#9 Does Enhancement in Stop Motion Take Away from the Beauty?
Today’s posting I will be looking at a Stop Motion animation done by Lego’s. This one short won awards for being well known for the combination of Stop Motion and Computer Generated Imagery.
Take a look at the video below;
This short is successful in capturing our eyes with the beauty of the back ground while still focusing on the main character. This is capable by the use of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). This allowed for the less time in production of sets and certain elements such as the plants taking over the world. Take a look at the following video to understand the effect that CGI brings to stop animation and creates an easier production of such a tedious process.
After viewing the easiness of the stop motion aspect of this short I am disappointed at the creator in taking the shortcut in having the plants (which is the main feature of this film) being digitalized by CGI. He took the time in making the breaking of the blocks in Stop Motion, why not make the plants. This would have changed this movie in a triumphing way in the stop motion aspect of the film.
In the day and age of animators cutting down on production time by whipping up stop motion with CGI, it’s really a shame of taking away the beauty of stop motion process. There are still a few films that I respect in their decision to continue the legacy of stop motion. It is a testament to see people work in a medium that requires hours of tedious work on films that can take an extremely long time to produce. That is why the I get excited about full stop motion pictures such as Coraline or Mary & Max . Can view the trailer for Mary & Max below;
Despite the convenience of animation with computers, CGI, and Pixar, stop-motion animation seems to be alive and well. It’s at art form that can truly be described as a labor of love, due to the sheer amount of detail, hard work, and dedication that goes into it, and hopefully it will continue for a long time to come.
Commented on Jeannie Hilleary and James Scutari.
