A heartwarming video of a man proposing to his girlfriend using a stop-motion Lego animation he asked a 17-year-old filmmaker to make. <br /><br />The footage, filmed earlier this month, shows Ben proposing to his girlfriend Kirsten in his local movie theatre, the Electric Cinema in Birmingham, UK, using an animation produced by 17-year-old Scottish filmmaker Morgan Spence. <br /><br />Morgan later wrote online: "‘I was contacted by a man called Ben who lives in England in June of this year. <br /><br />"He explained that he’d seen some of my previous work (notably Brick Flicks Famous Films in Lego and my interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and was impressed with what I did." <br /><br />He explained that he had a plan to propose to his girlfriend Kirsten in his local movie theatre, the Electric Cinema in Birmingham, UK and asked if I could help him out," he continued. <br /><br />"His request was for me to create a film that explains how the couple met, their first dates and some of the special moments which they have shared together, all in Lego featuring miniature figures of the couple. <br /><br />"The finished film would go on to be shown in the theatre, much to girlfriend Kirsten’s and the rest of the movie goers’ surprise.<br /><br />"After brainstorming our ideas, I began to create storyboards and a script for the film, which Ben himself narrated. I got in touch with UK based company Minifigs.me and asked if they could custom make some Lego Minifigures especially for the film – they turned out great! <br /><br />From here it was a case of building the sets from their iconic moments and then using the process of stop-motion animation to bring it all to life. <br /><br />"The film features snapshots such as their trip to Thailand, their first kiss in the rain and attending a nearby premiere of the recent James Bond film. <br /><br />"On the 6th August 2016, the proposal animation was shown at the Electric Cinema where Ben and Kirsten were about to watch a movie - To everyone’s surprise, in place of the movie commercials was the animation. <br /><br />"At the end of it, Ben then asked Kirsten to marry him. She said ‘Yes’ and everyone was delighted.<br /><br />"It was a great project to work on and was unlike anything I’d ever had the opportunity to create as a film-maker."
