Is the end credits sequence real?

Question

In The Lego Movie 2, the end credits scene featuring a big rolling cylinder reminded me of the Lego Kinetic Sculptures. It looked a bit more real than the whole movie, which is CGI made to look like real life and I am wondering if it was actually a real thing build, like the kinetic sculptures? Is it real? And is there any specific person responsible for designing this huge lego build?

Answer 1

The end credits were a mixture of practical effects and CGI, designed and animated by Alma Mater studios using Lego "kinetic sculptures" and stop-motion photography.

Sitting with our fellow bloggers, ThatsItLA had a chance to talk to directors Mike Michelle and Trisha Gum about the film. That’s when I asked about how they came up with the end credits for The LEGO Movie 2. Rather than just repeat themselves, the LEGO team came up with a very elaborate sequence that involved two wheels of LEGOs, one side would rotate clockwise, while the other would rotate counterclockwise. Each side would have a character and their counterpart meet in the middle where they would join hands.

Mitchell described it as “Insane.” He added, “that was one guy made that in a warehouse somewhere. Is that not incredible?”

So I asked him how they came up with it since it is so much different from the original and their spinoffs. The key thing to know about this end credits sequence is that it is all very real. “Isn’t it super creative? Super creative,” Mitchell said. “That–just–it started with a very simple conversation where we’re like–they pitched it to us and then we’re like, ‘We want to make this real thing that could actually be built.’ And they just asked us about our movie because our movie wasn’t done yet. We’re halfway done. And we’re like, ‘This is really a movie about contrast, and like characters that don’t fit together.’ And I think we did a few sketches of like little sketches like an old man with a baby, you know, and just like the contrast. And that’s all they had was a few posted notes. And then those guys went and built that thing.”

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This title sequence, set to an amazing song by Beck feat. Robyn & The Lonely Island, explores a rotating drum of kinetic LEGO sculptures that celebrate themes from the film.

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