WILFilm ApS

WILFilm ApS was an animation studio located in Denmark. They have made LEGO animations, including commercials and series. They produced Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu from the pilot episodes up to March of the Oni.
GDC was WILFilm's vendor for the first seven seasons, but due to production issues in the seventh season, GDC was dismissed and replaced with Xentrix Studios for the following three seasons, leading to a "leap in quality".https://youtu.be/LCUzfH9eHPk?t=5170 (live-chat)https://youtu.be/iqK6VLLqqSk?t=4171
WildBrain succeeded WILFilm starting with Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu in 2019, though this was not due to a lack of collaboration, creativity, or quality on WILFilm's end.https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1168873461512581120
WILFilm ApS was closed down in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.facebook.com/522429991189020/posts/5003052436460064/
==Directors at WILFilm==
*Frederik Budolph-Larsen
*Kenneth Bonde
*Martin Skov
*Peter Hausner
*Thomas Østergaard Poulsen
*Trylle Vilstrup
==Trivia==
*For unknown reasons, the main hair piece used on Lloyd (originally Anakin Skywalker's from LEGO Star Wars) appears to have two variations in the show. The version on Lloyd, Morro possessing Lloyd, and The Royal Blacksmiths member ("Day of the Departed" onward) appears slightly differently from the physical version, having the front part curved more outward, as well as a few branches outward in the back. The other version more closely resembles the physical version, appearing on Garmadon, the Announcer, Dan Hageman.
*In certain instances of headgear (Nya with her Samurai X suit helmet, Zane's noodle factory uniform hat, the ninja wearing Vermillion helmets in "Out of the Fire and Into the Boiling Sea"), a character's hair is not visible even if it would normally be visible from the same angles. This is because the hair would not fit under the 3D model of the headgear.
**Alternatively, helmets will sometimes be slightly enlarged in order to fit a character's hair underneath it, as seen with The Royal Blacksmiths wearing Helmet of Shadows replicas in "Day of the Departed" and Dareth with the Samurai X helmet in "The Hands of Time".
*WILFilm's logo appeared in "Chair Play Chen" as the ping pong table brand. The name also appeared in "The Jade Princess", where the sign on a movie theater read "PRESENT BRICK FUN BY WILFILM" in Ninjargon.
*Besides the upgrade in quality and the ninja switching over to their movie designs, as of Season 8: Sons of Garmadon, there are some small changes to the ways the characters appear, though they are not present in flashbacks to new scenes taking place before Season 8.
**Some characters' closed eyes have more of an arch shape, as opposed to the straighter, more simple designs previously used.
**Some characters' smiling mouths look different, having a small upward arch in the middle rather than a consistent round curve as previously seen.
**Some other things are also improved, such as more details on the straw hat, more realistic trees and plants with many leaves, or much more realistic animals, such as the birds seen in the flashback in "Snake Jaguar".
*Whenever a flashback scene occurs, the colors are flatter when WILFilm animates it. This can be seen in "Tick Tock," "Ghost Story," "The Jade Princess," "Snake Jaguar," "Game of Masks" and "How to Build a Dragon."
**However, this effect does not appear in "An Underworldly Takeover," "Battle Between Brothers," "Spellbound" and "The Hatching."
*When asked in 2020 if WILFilm could return, Tommy Andreasen responded, "They are currently producing cool content for Playmobil, so working together is not an option at the moment. Maybe some other time on some other project."https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1299423328927657993 This may refer to the web-series, Novelmore.
**In 2021, Peter Hausner confirmed that he was unavailable to work on Ninjago.http://web.archive.org/web/20210421070633/https://twitter.com/pjhausner/status/1384765276021985280https://twitter.com/pjhausner/status/1384763881797652482
*Though the short "Golden Hour" from Ninjago: Reimagined was animated by CC Pixels Productions,https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpJapZhVeZ/ it bears an uncanny resemblance to WILFilm's animation in rigging, details, and lighting, as well as the flex. Several shots from WILFilm episodes were also reused, though others were reanimated.
*Occasionally, images from WILFilm episodes will appear in WildBrain episodes, specifically "Dyer Island," "Ninjago Confidential," and "The Turn of the Tide."
==Gallery==
This is a gallery of abnormal frames in which the animation is used to simulate action or sudden movement.
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==References==
Category:Real-Life Articles
Category:Pilot episodes
Category:Rise of the Snakes
Category:Legacy of the Green Ninja
Category:Rebooted
Category:Tournament of Elements
Category:Possession
Category:Skybound
Category:Day of the Departed
Category:The Hands of Time
Category:Wu's Teas
Category:Ninjago: Decoded
Category:Sons of Garmadon
Category:Hunted
Category:Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu
Category:March of the Oni
Category:Ninjago: Reimagined
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