playing with water bubbles in zero gravity.
A discussion of the higher purposes of cartoons and wood-cutting instruments by Spumco founder John.
I think he might have a point.
But when is an animation a cartoon and when is it a film and stuff? Doesn’t have to be funny. I like funny. Not sure if I’ll be making funny this year. Or at least not a lot of it. Too scared to. Might fuck up.
I want one!
Disney templates fail! (via WETR0X)
Showing how dsney hash and rehash the same bits of animation/storyline over and over to create various rather similar stories …. hmmmmm. Moves nice but it don’t do nuffin’ new.
John Kricfalusi’s blog. He is made of awesome and talks a lot about technical bits of animation stuff. This is relavent to my interests.
via francoisegamma.computersclub.org
for doppelganger project. jusch a simple piece of rotoscoping but it’s really nice.
PRINCE AHMED (via cendrinerovini)
Lotte Reiniger’s classic silhouette animation. Another scene. Again, really liking the heavy blocks of colour/shade. Amazed at how subtle the movement can be using this technique. Am going to try experimenting with this whilst I work out treatment for animation 1.
Forbidden Zone.
I am uploading these here possibly against my better judgement, but I watched this film a couple of months ago and it’s really stuck with me.
Things I like about FZ: Makeshift, can-do attitude towards film making. The sets are cardboard and bin bags by the looks of things … the lighting is kind of bad, the sound is kind of bad, the timing is a bit off, it’s stuffed to the brim with taboo … but you put all this together and it’s kind of hypnotic in a really good way.
some really striking shots in it, too. Haven’t uploaded many as there are an awful lot of titties etc. Again, I really like deep shadow and high contrast in moving image. It’s just nice to look at. There’s something about the depth of picture that’s far higher quality than a lot of colour production.
Thoughts: limit colour for doppelganger thing.
Lotte Reiniger - The Adventures of Prince Achmed (via moviemartyr)
Shadow puppets/animation. ‘monotone’ animation. Genuinely rather unnerving, I think. Love the blend of cutouts and sand. Heavy blocks of colour and darkness. Feel like I should try combining some of these things under a camera.
