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This awesome short is a brick remake of the classic Ghostbusters by Digital Wizards Studios, who spent over 2,000 hours creating it. Man, I ain’t afraid of no ghost, but I don’t think I could have pulled this project off. That is a lot of time. And it was well worth it since the finished film is amazing.

They used about $100,000(USD) worth of LEGO bricks to create this stop-motion masterpiece, which is an abbreviated remake of the original 1984 movie. Along the way, they used some of the rarest and most valuable LEGO sets out there, like the Taj Mahal, Statue of Liberty and Green Grocer. It’s got lots of fun cameos too, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled.

The opening shot alone took 12 hours to set up and six hours to animate. These kind of short films take real commitment and drive, not to mention talent. These guys have my respect.

[via The Brothers Brick via Laughing Squid]

If Panasonic didn't have attention from movie producers before, it just might as of this week. Joining the quickly developing tradition of camera makers producing elaborate short movies as technology demos, the company has let cinematographer Philip Bloom wield (and tease) a "brand new G camera" to record Genesis, a fast-paced mini-drama showing a man's race to meet his love before it's too late. While Bloom can't talk much about the hardware in question until the 17th, he's allowed to confirm that the upcoming Micro Four Thirds body relies on a "superb" 72Mbps All-I codec for video -- letting it capture a sprint through the streets without the compression artifacts of the AVCHD format used by most mirrorless cameras. Panasonic's upcoming shooter also touts "much improved" results in the dark, Bloom says. It all sounds very tempting, especially if it turns out that Panasonic's inadvertent leaks are for the same camera we see in action here. The full movie is available after the break, and Bloom has the behind-the-scenes details at the source link.

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