I needed an example to show my students, and I needed one fast.

One of the projects for my class, the students have to recreate a shot from a movie or TV show. Most of the time, they came up with some decent shots without anything other than written directions, but I wanted to provide a visual example this time.

But what to use? It was really a no-brainer. LEGOs, of course.

I decided to recreate this shot from Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope. Ben and Luke have just met Han and Chewie and negotiated the price for their travel to Alderaan.

So I went to my LEGO collection, found the proper figures, and grabbed a few bricks to use as a background. Then I dug out a few LED lights to illuminate the scene. Finally, I grabbed my DSLR and set to work to find the right camera angle.

This is the end result.

Not too bad for 10 minutes of effort. Here’s a photo of my setup, too.

Try your own shot recreation!

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