Here's some behind the scenes stuff you guys might enjoy:
To get Wendy to walk towards the camera in Act I, I laid down some Lego train track, made a cart, attached her ankle to it (since her feet are out of frame), and in each photo, posed her and moved the cart a little bit forward:
The street in Act II was actually just one strip of Lego road. I moved props around as well as the light source (lamp in top right corner) to make it look like time was passing. Also worth noting are the characters who weren't used in this scene:
To get the camera to rotate around it subject, I laid down some curved Lego tracks and built a custom cart which held the camera steadily:
For the shot where the camera is behind the missile as it flies towards the ninjas' hideout, I attached an arm to the cart and put the missile on it. Here's what it looked like, sans the cotton smoke trail:
For the Bad Mother Truckers' shooting scene, I had them lie down on Lego train cars (which were out of frame). I just rolled these carts along to get them to bail. For the muzzle flash, I put a piece of cotton on the end of the guns' barrels and aimed a flashlight at it, moving the light to burn out the cotton:
The empty casing seen during the shootout montage is actually a real casing from .45 automatic, provided my friend who gave the Yellow Ninja his voice:
And here's the obligatory cast photo. Spoilers - Don't expect to see them all back in the next Bad Mother Truckers film!:
