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By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

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Over the years, we’ve posted a lot of low/no-budget sci-fi fan films, stop motion videos, Lego “brickfilms,” and other movies lovingly made by makers with a fun idea and a home video camera. We decided to look through the site and gather up some of our favorites.


Collaborative Star Wars fan film


Amazing sci-fi short film done for $300


New Robotmakers video


Bot rock with the Robotmakers


Brickfilms: Lego stop-motion

Stop motion LEGO video


Stop motion Tron sequence


Wolf and Pig’s stop motion adventure


Stop-motion post-it pixel short


The balloon project – Berlin

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By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.

View more articles by Gareth Branwyn