| Annoying Noises Productions | |
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| Brickfilmer Profile | |
 Squid's Bricks In Motion logo, bearing his trademark giant alien cyborg squid. | |
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Years Active |
2009-present |
| Nationality | American |
| Profiles | YouTube Channel Bricks In Motion Profile |
| Associated With | Bricks In Motion |
Harrison Allen (also known as Squid and Annoying Noises Productions) is a brickfilmer that is relatively well known for his unique style of films which incorporate high production quality with much strangeness.
Harrison's videos have been very popular with over 700,000 views and 2400 subscribers on YouTube.[1]
History[]
Harrison first desired to brickfilm after seeing the Monty Python and The Holy Grail brickfilm created by Spite Your Face Productions. However he only actually created a brickfilm in 2007 for the Lego Star Wars Video Competition.[2]
Brickfilms[]
Director Filmography[]
| Name | Year | Director | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOHROK ATTACK! | 2009 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| The Legend of Mousty | 2009 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| THE MAILBOX OF DOOM! | 2010 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| Pirates Rule | 2011 | Harrison Allen | Film | Released |
| (Enter Vladimir Vango) | 2011 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| How to Not Rob a Bank | 2012 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| How to Not Rob a Bank | 2012 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| Sharks and Clowns | 2012 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| The Lost Invention | 2012 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| I Am The Darkness— A LEGO Batman Adventure | 2013 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| Odoriferous | 2013 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| Planet of the Sneeuwpop | 2013 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| Leprechauns in France | 2014 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| We the Pumpkins Three | 2014 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| Ella’s Tale | 2015 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| I am the Night — A LEGO Batman Adventure | 2016 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| The Court of Conundrums | 2018 | Harrison Allen | Short | Released |
| Welcome to Darkmoor | 2019 | Harrison Allen | Film | Released |
Pirates Rule[]
This is Harrison's most successful brickfilm about pirates, ninjas and 'some British guys'.[3]
How to Not Rob a Bank[]
This is Squid's second most successful brickfilm in which two minifigures don't rob a bank.
Magical Land of Riigo-Faloo[]
The Magical Land of Riigo-Faloo is a fictional universe created by Squid. It is where his films “Sharks and Clowns”, “The Lost Invention”, “We the Pumpkins Three”, and “The Court of Conundrums” are set and contains many fantasy elements such as vampires, wizards, goblins and talking horses. Harrison's long term goal for the universe is for it to be become a cartoon TV show with a big story-arch going over multiple seasons revolving around multiple adventurers.[4]
Odoriferous[]
Squid's entry to BRAWL 2013. It won first place as well as multiple Brickfilmer's Guild Awards.
Planet of the Sneeuwpop[]
In December 2013 Squid created the film Planet of the Sneeuwpop for the annual brickfilming competition THAC. During the making of this film Squid briefly joined a Skype group chat for THAC entrants and famously went a bit mad. He claims to have no recollection of this event occurring.[5]
We the Pumpkins Three[]
His entry to BRAWL 2014. It earned fourth place.
Animating Setup[]
Currently Harrison animates using a Nikon D3100 DLSR camera at 15 frames per second. It is notable that unlike the majority of brickfilmer he uses no . His films are edited using Adobe Premiere Elements and audio is recorded using a Blue Snowball.
References[]
- ↑ http://YouTube.com/user/AnnoyingNoisesInc Squid's YouTube channel.
- ↑ http://www.repellingspider.com/2013/04/interview-harrison-allen.html How Squid got started (interview by a Repelling Spider)
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869621/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt Pirates Rule on IMDB
- ↑ http://brickflickers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/an-interview-w-harrison-allen.html Harrison's plans for Riigo-Faloo (interview with Onion)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMcHv6IdTo Squid's THAC 11 Weird Out on YouTube.