January 20, 2011
The Making Of "Princess Mononoke"
In celebration of Hayao Miyazaki's 70th birthday, here's the epic behind-the-scenes documentary on Mononoke, it's my favorite one of all his films, and this will be a reminder of how much excruciating work it is to put a traditional cel-animated feature film together.
It's crazy seeing so much footage of how Ghibli studios operates, plus watching Miyazaki work on storyboards, layouts, and animation himself is mesmerizing. Not to mention the large amount of detail covered to show ALL aspects of production of the course of the years it took to complete the film. Especially part 2-15, where you get a sense of his directing style hoe easily he can get drawn into a scene and obsessed about the posing and timing of a shot and sometimes reflects on the sacrifices he's made in the name of animation.
It's crazy seeing so much footage of how Ghibli studios operates, plus watching Miyazaki work on storyboards, layouts, and animation himself is mesmerizing. Not to mention the large amount of detail covered to show ALL aspects of production of the course of the years it took to complete the film. Especially part 2-15, where you get a sense of his directing style hoe easily he can get drawn into a scene and obsessed about the posing and timing of a shot and sometimes reflects on the sacrifices he's made in the name of animation.
January 19, 2011
Bob's Burgers Character Profiles
After just seeing two episodes, I must say the series is growing on me. The writing is solid, but the character personalities is what keeps me interested. We'll see if the stories and situations keep getting funnier (like American Dad) or if it will run out of steam after just one season. Either way, I find the characters to be entertaining (so far). I like the fact that some female characters are voiced by men. The character designs are awful, but they are functional for the limited animation that the show is going for.
January 18, 2011
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