OpenTube

The Cleaners - LEGO Animation

Zach Macias - MindGame Studios

339,540 views

BEHIND THE SCENES WRITE-UP: https://onebrickstudios.com/posts/the...

Death is a messy business.

In this stop-motion homage to 1970s crime films, two hitmen race to clean up their latest job while searching for a piece of evidence that could threaten to unravel their entire operation. All while being tailed by a mysterious figure who shares an eerie interest in finding what they're looking for.
-------

Written and Directed by Nathan Wells and Zach Macias

Guest-starring Joseph Hayden and Jay Silver

CONTACT: mgstudiosbusiness@gmail.com
-------

Become a producer on Patreon: Patreon: mindgamestudios

Follow me on
Twitter: Twitter: zachmg
Facebook: Facebook: mindgamestudios
Instagram: Instagram: mrmindgame

Learn what tools I use to make my videos on KIT:

Stop motion Kit:
https://kit.com/ZachMG/stop-motion-tools

Audio Kit:
https://kit.com/ZachMG/audio-tools

20 Comments

@sillypenta 8 years ago

This is one of the few brickfilms where you can forget you are watching LEGO. Every aspect is masterfully executed.

@thecosmicbigsmoke 4 years ago

I swear to god, i wish you guys could just get a gigant budget and a big crew of brickfilm animators just to make this a full on film, even if it was just 1 hour long, it would be simply amazing

@Keshen8 8 years ago

Even better on a second viewing. So many innovative techniques scattered throughout including in the set design. This is next level brick filming.

@xxxfancypantsxxx 8 years ago

Beauty. The only disappointing thing about it was that it ended!

@matthewkain1860 6 years ago

Wow, I didn’t know Quentin Tarintino did brick films!

@Jinaro7 2 years ago

Dirty work was the best song to put for this

@DESIGStudios 8 years ago

Please, for the love of god, PLEASE make a sequel! This was so great, and it looked like a set up for an entire series.

@SilentSkeledude 1 year ago

4:26 Oh wow they are called Bert and Ernie. like seasame street.

@littlesamu5920 1 year ago

Absolutely loved how you used regular sized bricks for the close-up of the remote

@jmstudios3049 5 years ago

ok but this has to be the only brickfilm with a fricking SPLIT DIOPTER SHOT

@starwarsstudio100 8 years ago

Oh this is gold. You've done a very great job. Loved the animation, the lighting and the set design. Keep up the good work!

@OldExplorer1963 1 year ago

You guys may not see this comment, but this specific stop-motion animation got me into rock n' roll. I had a stop-motion obsession when I was around 13 and now I'm 17 and if I hadn't watched this specific one, I wouldn't be doing what I'd be doing. Thank you Zach and Nathan for putting me on to good music. My taste has grown ever since and this video here is the cause of that. Great work boys.

@ksywek330 4 years ago

We seriously need a full movie about cleaners!

@Legokid599 19 hours ago

8 years later and this is still one of the most well done, directed , and composed LEGO Stop-Motions by far

@SpeakBroccoli 8 years ago

The attention to detail in this is mind-blowing. On first viewing I didn't notice cause I was just so caught up in the story and the characters which were top class by the way. But on my second pass, wow, it's the little things, like how his pocket bulges when he puts the money in...truly you are a world class animator.

@bodencottrell 1 year ago

When that steely dan needle drop happened in One Battle After Another, this was ALL I could think about

@BrickBorg5 1 year ago

I remember watching this as a teenager and getting absolutley hooked on lego stop motion after it😂 really cool animation man! deserves way more likes and views🔥❤