If you ever did an animation video you can really appreciate times one hundred how much effort this  tetris video (type in "original tetris game") made with real life "shapes". The movement, the sounds, lots of production time.  Did animation film projects at the University of Maine at Orono thirty years ago when making a knife appear to cut fruit on its own with no hands was entry level stuff.  I had a creative film partner and for our project on the fruit assignment, we were able to convince his room mate to be part of the talent one Saturday afternoon. Ron was dressed  up in a jumpsuit like the one you would wear if you were changing your own oil and working around a garage.  Bought a lunar patrol helmet from Kmart for our actor (I know I, I know, go easy on our big film budget). We got the carb board box that college dorm room size refrigerators come in, wrapped in in expensive tin foil, added a little ufo glowing lights artwork with magic markers. Then hung it by strings as we "flew" it in from some other solar system by clicking a few 16mm black and white film frames. It slowly got lowered on the horizon on its way into downtown Orono, Maine.  Like a few typical college kids, "Space Critter" was searching near and wide for liquid livasion, probing brave new worlds for a few bottles of imported beer to take back to his universe. 

     When we break away from the landed, over budget  tinfoil heat shielded space ship scene, we show Ron with his jumpsuit and  lunar patrol helmet hovering above the ground about two feet.  We yell "jump Ron",  film a few frames and then make him move a few steps forward, then "jump", film, stop move again sequence loop continued.  He "flies" by pointing his elbows while his fists are under his chin and pointing those elbows the direction he wants to maneuver.  As he approaches the door of I think it was called "The Beverage Warehouse" in beautiful downtown Orono, Maine, he appears to slice thru the glass door. Your mind sees him hovering right up to the door, then production stopped, Ron placed against the other side of the glass store door. We yell "Jump Ron".  Filming resumes. The loop when literally spliced,  glued together together and played back makes a college kid and some of those readers who did not have cable growing up to go "wow..Space Critter flew right thru that door..did ya see that?".  The Critter got his precious cargo of a few bottles of 16 ounce something cheap, flew back thru the window carrying a brown bag in one arm, pointing his free elbow toward the backyard of some professors home. The crowd weeps as they watch the space ship's thrusters propel the starcraft toward the Milky Way system.  The splicing of that film all by hand. No cute, neat digital edits or dissolves..just literally cut from shot to shot, and the only zoom close up was done thru a series of shoot at this close, reset camera a little closer, shoot some more. You get the idea, tons of repetitive but creative movements like this tetris video.  Plus our instructor Greg Bowler only allowed us 100 feet of 16mm black and white film for the animation assignment. We got a big "A" plus but this production was one step ahead of the tablet of  note paper with  individual pencil drawings  on each sheet that when flipped thru at the right speed, appears to show movement and action.  Good luck with your real estate making video experience and appreciate all the work that is done for you thanks to editing software, automatic zooms and lighting/sound adjustments done without all the roll up your sleeve patience, trial and error process.  And back to the game, this video makes you want to play Tetris, come on just a few levels...you need a little break from work right?  Space Invaders more your style..check this video.