Graphical artifacts aren't particularly bad in Rockstar's newest title, but tearing can be noticeable when spinning quickly, especially with the amount
of background animation happening on screen.
That meant
all of the background animation from that point on had to be reworked for the Special Edition to reflect the manor's new polish.
As neat as it is to see «The Starry Night» squiggle about like a piece
of background animation leftover from «Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist,» altering van Gogh's paintings has a curious way of disrupting their magic.
Not exact matches
French for Kids: Les Saisons (The Seasons) is a lively French immersion video that engages children with colorful
backgrounds,
animation, catchy songs, and live - action footage
of familiar year - round activities.
As it is, ILM used 5,500 computer processors and 220 terabytes
of storage to store all the models,
animation,
background plates, textures, reference materials and artwork for the film.
The movie's appeal extends to the manner
of its construction; it's an almost hypnotic kind
of hybrid
animation in which hundreds
of photographs
of Hicks in various poses and at various stages in his life are grafted onto two - dimensional
backgrounds.
It isn't that the
animation isn't good — in fact, this is clearly the best
of the three in this aspect, with its
backgrounds beautiful, and characters vibrant and appealing.
Animation is still the same style
of course but its all sharper and more fluid with some stunning African
backgrounds and water work.
Presentation and story's very well cared for, graphics are excellent with several layers
of animation and stuff happening in the
backgrounds and foreground too (shadows
of enemies approaching for example).
In additional to the usual manner
of digital
animation, Yuh employs hand - drawn imagery (or an excellent facsimile) for many
of the flashback scenes and a «stick puppet» style to present narrative
background.
The
animation of Persepolis's first section matches the insightful critiques
of Iranian life from Marji's vantage point, with the cutesy block figures often making way for harsher, more expressionistic representations
of the frightening climate —
background graffiti
of the Statue
of Liberty with a death mask, young boys sent to the battlefields against Iraq exploding in jagged strokes
of ink.
Sandy King Carpenter is an artist, editor, writer, film producer and PRESIDENT
OF STORM KING PRODUCTIONS.With a
background in art, photography and
animation, Sandy King's filmmaking career has included working with John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Mann, Walter Hill, John Hughs, and John Carpenter.
Sure, the characters resemble plastic more than any organic substance, but the scenery is lush and colorful, a far cry from the sterile
backgrounds that populate run -
of - the - mill low budget computer
animation.
While it suffers from the limited facial
animation of so many Japanese cartoons, the
backgrounds, characterizations and story are consistently pleasing.
Aesthetically, art director Rebecca Dart evokes the long - gone days
of cel - based
animation in both the character designs and the
backgrounds: Consider the hand - drawn look
of the waterfalls around Canterlot, or the chain holding the cage in Tempest's airship.
The
backgrounds are beautiful and the facial expressions
of the drawings are really great (I ca n`t see why did n`t they move their mouths) but the
animations are really crappy.
The
animation was for the mostly part terrific, but at times it was below par for Disney, particularly with some
of the
background images.
It's almost like the attempts
of introducing
animation into real
background, but it doesn't always work — mostly because Arlo as a character isn't particularly appealing.
I mean, we're not talking big - budget
animation or anything here, but some
of the
backgrounds are really rather beautiful, and flesh out the world
of the BFG quite nicely — his cave, for instance is much grander and more baroque than in the books.
Anno is not a professional voice actor, but a director
of animation just like Miyazaki, who worked with him as a
background animator for Nausicaä, and is responsible for directing seminal works such as television's Neon Genesis Evangelion and its subsequent cinematic reboot Evangelion.
Band
of Misfits» for being one
of the best - looking movies
of this
animation style, combining crisp, exaggerated puppetry with computer - generated
backgrounds woven together so smoothly you probably won't even notice where one leaves off and the other begins.
The
animation is almost shockingly good for a direct - to - video film, with many
of the
backgrounds almost passing for live - action.
Kloster employs a unique crafts - styled 2D
animation which blends color
backgrounds with black and white characters, reminiscent
of the show «Angela Anaconda» for those who remember the late - 90s Nickelodeon cartoon.
Of course, there are hints that these are not exactly like the Genesis originals — brand new, detailed animations, incredible new songs and remixes that weren't possible on 16 bit hardware, texture scaling and multiple detailed background layers in many stages show off the power of more modern hardware — and it's put to amazing use bringing Sonic's original, vibrant art style to lif
Of course, there are hints that these are not exactly like the Genesis originals — brand new, detailed
animations, incredible new songs and remixes that weren't possible on 16 bit hardware, texture scaling and multiple detailed
background layers in many stages show off the power
of more modern hardware — and it's put to amazing use bringing Sonic's original, vibrant art style to lif
of more modern hardware — and it's put to amazing use bringing Sonic's original, vibrant art style to life.
The
animation is surprisingly reminiscent
of Terry Gilliam's work with Monty Python (the
backgrounds, not the cutouts) as well as some
of the odder Frank Tashlin Looney Tunes shorts (there's a surreal Porky Pig short in particular I'm thinking
of).
There are many subtle details in the art design; things like cultural influence in character models and
background environments, beautiful hand - painted textures, vivid effects, smooth
animations, and,
of course, incredible transitional areas where lighting, shadows, and color blend so well, it could make a grown, bearded man cry.
The set - up and
background to the riots is well handled and the opening scenes
of animation were original, unexpected and provoking.
The
animation is some
of the best I've seen in a while, especially the fight sequences and the
background shots
of the mountains and landscape.
Samus looks great, enemies have great
animations, and some
of the set pieces and
backgrounds are fantastic with little things happening in them.
As seems to be a tradition, the stylized
animation achieves, more or less the look
of the previous film while not aspiring to the same level
of artistic ambition in
backgrounds.
Other menus are joined by selections
of score and a blue maze
background but no
animation.
There has been news that Disney has recently given Mermaid the same treatment done to the DVD releases
of Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and the upcoming Aladdin - redrawn
animation and
backgrounds to «enhance» the movie.
Projects and participants selected for the 2015 June Directors and Screenwriters Labs are from the United States, Brazil, China, France, Georgia and the United Kingdom, and the Fellows bring experience from an unprecedented diversity
of creative
backgrounds, including documentary, theatre, music, new media, visual art and
animation.
The hand - drawn
animation is stunning, the closest analogue is a fancier, Celtic version
of the great TV series Samurai Jack, at least in its angular character design and abstract
backgrounds.
While all the art is done in a similar style, I was particularly struck with the Florida Project strip, which makes use
of some Disney - style
animation here and there, which reflects the film's use
of that company's iconography — the film is set in Florida (obviously), and the Magic Kingdom is always lurking there in the
background.
The Special Edition sports some reworked
background animation and the addition
of a musical sequence, «Human Again», originally written for the movie but not used until the 1994 stage musical.
Each menu choice takes you to the supplements pertaining to that particular sequence, containing portions
of interviews used in the 50 - minute documentaries on Disc 1 & 2, parts
of the «Disneyland» TV series, extensive art galleries, texts that give
background on the musical pieces themselves, and treasures like abandoned concepts and deleted
animation.
Three distinct chunks
of information were delivered through the
animation video: A
background on anti-bribery law, offences covered in the law, and the ways an organization can protect itself from prosecution under the law.
Content includes description
of background radiation, description and
animation of nuclear fission and diagram explaining how this leads to a chain reaction.
The site uses film clips,
animations, still photos, montages and diagrams to demonstrate the different principles
of physics, and includes links to other supporting and related pages as well as to
background information and materials.
Background: To make the compliance subject on conflicts
of interest interesting, we created a microlearning nugget using the whiteboard
animation technique.
But trust me, this one is different... It is truly the finest example
of interactive children's story telling I have ever seen, it contains custom movies on every spread,
background audio, professional narration and read aloud text highlighting, placed web code, personalisation, interactive
animations and puzzles!
In this 2007 Carnegie Award — winning adaptation
of Mo Willems» Caldecott Honor Book, jazzy
background music, sepia - tone photographs,
animation, and lively narration by the author and his daughter put a sophisticated stamp on the warm family story.
The video can consist
of live action,
animation, scrolling text on a black
background, or anything that captures the attention
of the viewer.
Adding a
background to the stop motion creates more focus to this type
of work, not only with pupils learning the iPad skills but also linking stop - motion
animation with other subjects such as topics on Romans, Wildlife etc..
As with the Sony Tablet S, the Tablet P uses a white
background for the app menu along with a nifty way
of letting you know you've reached the end
of the list with an
animation that stretches the app icons wider apart.
We particularly love the
background animations, such as the clouds that drift across the screen and the tiny cat that pops up in different areas
of the display.
Namaqualand Accommodation What at first glance appears to be a wilderness
of semi-desert - arid, dusty plains that stretch before one, dramatic mountains in the
background, with little by way
of colour or
animation - is suddenly transformed, as if by a painter with...
This is a great first outing from developer Rumpus, whose
background as an award - winning
animation studio shows in all
of Bertram «s the charming little touches, which will have us coming back for more murder - mystery shenanigans.
In this one scene, which should be a dramatic and hear - rending moment, the shoddy
animation, lack
of detail and
background music as well as the crap sound effects leaves the whole thing feeling like a badly done pantomime rather than stunning cinematic moment.