcome to Darkmoor!
Cast:
Mary Charles as
You Are The Stranger
and Who I Am Is Not Your Concern
Brandon Fields as
Call me Charlie McGee
Brandon's channel: / lannyonasis
and Harrison Allen as
He Is Your Mayor
I Am Steven Cobb
My Name Is David Cottage
and The He Who Lurks In Your Dreams
Narrated by John Flynn
Sound by Harrison Allen
Telephone ring by FreeSound user xyzr_kx
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Additional sound provided by Atlanta Theatre Radio Company
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The Nightmare Poem by Harrison Allen
I am the He Who Lurks In Your Dreams
I hold the key to terror and screams
I ever serve Sleep, to whom Death is wed
I constantly creep, to serve till I’m dead
All that you know is known as a lie
Ever you grow and then you will die
Everything here is summoned for thee
All that you fear has now been set free
Writhe here in sorrow, your horror and fight
No peace ‘til morrow, but still it is night
Scream if you’d please, but no one will hear
Only the trees will stand close and near
Once you had friends, but now they are gone
Friendships reach ends, as night becomes dawn
Once you were younger, but youth does decay
Once you had hunger, but gave it away
He Is Your Mayor doth rule this fair town
But only a layer, for Sleep wears the crown
You are not yet dead, just lost in his maze
A world painted red with light from his gaze
Soon you shall meet Your Deathly Demise
But when you greet, she’ll wear a disguise
Few things are certain, but certain is death
Let fall the curtain, and draw thy last breath
You cannot believe this place you abhor
You cannot conceive the secrets in store
You cannot perceive your days long before
You never shall leave Welcome to Darkmoor! - Фільми й анімація
Pure brilliance, utter surreal beauty.
Here is a sight to behold
One that won't grow old
A tale that's seen
Through dream-like images, it would seem
Visuals are blended with sound
To create an eerie atmosphere all around
A nightmare that keeps the viewer engaged
A town which is rather deranged
It is true that many brickfilms have tried to be scary
To feature monsters so hairy
But none succeeded so well or so great
Than this film that I did anticipate
I suppose stories like this are what great brickfilmers are for
Welcome to Darkmoor
I read this aloud to the group chat.
@@AnnoyingNoisesProductions love your videos!^_^
That squid at the end was the scariest jump scare I've ever seen.
Awesome job My Name is Annoying Noises Productions!
Well worth the wait! What a fantastic brickfilm. Spooky but sill Squid-y. I love it all around. I will never forget it, just like our protagonist.
Ah finally, it has been a while since you made such awesome brickfilm. It was worth the wait indeed. Well done and keep up the good work!
phenomenal work! Definitely one of the best Brickfilms this year
I like how the town is actually “Welcome to Darkmoor” and his name is “My Name Is Steven Brown” it’s very original and atmospheric. I’ll give more of my opinions when I’m finished the video
This was amazing. The unique character designs, the strange, the sets, all the little details, the poem, the monstrous figure reading it, the only color being red and the illuminations, the tension, and the story as a whole were all amazing.
I rarely see brickfilms with such a cinematic feel to them. Great work!
The style and imagination in this film is inspiring! Well done!
Thanks!
Simply fantastic. As a brickfilm this really raises the bar. Loved the dream sequence, particularly the poem.
My name is I am amazed. Not what I thought it would be but strangely even better!
Magnificent effects and drama, I think I shivered during the nightmare!
hoooo boy I've been following the production of this since the beginning and let me tell you that the buildup was absolutely worth it. Love the Baroque style music and the color scheme. what amazing film
This is absolutely phenomenal! One of my favorite brickfilms of all time
A big thanks to Joshua for having me record the recorder parts for the music. This is fantastic, and it's great to see all the context to what I was playing!
You were awesome! Thanks, Jordan!
I added a little money to your Patreon. This was wonderful.
@@susanneallen6691 Thank you!
This is some high quality animation!
We finally get to see this much awaited brickfilm, and I'm not disappointed. Great work Harrison! you made one of the best brickfilms out there.
It's even better with headphones! This is a true piece of art and I look forward to seeing more! God bless!
Really excellent work. I'm impressed by the FX of integrating red hue into monochrome, but the real highlight of this film is the poem during the dream sequence. The writing is good, and the score makes it excellent. Cutting on those bass beats is incredibly satisfying.
3:20 It was at this moment I knew I was watching an ANP film.
For me it was 1:33
I have received stimulation of the cold-simulating sensation known as chills on my sensory organ referred to as skin, while simultaneously witnessing any and all hair-like cell structures upon my body rise perpendicular to the skin to stand on end upon viewing the audio/visual entertainment experience entitled Welcome to Darkmoor.
I love the spooky arch! That was very visually stunning for a LEGO short film.
One of my favorite Brickfilms of 2019. Seriously, this is a masterpiece.
Definitely the best brickfilm I've seen all year. Like, everything is done masterfully.
Absolutely loved every second of this, you do a really great job building up the suspense and the production design and animation are incredible
Harrison my man. This was SO worth the wait. I love everything about it. From the creep factor to the selective color. I believe this will become a monumental brickfilm for the ages. Well done my man!
Absolutely incredible work! I was expecting a jump scare when You Are The Stranger was in the empty room.
The set design, lighting, animation, and everything else about this project is amazing. I'm really glad that you were able to get it done. Looking forward to every other project you will be making in the future!
- I Am The Wammy
Hands down the best brickfilm of 2019, and one of the best brickfilms of all time! You did a remarkable job with this, I hope there will be some BTS footage coming in the future! :D
I am hoping to create a BTS video sometime in the near future. I've taken a lot of extra images of the years and I want to share with people how I made this film.
Looking forward to it!
I agree, this is really awesome, and very spooky just in time for halloween.
UNFORGETTABLE! And I mean that in a very positive way. Well Done - we are so proud of you!
Very good. The poem sequence is phenomenal
All of that hard work paid off! It’s more than sufficiently creepy, perfectly lit, immaculately animated, and overall splendid in execution and watching it! Happy to have been a part of it! Awesome job, buddy!
Wow... This is incredible! So weird and unnerving, but beautiful at the same time. Well done!
Lovecraft + Twilight Zone + Good old weird Annoying Noises elements. This did not disappoint! I almost wanted to save this for Halloween Night, but I couldn't make myself wait another day.
Well congratulations. You've got me psychoanalyzing this thing and trying to determine if there is deeper meaning hidden behind the characters' names, their lines, and the poem. This was incredibly original, incredibly intriguing, and incredibly well-executed. Makes me want to know more about Welcome to Darkmoor, and the people who live there, and how they came to be there. And those are my favorite kinds of stories. The ones that leave me with a lot of questions. Now... I'm going to go to sleep. And I'm not going to wait for sleep to find me. And if I hear the voices of any of these characters while I'm sleeping, you're paying for the therapy.
Just out of curiosity, in the last three years have you needed him to pay you?
Mind blowing work! As many have said, probably one of the best animations ever made and for sure best 2019.
I’m so happy it’s finally out!! Your videos are all classics and I’m so glad you are still making stuff as good as ever!
This is one of the best brickfilms I have ever seen! The lighting was absolutely phenomenal. Not just the red tint, but to be able to capture that feel in Black and white and give such striking visuals is breathtaking! This was insanely well done and I look forward to seeing what is next!
This is fantastic. The usual quirkiness of your work is still present, but framed in a very different, more eerie light; the result is a film that tries to be creepy and succeeds by not trying to hard and showing restraint in the right places. It also helps that it's incredibly well shot, very well voiced, wonderfully scored, _and_ well written.
Also, those drawings in the background early on were really good as well.
That five years paid off in terms of the final product. I applaud you.
A downright masterpiece! Makes me wanna get back into brick filming.
Nice work! Creepy and atmospheric. Every shot is perfect -- your artistry (and your work) really shows.
What an absolute masterpiece of a film! Well worth the wait, Squid. You should be very proud!
Incredible! The score, voice acting, cinematography, camera motion, animation, music... Amazing example of how good a brickfilm can be.
I really dig the atmospheric texture you managed to create with the careful dialogue and sound design. I can't help but add that its great to hear an original score in a brickfilm.. I was listening with stereo headphones and found the music a bit overpowering to the dialogue at times, but I'm sure it'd be more than fine over speakers or something
You're always so ambitious with your projects and it's something I admire. Creating a gothic halloween brickfilm is very challenging. I think you nailed it.
This is one of the most fascinating Brickfilms I have seen. Short films like these inspire me to create stories of my own. Great job on it.
This was beautiful, Lovecraft himself would be proud.
The zaniness of it all and the absurdly peculiar comedy works so well!
masterpiece
Absolutely stunning. I am just amazed by the atmosphere and personality this film has. Truly a magnum opus!!
Wow, that was amazing. The poem was honestly creepy and chilling. This was most definitely five years well spent!
Such an amazing work ANP! Love your storytelling, crazy style + great camera angles and smooth animation. Delicious :>
Whoa that was definitely one of the best brickfilms I have seen in my lifetime. The animation was *spectacular,* the story was *incredible,* the lighting was *fantastic.* Amazing work!
This brickfilm is amazing thank you for making this!
That was an excellent film, Mr. Allen. I've been following you since you were SirSquid on the Lego Universe Creation Lab, and I must say, this is one of your finest works yet.
Welcome to Darkmoor
Welcome to Darkmoor
This is the best way to begin spooktober.
An absolutely stunning work! Possibly even your Magnum Opus!
There's so many interesting techniques here, including the colour-tinted lighting you've described previously on social media and so many well-calculated camera movements. Your unique style of writing and absurd sense of humour are the strong suit in many of your films, and they lend themselves remarkably well to this concept. Not to mention the masterful cinematography, and top-notch voice acting that is (As one should expect from Sir Squid) far above the brickfilm standard.
I'd agree with many others that this is one of if not the best brickfilm of 2019. I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!
On a related note, I have a few questions about the film's lighting: What was your setup like for the sequence at 5:00? Did you manually move the lamp, or was it on a rig or some kind? I have the same question about the shots starting at 6:35 and 6:39, though I imagine different techniques were used. Also, knowing your preferences for in-camera effects when possible, I'm assuming that 6:53 was done practically. What material were you using for the backdrop that's between the light and the minifigure?
Anyway, this is a fascinating film! Congratulations!
Thanks! Lots of really good questions here.
5:00 these shots form what I call the blackout sequence, and they are the only shots in the entire film that were not animated in my studio. Rather I set the camera and figures atop a teacart and animated it moving through a hallway at night, the only source of light being from an open bathroom door. I kept a small set under the camera to keep the minifigures in place, and ran back and forth with each character in the film to have a shot of them lit from each side. These can then be combined with other takes by setting the opacity to "screen"
6:35 This shot of the skeleton is a simple lamp animation, however, the 6:39 shot is what I'd call an "exposure animation" which I did by changing the exposure of the camera every frame. The animation of the well light building up then has another frame screened atop it, and this provides the grey light around the well to contrast the red. Since it's a static shot, I only had to take a single frame of the grey light for this. The entire set is elevated to facilitate the illusory cliff at the edge of town. So I thought it'd be a golden opportunity to set it up so I could shine some light in there for something in the dream.
6:53 This shot uses a simple sheet of paper as the background with a flashlight lighting it in such a way that it has a completely in shot vignette. The lighting animation is also done by simply changing the camera's exposure.
I can't believe how great the color effect worked! Amazing job squid!
So great! The colors and lighting were amazing, the story was chilling, and it adds a lot of depth to an otherwise comical universe of your stop motions. Perfect! This is the golden standard of what stop motions should be.
-I am Color Wing
Well that was surreal.
Great job, worth the wait
Incredible job! The cinematography is just insane!
I don't think I've ever seen a brickfilm this atmospheric before. This is beautiful and amazing on so many levels!
Wow what a thriller! All the events in the video were so gripping! Great narrator too! This is without a doubt my favorite brick film from you! Impressive job!👍
Loved it! Movement, voices, script, concept...this is a must see for Halloween!!
Absolutely fantastic. I'm so excited for you to have this finished after so long, and it was well worth the wait!
I don't know if you recall, but in 2010 or 11, you gave my a LEGO minifigures series vampire. And that's where I got the torso and cape for the Nightmare Poet. So thanks a lot for that! I spent a very long time colouring it in. This venture wouldn't have been the same without it.
@@AnnoyingNoisesProductions Yeah, your mom was telling me! I'm so glad and honored that what seemed like such a small gift ended up being such a huge inspiration for your art! :)
This was seriously amazing! You're like the Lovecraft of Lego animations!
Wow it's kind of a shame this isn't traditionally animated, it deserves a larger audience.
If you think it deserves a larger audience, make sure to share it with your friends!
Some of my favorite pieces of writing are the ones that aren’t fully explained and full of confusion. This is is executed beautifully!!! The animation and coloring is amazing!!!
Wow. That was amazing! The soundtrack, animation, sets, and lighting were all super well done. It has a very creepy and eerie atmosphere to it while still retaining the "ANP feel". One of 2019s best brickfilms! (Maybe *the* best)
Fantastic work! Love the whole concept and setting!
Just found this from the pirates rule remake. Incredible - amazing story, soundtrack, editing, lighting and animation! You nailed it!
I really like the naming twist, and how the town makes you forget that there was anything beyond Welcome to Darkmoor. I think it's like a meta-commentary about the film itself: technically, this movie doesn't actually show us anything beyond the town itself and the roads that lead to it, so you could say that none of the places the protagonist wanted to go to even existed.
Thanks!
Yeah, that was intentional. I wanted to really put people in the perspective of the protagonist. By not letting the audience know any more than she does, the lies of Welcome to Darkmoor feel a little more believable.
That’s insane. Great work!
Breathtaking! Props to everyone behind this stunning project!
Awesome man! amazing work and super creepy!
Dude that was truly incredible! The set design was so cool. It’s really cool how you were able to capture such an eerie feeling. Great job man. It was really fun to watch!
This film was sooo Great!! I hope Red Order isn't going to take 10 yrs. lol. still worth the wait!
Great to see this after all these years! Awesome work, Squid!
Thanks again for letting me be a part of this! I had so much fun writing music for it!
The music really carries the film so much further, so thank you so much for making it.
Annoying Noises Productions Of course! Congrats, Harrison.
Wow, i expected something way different but this is awesome! There is humor inside a thrilling and mysterious atmosphere. Also i didn't expected it to be that long. I love it! This is a piece of art. (Sorry for mistakes but English is not my national language)
It's amazing, there were a couple of instances in which I inmediately return 10 seconds just to see a effect again. It looks so good! I really liked the way the car's lights turned on near the end and the way the red poped out.
Great work ANP!
I was too busy with other things to watch it until now, but it was well worth the wait! The poem was good as always!
Haunting and absolutely fantastic. Well worth the wait. Can't believe this went under my radar when it was first released, but better late than never. Loved the transitions, effects--special and visual--and all the dolly shots. So cool to finally see this, and I hope it's everything you wanted it to be!
That was absolutely brilliant! Well done! 👏👏👏
You are an Incredible artist
Fantastic. I once had a similar experience on the Australian countryside in a little town called collector. Now I'm just waiting for The Colour War.
I enjoyed this production very much. Congratulation on great work.
My brightness is all the way up and it's still so spoopy
This was truly amazing
In one word: "Beautiful".
I think I shall proclaim this film, “It is a good brickfilm”
Awesome job!
Congrats on pulling through!
Completely not what I expected, but just as good! Incredible work, as always. :)
The execution of this stopmotion is amazing, the quality only something I can aspire to at this point in time, simply put, Well done! This is amazing, I love the use of the black and white, with the Red making everything feel so sinister, AMAZING job!
Woww.. breathtaking!! 👍😍😍😍 .. so much thought in every shot!! Sound and visuals perfectly synced! And the lighting was astonishing! A great tale told in a truly beautiful manner!
WOW! I'm actually creeped out by this! Great job!
Remarkable job Squid!
Spectacular job on your brickfilm!
This is art.
Happy anniversary of this amazing stop motion