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I saw "Corpse Bride" last night. It's pretty amazing really, and I still don't know how those guys can produce such fine work straight-ahead, one frame at a time. I love the production design - all of those Burton curlicues and spirals are really unique to that particular bloke, and are much copied. That said, some contrast to the darkness of the towns would have been nice, (a la "Nightmare Before Christmas").
I will say that I think the animation in "Wallace & Gromit" is marginally better, more organic, if you will. A couple of times "Corpse Bride" throws you out of the story with a few pops and stuff, but hey, who am I to complain? I couldn't do that stuff!
There is something special about a stop-motion animated film. They're so tactile, so immediate that they have a real sense of power to them. Close-ups, in particular..... Woah!
It makes me want to move some puppets around now. I could do that, right?
I will say that I think the animation in "Wallace & Gromit" is marginally better, more organic, if you will. A couple of times "Corpse Bride" throws you out of the story with a few pops and stuff, but hey, who am I to complain? I couldn't do that stuff!
There is something special about a stop-motion animated film. They're so tactile, so immediate that they have a real sense of power to them. Close-ups, in particular..... Woah!
It makes me want to move some puppets around now. I could do that, right?
posted by Kevan at
9/26/2005 09:59:00 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Kevan...yeah I loved it too.
When I left the theatre I just had an urge to play with some puppets and shoot em. Haven't seen W and G yet....but I know I'm gonna like it. It's good to see a variety in features with all of this super clean cg stuff.
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Jeremy Bernstein, at 6:52 PM
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