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It's a little known fact that the average person's filmmaking skills peak at age 8. We discovered this after two long nights spent with the ingenious and utterly addictive LEGO & Steven Spielberg Moviemaker Set (ages 8 to 16).

Sanctioned by Spielberg himself (and influenced by his oeuvre), the kit includes a nifty digital camera/ mike, props, backdrops, and some smiling LEGO actors (who'll never go on strike) -- and a badass dinosaur. Using all this low priced technology, we went to work.

We began with that most fundamental of filmic concepts: the dino attack. Assembled, it consists of a giant foot, a street that splits open, two breakaway skyscrapers, some human actors, and the aforementioned badass dinosaur.

The director (who looks just like you know who) frames his shots from a working camera sled -- and so can you, after you've set up the camera (which functions in stop action or continuous video mode).

With the set built and our computer fired up, we were ready to bring in a Dogma 95 version of ''Jurassic Park 3'' on schedule and under budget ($179.99, the cost of the kit). Then, in the spirit of Hollywood caprice, we decided to shoot a Holiday Movie Preview instead. After all, LEGO claims that you can make any movie you want -- provided it involves car crashes and, of course, a badass dinosaur.

To sample some real LEGO cinema, check out LEGO Studios. To sign that badass dinosaur, call his agent.

Originally posted Dec 01, 2000
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