Disney Rapunzel

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:07 am

This looks like it will be pretty interesting- they are using a new animation technique to make the movie look like an animated painting. Still CGI, but they are using traditional 2-d animators in the process as well (drawing sketches/silouettes and filling them in with the 3d models):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel_(film)#Animation

Here's a test animation of the film i found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRO6EHhP ... re=related

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:42 pm

Hmmm, I Don't normally like Disney stuff for its saccharin factor (even when I was young) but that render looked very nice, a sugary delight even, the animation was a little more subtle too, thank the stars above, sitting through the whole thing would be tough though. I think I'll leave that task to all those pre teen princesses and their mum's.

human · Post by **human** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:54 am

Good call, chucky

re: "saccharin" and "pre teen princesses"

Just like saccharin, a few seconds of footage and already it reeks of "princess."

It's cloying and fakey, in style and content.

Other than that, it's great, tho.

Gnaws · Post by **Gnaws** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:26 pm

human wrote:...fakey, in style and content.

huh?

"fakey" as in "fake" or an "imitation"? If so, an imitation of what...themselves? Scoundrels! How dare they.

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:13 pm

It's cloying and fakey,

It's a skateboarding trick