tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post3981271098175511600..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Animated? Or Something Else?Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-87908264604647284302013-12-26T10:13:48.952-08:002013-12-26T10:13:48.952-08:00You're correct, of course, that it's a tot...You're correct, of course, that it's a totally different <b>style</b> of animation. It's "visual effects" style, designed to serve the subject matter.<br /><br />But the point I'm making is, see all those folks sitting at those computers? Using the same software, exercising the same skill sets they do at Disney and Pixar?<br /><br />That's what I mean by <i>Gravity</i> (or <i>Life of Pi</i>, or <i>Avatar</i>) being "animated." <br /><br /><b>It's the same g.d. work.</b> <br /><br />What drives it home is when I see (as an example) Dave Rand sitting there doing work on <i>Frozen</i> after doing work on <i>Life of Pi, Journey to the Center of the Earth</i>, and I come to the conclusion that<br /><br />Workwise, it's no different than <b>animation</b>.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-23811005727837695742013-12-23T18:55:50.253-08:002013-12-23T18:55:50.253-08:00Technically, it may have been 90% animated. But t...Technically, it may have been 90% animated. But that doesn't mean it's "animated." The first time I saw it, I was wowed by the effects work, and underwhelmed by the story and characters. The problems with the film are magnified greatly when watching the Oscar screener I received. Great effects work, but it ain't character animation compared to Croods, MU, and Epic.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07765810086441119030noreply@blogger.com