This week I looked at three dimensional animations.
These are the artworks I looked at:
Slimetime - by Bertrand Avril, Pierre Chomarat, David Dangin and Thea Matland
The Forest - by David Scharf
Gentleman's Duel - by Blur Studio
The Tale of Three Brothers - Excerpt from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows film
(All artwork belongs to their creators not me, no copyright infringement intended.)
Three dimensional animation, is built digitally rather than drawn. This makes the characters and worlds more tactile, as if the shapes could just be pulled right out of the screen. The way the characters and the world moves is very important when developing a congruent world. Also significant is the color choices, like I have talked about before.
Each of the films have differences and similarities with the other ones. All four portray humanistic characters, though their stories are all very different. The Talk of Three Brother's and the Forest are both darker stories, which causes their lighting and color to be darker and more dramatic. Slimetime and Gentlemen's Duel have very bright palates. Slimetime set inside, in the near future, has a limited range of colors, mixing bright highlights against a vast white space. Gentlemen's Duel uses a large variety of very warm tones, its setting is in the past, outdoors.
Three dimensional animation, is built digitally rather than drawn. This makes the characters and worlds more tactile, as if the shapes could just be pulled right out of the screen. The way the characters and the world moves is very important when developing a congruent world. Also significant is the color choices, like I have talked about before.
Each of the films have differences and similarities with the other ones. All four portray humanistic characters, though their stories are all very different. The Talk of Three Brother's and the Forest are both darker stories, which causes their lighting and color to be darker and more dramatic. Slimetime and Gentlemen's Duel have very bright palates. Slimetime set inside, in the near future, has a limited range of colors, mixing bright highlights against a vast white space. Gentlemen's Duel uses a large variety of very warm tones, its setting is in the past, outdoors.
Gentleman's Duel and The Tale of Three Brothers, have somewhat similar character shapes, however their styles and plots are quite different. A comedic energy is captured by the way the characters in Gentlemen's Duel, squash and stretch whenever something interacts with them, like getting hit in the face with a platter. The Tale of the Three Brothers managed to create a paint like effect, having their figures be mostly silhouettes that move very willowy and fluid. The view point is very dramatic also, most of the time the viewer is looking up at the characters making them seem powerful and important. In the Gentleman's duel the camera looks straight on the characters most of the time, an advantage that allows all of the characters to be seen clearly, letting the viewer catch every amusing antic.
The Forest's characters seem like a puppet or doll, they distinguish less between individual characters than the other films. Most of the body shapes are very similar, but you still know who each character is. It is a very simplistic style, which makes the tale even more haunting. Each scene transition is very interesting , like changing the set of a play, things slide off or pop up to create an entirely new place. The Slimetime world consist mostly of rounded shapes, many of the characters have the same body shape, though there are a few individuals. The story is about losing weight, which is accentuated through the way the characters move. When the larger women walk, their stride is somewhat bouncy, contrasted with how the smaller women seem to glide along.
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