Animations of the Movie Moana 2016
The Polynesian Princess Moana is going to break the monotony of ‘Frog and Frozen’ stereotypes. More racial barriers are broken with diversifying the Disney princess realm. The sea voyaging adventurist with the help of her family in tow with real mythology, including a demi-god, Maui. With all ingredients in place, the 3 D studio and the creative animation wizards, Moana is no doubt going to be the best animation film of this year.
A sort of sequel to the animation movies like ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Aladdin, Disney seems to have injected more ideas and animation software to make Moana even better. The princess is colourful to the core, with befitting costumes.
The rightful heir as the princess, Moana the daughter of a Pacific Islands chieftain faces obstacles. Even Her boyfriend, the Polynesian demigod Maui tells her, “If you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you’re a princess.”
The identity crisis and transformation of the princess give the animation team enough food for animation. The old hand-drawn animation technique is not entirely forgotten but is used conspicuously. Set mostly on the open sea, which can be as dull a place as the driest desert, “Moana” never lingers long enough for the energy to stagnate. The genius of the animators is clearly evident here.
Against her father’s advice to stay on land, the princess is all out to explore the mystery of the sea. The make believes caricature and blue eaters are merged dramatically. All the myriad ways and silhouetting skills are done realistically. Compared to the “Beauty and the Beast’ the physique of the princess is made proportional. The depth of the screenshots is almost with scale precision.
Moana’s expressions seem more consistent with Disney’s classic 2D character form. All the subtleties of performance are possible in hand-drawn animation. Meanwhile, liberated by the possibilities of Computer Graphics, the virtual camera is free to swoop and surround the characters in dynamic ways. There is the challenge of animating water itself.
Reference URL: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/moana-review-944411
Animations of the Movie “Wreck -It Ralph 2012”
Wreck-It Ralph’ might be the right prince to reawaken Disney as an animated-feature studio to reckon with.
‘Snow White’ and ‘Toy Story’ were good; but did the sequel 2012 Walt Disney’s ‘Wreck -It Ralph ‘live up to the legacy’? Bit skeptical, it did; even though the producer was vociferous ‘We were determined to save the legacy of Walt Disney’s amazing studio,”
The story is bit old. The 1995 Toy Story brings back the kid’s bedroom. Humour, flashy arsenals and fantasy all ruled there majestically. Almost like a sequel Wreck-It Ralph power-ups explores four unique worlds, three of which are based on different game styles. Ralf does his wrecking on the primitive 8-bit game. The game center central station where the characters interact and travel via power cords was done beautifully.
Disney suffered a bit due to the slackness in their clinging to the 2-D hand-drawn cartoons when competitor Pixar went ahead with 3-D. But Disney buying Pixar changed the supremacy.
By infusing the warm fluidity of hand-drawn animation on top of the fresh glossiness of computer-generated images Wreck-It Ralph did a revival. Wreck-It Ralph has been the beneficiary of all that positive energy and creative brain trust made up filmmakers responsible for generating ideas that can be turned into scripts.
Wreck-It Ralph employed new techniques making each game environment as faithful to an actual replica as possible. Artists struggled to simulate the staccato movements of the blocky characters and re-create backdrops that looked like pieced-together Legos.
On the outset, Wreck-It Ralph changed the concept of the pencil to the character and 2 D to altogether 3-D experience, and the box office was thrilled. The framework is excellent. The lighting to support the animal characters is very well synchronized. The depth of the frame is superb.
The frame shift and speed of the frame, the voice synchronization all set to produce the traditional mouse house back to fame.
Reference URL: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2012/10/31/wreckitralph-disney…
www.thewrap.com/how-wreck-it-ralph-wrecked-all-rules-animation-75906
Animations of the Movie Coraline (2009)
Henry Selick did a good job of seven years in creating the animation of film Coraline. That was the first for the Laika stop-motion animation studio and one of the first stop-motion movies to be shot in 3D. The interchangeable mouths with 200,000 facial expressions are employed in this movie with some characters of black-and-white 3D printers, a first.
In Laika studio, 183,000 square-feet of space were used as a studio for the shooting with 150 different studio sets. Caroline leaving the parents and adopting new Mom and Dad who are determined to spoil her is taken with great mesmerizing effect. But the hidden witch within the new Mom is the crucial point. Selick’s used stars are dolls, yet they’re as unique, lively, and soulful as real people. In fact the 28 puppets in different sizes were made for the character of Coraline alone.
The stop-motion technique used, based on sculptured figures rather than drawn images, is already a kind of three-dimensional animation. The glasses you put on are thus not a gimmick but an aid to seeing what’s already there. The snow used in the movie is made out of baking soda and superglue. The sweaters for the puppets were individually stitched by the crew so as to make it lively.
There are many scary scenes and images in “Coraline.” As long as it doesn’t go too far toward violence or mortal dread, a film that elicits a tingle of unease or a tremor of spookiness can be a tonic to sensibilities dulled by wholesome, anodyne, school-approved entertainments.
The loneliness on the face of Coraline Jones was very well done with the vast number of expressions in the library. The costumed mice and Scottish terriers glowing blossoms and giant insects are all innovative. The 3 D printing is superb tool used in this animation movie.
Reference URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/coraline
https://www.lomography.com/…/119725-stop-motion-animation-coraline
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Animations of the Movie “Spirited Away (2001)”
Perfect setting for an animation movie is here- 10-year-old Chihiro, an abandoned theme park, a haunted bath house, and ghost. Hayako Miyazaki just turned into an animation classic called Spirited Away. The cute looking Chihiro is bold, even when she is imprisoned. The bath house owner is Yubaba, the wicked queen with a massive head. The horror in the face of Yubaba is very well animated. The depth of the screen is well created. Meticulously rendered character expressions of all the characters is the plus point. Miyazaki goes for the grand emotion, brilliant colours and design. Chihiro has the harrowing task of giving a sturdy wash and scrub of centuries. Spirited Away is handcrafted art, with apt breadth and depth gave it the first-class appeal. The transformation of Chihiro’s parents to pigs is done with converging technique.
The movie works as a good watchable cartoon. Hayao Miyazaki could handle the split second protagonist jumps very impressively. The coordination of time and articulation is excellent. Only a genius can visualise the movements during climbing and be falling. The director could take care of simple things so that the movements are smooth and not jerky.
To get the correct picture of Chihiro forcefully opening the serpent’s mouth to treat, Miyazaki physically went to a veterinary doctor’s clinic, and video graphed the process of feeding medicine to a dog. The perfection paid. The director is known for the art style. He painstakingly drew everything. The hand was drawn technique many directors try to dispense with. He did not cut corners. The freezing things or people that aren’t in the foreground are also avoided for perfection.
They used a pencil and paper for most of the animation, and the drawings were scanned into the computer and painted digitally. We can feel the Photoshop editing making the digitally painted backgrounds superb. CG animation was also deployed. The digital compositing and editing make the visual effect fantastic.
Reference URL: http://www.awn.com/animationworld/spirited-away-working-world
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