#animation film production

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Spider-Verse Artists Say Working on the Sequel Was ‘Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts’

Why don’t more animated movies look this good? According to people who worked on the sequel, Across the Spider-Verse, it’s because the working conditions required to produce such artistry are not sustainable.

Multiple Across the Spider-Verse crew members — ranging from artists to production executives who have worked anywhere from five to a dozen years in the animation business — describe the process of making the the $150 million Sony project as uniquely arduous, involving a relentless kind of revisionism that compelled approximately 100 artists to flee the movie before its completion.

While frequent major overhauls are standard operating procedure in animation (Pixar films can take between four and seven years to plot, animate, and render), those changes typically occur early on during development and storyboarding stages. But these Spider-Verse 2 crew members say they were asked to make alterations to already-approved animated sequences that created a backlog of work across multiple late-stage departments. Across the Spider-Verse was meant to debut in theaters in April of 2022, before it was postponed to October of that year and then June 2023 owing to what Entertainment Weekly reported as “pandemic-related delays.” However, the four crew members say animators who were hired in the spring of 2021 sat idle for anywhere from three to six months that year while Phil Lord tinkered with the movie in the layout stage, when the first 3-D representation of storyboards are created.

As a result, these individuals say, they were pushed to work more than 11 hours a day, seven days a week, for more than a year to make up for time lost and were forced back to the drawing board as many as five times to revise work during the final rendering stage.

"For animated movies, the majority of the trial-and-error process happens during writing and storyboarding. Not with fully completed animation. Phil’s mentality was, This change makes for a better movie, so why aren’t we doing it? It’s obviously been very expensive having to redo the same shot several times over and have every department touch it so many times. The changes in the writing would go through storyboarding. Then it gets to layout, then animation, then final layout, which is adjusting cameras and placements of things in the environment. Then there’s cloth and hair effects, which have to repeatedly be redone anytime there’s an animation change. The effects department also passes over the characters with ink lines and does all the crazy stuff like explosions, smoke, and water. And they work closely with lighting and compositing on all the color and visual treatments in this movie. Every pass is plugged into editing. Smaller changes tend to start with animation, and big story changes can involve more departments like visual development, modeling, rigging, and texture painting. These are a lot of artists affected by one change. Imagine an endless stream of them."

"Over 100 people left the project because they couldn’t take it anymore. But a lot stayed on just so they could make sure their work survived until the end — because if it gets changed, it’s no longer yours. I know people who were on the project for over a year who left, and now they have little to show for it because everything was changed. They went through the hell of the production and then got none of their work coming out the other side."

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Behind the scenes of The Muppet Movie (1979)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Taarna animation drawings and cels - Heavy Metal (1981)

[belzebubsofficial]

Hey, animation peeps! We’re currently looking for a production designer to work on the Belzebubs animated series alongside Pyjama Films and myself! The job starts in May 2023 and you'll be able to work remotely or on-site in Turku, Finland. Please check out http://pyjama.fi/en/jobs for more info! 🤘

Feel free to share the news, thanks!

[acmeoop]

Hollywood 1947 “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (1988)

[sunlit-mess]

How did you get so good at animating and drawing? Aside from practice, what techniques do you use? What software do you use?

I only know the basics/fundamentals of both drawing and animation.

For drawing, I've carried out lessons about the Elements and principles of design, the history of graphics design, traditional drawing techniques, color theory, anatomy, character design, blah blah blah. Lots of info I still do my best to practice/put in my art. If y'all notice me animating gifs then it's bc I have time to do so... ( I'm in term break until late July ) They're likely short, but it's through animation blocking, timing, and incorporating both in-betweens and tweening.

I've used Adobe Animate/After Effects for school projects, sometimes for doodles only, I currently use Clip Studio Paint bc it's where I'm more comfy with ^^ Maybe someday I'll be able to afford Toon Boom hehe.

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background art + visual development from “The Tigger Movie” done by Toby Bluth

[kouhaiofcolor]

We absolutely need more Black voice actors. Tons more. I’d love to see it become a rise in popular professions among Black People — esp Black Women. More Black Women voice acting for cartoon characters, anime characters, Disney characters, etc.

[mondonguita]

Belladonna of sadness (1973, Eiichi Yamamoto) by Mushi Production.

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[animenostalgia]

Happy 40th Anniversary to the original Daicon 4 Film! It was first screened at Daicon IV opening ceremonies in Japan on August 20th, 1983. Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga and Takami Akai would later go on to found Gainax. You can read a translation of the production report from 1983 published in now defunct Animec magazine on Zimmerit here!

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"Mufasa: The Lion King" Extended Synopsis Confirms "Kiara" Becoming First Disney Television Animation Character To Be Part Of Disney's ""Live Action Remakes"

In a surprising and weird present from Walt Disney Studios & Pastel Productions for Disney Television Animation's 40th anniversary, Mufasa: The Lion King a upcoming photorealistic computer-generated imagery prequel to The Lion King (2019) will incorporate aspects of The Lion King franchise created by Disney Television Animation.

The prequel film unveiled it's extended synopsis a few days ago on Walt Disney Studios website where it reads

The prequel about the rise of one of the greatest kings of the Pride Lands, goes back to the African savanna where Rafiki tells Kiara—daughter of Simba and Nala—the story of her grandfather while Timon and Pumbaa add color commentary.

This will mark the first time a Disney Television Animation character will be make it's way to the infamous Walt Disney Studios Live Action adaptations. coincidentally the movie opens on theaters on Disney TVA's anniversary month (December 20, 2024), additionaly Seth Rogen EP of the upcoming Disney TVA "Darkwing Duck" and "TaleSpin" reboots for Disney+ voices Pumbaa in The Lion King adaptations.

If you have missed The Lion King II: Simba's Pride was done at Disney Television Animation within its now defunct Sydney, Australia units. The Ghost And Molly McGee creators Bill Motz and Bob Roth did additional writting for the VHS sequel.

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Mufasa: The Lion King | Official Trailer

Poster

Synopsis

“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumbaa lending their signature schtick. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.

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Akira | 1988

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Art director: Toshiharu Mizutani