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This is Mike Mitchell, director of "The Lego Movie
2 —
The Second Part."
All right.
Here we are in Bricksburg, which
has been destroyed by Duplo aliens,
leaving it apocalyptic.
And Lucy and Emmet and Battlecatty
are checking out a new evolved alien that's just arrived,
and she spotted Emmet dancing.
“Uh, oh.”
So it was a real challenge to make
sure that in the animation that we could only
use Lego bricks that really exist in the real world
even though this is all done on the computer.
So we made sure everything has a handmade feel
and that we're only using Lego brick for everything
including the smoke, including the dust,
including the explosions.
And if you look closely, everything's dusty.
Sometimes there's fingerprints on the Lego.
This is them master building a getaway car, Chris Pratt
and Elizabeth Banks.
“Snazzy racing stripes.”
For this film we're designing new things
with our production designer, Patrick Hanenberger
and art director Kristen Anderson.
But we're also working hand in hand with Lego.
And as they're building toys, they're
helping us design as well.
So it's like a back and forth that we
had between our artists and our animators and the toy
makers, as well.
There's a blinker gag that I stole from a SpongeBob movie,
I directed, that was cut out.
And even that stream of smoke, everything
is made out of a brick.
“I can't believe another year has passed.”
“Wrong flare!”
“Should old acquaintance — “
“Alfred, battle cars.”
“Undeniably, Apocalypseburg is a nod to Mad Max
without stealing from Mad Max.
But it was really fun to do all
these apocalyptic vehicles and this dusty look,
but all through the whimsical lens of Lego.”
[screaming]
“We're alive!
Aah!”
“Love you.”
“I love you more.
These stars and hearts are voiced
by the children of our editors, Wyatt Jones
and Claire Knight.
And I believe they're around seven years
old when we recorded them.”
“Wee!”
“Hello!”
“Hurray!”
[grunts]
[whimpers]